• UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        Because a two-stroke engine that is more polluting than a full size SUV many times over making a lot of noise and releasing a lot of byproduct poisons into the air is vastly preferable to using a fucking rake. I think some boomers and junior boomers like the fact that they're being noisy. grillman

        • D61 [any]
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          2 months ago

          Nu-Mad Max 3: Boomers doing the War Boyz "witness me" bit with riding lawnmowers, weed eaters, and mayonaise.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Because a two-stroke engine that is more polluting than a full size SUV many times over making a lot of noise and releasing a lot of byproduct poisons into the air is vastly preferable to using a fucking rake. grillman

      • pemptago@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        downvotes? I'm guessing you may have offended some folks by badmouthing their favorite toy.

  • D61 [any]
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    2 months ago

    riding lawnmower comes screaming out of the garage at its max speed of 5 mph, the driver dual wielding leaf blowers

    skeleton-guns-akimbo

  • pedz@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Reminds me of my father. He's up super early, like 4 am, and to him 7 am is perfectly late enough to run the wood planer on a weekend day.

  • Zip2@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    Are you one of those damn night people complaining about us morning people getting on with stuff in the limited time window we have?

  • reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    The people across the street were grinding tree stumps at 8am Sunday last week. I yelled out the window but it didn't work. They were done and gone by 10, which is when they should have started.

    • Catsrules@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      8AM seems perfectly responsible time to start to me. I don't know about your area but 10AM is when the heat starts around here.

  • Snowyday@startrek.website
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    2 months ago

    In my part of Virginia, they have established noise laws. Seem pretty fair

    ordinance defines daytime as 7 AM–10 PM on weekdays and 9 AM–10 PM on weekends and holidays, and nighttime as any time outside of daytime.

    The ordinance limits noise levels to 60 decibels during the day and 55 decibels at night in residential areas.

    The law has a surprising amount of detail regarding things like vehicle noise, construction, etc.

    https://library.municode.com/va/prince_william_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH14NO_S14-8EX

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Back in CA, there was a total grillman , appearance and all, that'd roll down the street in a golf cart with a massive sound system filling the entire rear behind his seat, and he'd blast out absolute trash dadrock with huge floor-shaking subwoofers, and do it all with this empty gammon grin behind his wrap-around polarized sunglasses, going back and forth at least twice a week around the same time.

    He was still not as divorced as my-hero though.

  • Mac@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago

    That means you're all going to be quiet and mindful of us third-shifters, right?
    ...Right?