tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718756643650361118.post4338242697924095719..comments2019-02-26T08:55:23.364-06:00Comments on Eavesdropping In The Areopagus: "BILLS WIDE IN VAIN:" ON HEARING MY NEIGHBOR'S LEAF BLOWERRichard Jorgensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10855434140247141016noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718756643650361118.post-38938786339730508992011-06-11T10:30:50.366-05:002011-06-11T10:30:50.366-05:00It is indeed a noisy world, or so I'm told.
So...It is indeed a noisy world, or so I'm told.<br />So much noise has reached my ear that I can no longer hear.Jeffrey Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09534863365125255370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718756643650361118.post-14271641892806092322011-06-11T09:49:58.379-05:002011-06-11T09:49:58.379-05:00I, too, own a few machines, so have to watch out f...I, too, own a few machines, so have to watch out for the hypocrisy factor. Funny how a lawnmower four or five houses away has an almost bucolic, peaceful sound; a leafblower at the same distance just sounds like an enraged mosquito. RLJRichard Jorgensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855434140247141016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718756643650361118.post-76106671728276809492011-06-10T20:40:36.137-05:002011-06-10T20:40:36.137-05:00I appreciated the poem very much. It was also a cu...I appreciated the poem very much. It was also a cunning use of poetry to veil a mild rant about public noise, which is an epidemic.<br /><br />I must admit to having a chain saw, a mower, and a leafblower, BUT, I use them very sparingly. I prefer a bush axe, a scythe, a machete, and a broom. This is to show mercy to myself, the distant neighbors, and the animals (and get a healthy workout). I always thought it unfair that a machinery user can use earplugs but the rest of us have to hear the continual racket!<br /><br />Thanks for joining me in a bit of a rant about this, though more direct. Bill GableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com