What's your opinion on neighbors (in a residential community) who throw grass clippings on the street when mowing and leave them there? I'm asking for my wife cause apparently it bugs the crap out of her.
OT: Grass clippings
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There is a special pace in Hell for those people. It's right next to anyone who links a pay wall article to a message board discussion and across from those who don't return shopping carts to the cart corrals in the parking lot.
...if it's a windy day, I have been known to not drive out into the street to blow away the grass. All other times, I rake a few passes and push the grass back to my curb.
...if it's a windy day, I have been known to not drive out into the street to blow away the grass. All other times, I rake a few passes and push the grass back to my curb.
The street is public property so she his more than welcome to go rake them up. After she gets through making you a sammich of course! Grass rakes and leaf blowers make great anniversary and birthday presents.
“Throw” or mow and don’t blow it back into the yard?
I mulch my grass, but also make sure I blow whatever landed elsewhere back into my lawn.
On a serious note, as a motorcycle rider, grass clippings are slick as snot and scare the hell out of me.
It really bugs me seeing a paid lawn service blowing leaves into the street as well.
You people need something else to worry about.
I’m glad you brought this up. I don’t ride but I do care about safety, especially on the road. I learned recently how dangerous grass clippings can be to motorcycle riders and I had no idea. I honestly never thought about it until a friend mentioned it.
I’ve heard that the biggest cause of death for motorcycle riders is motorcycles.****
To each his own, but I wouldn’t ever consider driving like that among the mouth breathers on the roads. If grass clippings are somehow a problem…. My god.
O’Doyle rules
Not as bad as raised reflectors on roads or even thermoplastic markings, especially in rainy weather. Or wet leaves.
Interesting. Liberals adhere to quite the selective justice structure.
There is a city ordinanfe/rule/law that says leaves and grass can't be blown into the street.
As for wasting energy by blowing clippings back onto the sidewalk taint, it takes like 30 seconds. Probably less, it's so brief I haven't even cared to actually analyze it.
It was a post with some obviously over the top phrasing for cemedic effect, but strong work taking it literally.
Dang we're bored. We just had this exact thread less than 3 months ago. Grass clipping threads are going to rank somewhere between EV and Cord Cutting threads soon.
Grass Clippings Thread #1
Grass Clippings Thread #1
When I lived in the city, the lawn service blew them into the direction of the street. The dang blowers they had made them disappear. One pass with their backpack blowers and you couldn't find a blade of grass. Now I live in the country and turn my mower to blow right out in the highway. Two cars go by like a blur and they are gone.
Fail. Someone who posts as much as you do in Cocaine White House threads should leave the “cemedy” to the funny.
I would never bow my clippings into the street... I blow them in my neighbors yard/ driveway like any normal human.
MIL gave me deceased FIL’s bike and said if I can fix it, I can keep it. I fixed it, and really want to keep it, but today confirmed that I need to sell it. Between the mouth breathers on the road and my attitude, it’d be best. I already have a risk prone profession, no need to welcome more opportunities with a motorcycle and 2 little kids.
It’s actually in our home and garden section right next to the coy pond people.
Troglodyte got within two arm lengths of me on the trace. So, I let go of the throttle and looked back at them as I waved them to pass me and SIGNIFICANTLY slowed down. At some point, there will be a bigger fish.
Your wife sounds like a keeper. But beware of the legal issues if she goes out there and kicks that neighbors arse.
Not to diminish any safety concerns but as a former motocross racer and street biker I've never heard nor experienced grass clipping or wet leaf problems.
Exactly we have so little grass it doesn't matter and I use the mulching mower anyway. When I get through running the weedeater, I make sure and blow it out on the edge of the street or in my yard. Preferably in my yard where it will help slow fertilize the lawn.
"Throwing" grass clippings into the street/sidewalk is lazy and trashy. Point your mower the other way, back into your yard. "Blowing" grass clippings into the street should be a misdemeanor. Y'all laugh, but they really are a danger to cyclists. ....and motorcyclists, I guess. (moto tires 5 times wider than my road bike tires)
I’ve always heard that you can judge how big a man is by the size of things that upset him. Using this gauge, and between this and cart corral, some of y’all need hobbies and counseling.
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