Guess its that time of year when idiots start there lawn mowers at 8 a.m.

[samplegirl]

God who the hell has the energy to start mowing at 8:00 a.m.???
I mean its Sunday morning I mean couldnt he wait till at least 10:00?

[DS1]

1. I'd be wanting to plant landmines next Saturday night

:grr:

[stellanoir]

3. LOL

and woh. . .

remind me to avoid ever becoming your neighbor.

[samplegirl]

4. Its the only day I can sleep in

so i enjoy stayin up late on Saturday night. So now that im up
im on a bitch-fest.

[LiberallyInclined]

34. if you go to bed four hours earlier-

you can "sleep-in" every day of the week.

[shesemsmom]

13. That sounds like a good idea

never thought of that!!! Why can't they mow some other day of the week

[flakey_foont]

2. on Sunday

the earliest I will start my lawnmower is noon,,,,I think that it's only considerate to let others sleep in on a Sunday morning,, but, yes,there are folks in my neighborhood would feel that 7:30 is an acceptable time to be out mowing the lawn on a Sunday morning,,,

[oneighty]

5. My neighbor

has a three hundred horsepower straight pipes affair riding lawn mower/tractor. By village ordinance he we are not supposed to make any loud noise until after nine AM but that does not deter him.

He is also spastic.

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[gristy]

7. You have a village ordinance? Problem solved.

Call the cops, or better, call the town on Monday. If you have laws against spasticity too, you can get the town to give him a double-wedgie!

[oneighty]

8. Sigh,

I am easy. Live and let live.

But that do not mean I have to like it.

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[LiberallyInclined]

35. and you have no right to complain about it either.

to live and let live is one thing- to live life as a doormat is something else, and it really isn't "living".

stand up for your rights- call the cops.

[oneighty]

37. Boy oh boy

That is not very nice. A doormat?

Sigh

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[oneighty]

40. I got a hunch you are looking for an argument

Let me make this right clear. I do not give a rat's ass when he runs his mower. And I also do not give a rat's ass what you think. I can live with it. I did not complain in my post at all. I just told a story.

Perhaps you might be thinking I be grabbing up my trusty AK-47 and blow that poor country boy away?

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[LiberallyInclined]

41. not from a doormat...

but since you posted about your neighbor's illegal behaviour, it certainly gave the appearance that you did in fact give a rat's ass...
by the way- you aren't much of a storyteller either, if that was your idea of one...

[JitterbugPerfume]

44. the book 180 wrote

tells me he is a wonderful storyteller

and a good and decent human being

[LiberallyInclined]

45. well- if it's anything like the story about the neighbor with a lawnmower-

i'm sure it must be a quick read...i just hope the plot isn't quite as thin.

[Maine-ah]

6. no shit.

a guy down the road from us the "anal lawn man" (as we call him) was watering his lawn. Our snow is just recently gone, and we've had a shit load of rain. I can't even walk in my yard it's so squishy.

[LynneSin]

9. I get the pocket-bike owners at this time in the morning

those things make Leaf Blowers sound like quiet chimes in the wind

:grr:

[barb162]

10. Yes, and then it goes on all day long and well into the evening

And if they aren't mowing, they have those loud trimmers going.

[MidwestMomma]

11. Well guess I'm a considerate neighbor

I REALLY need to mow my yard but at 9:00 I said to myself, "That's too early on a Sunday morning. I'll wait until 11:00 or until I hear someone else mowing their yard." :)

[DrDebug]

12. And why do they always look like this nowadays

I'll tell you by 2020 it'll be SUVs...

[Maine-ah]

18. damn, I could use one of those for my yard!!

I will never buy one..but it would make my acre a little easier. Right now we use a self propelled mower, but were on a down slope and it's still pretty difficult on the hill.

[DrDebug]

19. Well they now come with one of these

Because the noise from the tractor isn't really nice. So you need a huge 45 Watts ghetto blaster to really enjoy it.



And we have set up a special deal for you. The lawn mower tractor PLUS a Sanyo Big Ben FREE OF CHARGE!

Edit: I turns out it's only 45 Watts. But we can also get the CONION C-100F ( http://pocketcalculatorshow.com/boombox/cool.html ) which has a built-in Burglar Alarm ;-)

[Telly Savalas]

20. Not me, man.

We recently moved to a place with a small lawn and yesterday I got one of those old school non-motorized push mowers. Hell, yeah.

[Abelman]

23. Where did you get that?

I didn't know they still made those. I want one!

[Telly Savalas]

32. Actually that specific model isn't mine.

I got mine used at a neighborhood hardware store. I thought I saw a new one there too, and I think some of the big box stores around here might carry them. There are lots of rowhouses in my area, so it's not atypical for people to have lawns that are only 25-50 square yards. (mine is) So such a mower is really the most practical thing to have. For slightly larger lawns, a lot of people 'round here have electric lawn mowers which I'd never heard of until moving here (they plug into an outdoor outlet):

[LiberallyInclined]

36. Sears, Ace Hardware, Menards...

seek and ye shall find.

[chaska]

26. Bless you.

[miss_kitty]

14. too cheap to hire a pro.

have it done during the week, when everyone is working.

[LiberallyInclined]

33. some people enjoy doing their own lawn work.

there's a certain zen to it, i'll tell you what...

[alarimer]

15. Do you have a dog?

Take him to the guy's lawn to do his business (preferably at night to hide the evidence). I swear I hate people like that. I lived in an apartment complex that was doing remodeling. They started hammering at 7 am on a SUNDAY. I was so pissed off I told the manager I was calling INS to haul off all their illegal aliens that were doing the work. I never did but those poor bastards worked 7 days a week (probably without overtime) and lived 8 to a room in some empty apartments. That apartment really sucked.

[miss_kitty]

16. yeah. the worst thing is to be sprayed with shit propelled by a lawnmower

It's gotta be way worse than riding back to the shop with the guy who got sprayed, which was my part in that day's drama. x(

[Mutley]

17. I live in a townhouse

and they are remodeling the house next door to me big time. They are adding a third floor and a basement... ugh. they show up at 7:00, that's what the noise ordinance allows in baltimore. not to mention all the holes they've bashed into my walls and the rain that seeps through the walls because of the open roof on that side. it's been a lot of fun.

[Abelman]

21. I feel your pain

Many times during the summer, on Saturday (my ONLY DAY OFF!) I would be awoken at eight am by a lawn mower. This is stupid.

Also bad: My father used to vacuum this early on Saturday mornings until I convinced him a dirty carpet for a few more hours was better than his son ripping all the carpet up. Which I didn't do, but I threatened! Ha HA!

[Withywindle]

22. HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE

Oh wait, I live in the city, we don't have lawns.

What we have is construction, because there's always some ucking fugly yuppie bunkers being built somewhere on the block. I lie in bed and have very malicious and detailed daydreams about painful, gory machinery accidents when I would much prefer to be real-dreaming (sleep-dreaming) about pleasant things.

[Wapsie B]

24. Send 'em over to my house to reseed my lawn.

That's nice and quiet. Better yet, have them hand-spade the entire lot first, then rake, then seed. That'll take 'em awhile.

[MissMillie]

25. I agree

until it gets to be 90+ degrees. Then you get it done early so that you aren't out there working in the hottest part of the day.

[chaska]

27. Ah Bubba and the lawnmower cult...

You know they make battery powered electric models nowadays that can really get the job done. They have a program in Seattle where they will give you a new battery powered model if you trade in your old gas model. Many people there use the old non-powered push design. The lawns are mostly small and they work very well for small yards.

[xmas74]

28. In the summertime around here we are supposed to mow

either early in the morning or late in the evening, if it is an ozone day. On ozone alert days I have had neighbors up at 5 am trying to mow before (I think that it is either 9 or 10 am when they say to stop the mowing or other activities of that nature) the requested cutoff time. You just get used to it after a while.
But, I have to admit, this is not the time of the year to worry about ozone alerts (usually starting end of June).

[rene moon]

29. When it is over 90 degrees like it was today

Then you get up early and mow the yard. My city is fining people for overgrown weeds. We received a notice to cut our grass or pay $400.

And it's not like we havent kept up but we had a krap load of rain in the last two months until recently.

So sorry, but I gotta wake up and not pay that fine!

[wildeyed]

30. I had a neighbor who did that.

I asked her nicely not to and she stopped. Now I have kids, so I am up with the birds everyday anyway.

What I really hate, when people mow during nap time. Can't even complain because it is 2:30 in the afternoon.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

31. i have a neighbor who mows in the dark !

usually on sunday evening.

[JitterbugPerfume]

38. tolerance is needed

some people have limited time to do things like mowng etc

life is like that

[Beaverhausen]

42. Our gardeners come at 7:45 am on Saturdays- with LEAF BLOWERS

it's LA...everyone hires gardeners.

Those leaf blowers are so f'ing loud.They use it on the patio right out my bedroom window.

I feel your pain.

for a few months these guys came on tuesdays instead. It was heaven.

Not anymore...:grr:

[Seabiscuit]

43. When all else fails...

there's nothing like spraying weedkiller on their flowerbeds. :evilgrin:

[Deep N RedLand]

46. I live with these things almost everyday.

As someone who needs to sleep in the day, I can tell you there is NO respect for those who might not be awake already.

Lawn-mowers and other landscaping tools that seem to go on for hours.

Young unemployed punks working on their Boomcars and driving up and down the street.

Kids in the summer running by the house screaming.

I've known people who sleep like they're a corpse and really, really envy them.


:banghead:

[Hardrada]

47. We have neighbors that have noise machines for all seasons

Loud lawnmowers and trimmers for spring an summer, loud leaf blowers ans mowers for Autumn and loud snowblowers for winter. They are repukes too. Isn't it funny THESE people are inheriting the earth just when it is running out of oil!!?