Half a pound of weed! At current Brixton prices that's £1250.That's ace
I think this definitely needs its own thread, along the lines of the "Will it take off?" thread. You attach a sail to the kayak and point the blower at the sail (whilst sat in the kayak)... Will the kayak move forward or would it be like standing in a bucket and trying to lift yourself off the floor?
Where there are small quantities this can be done, although many people regard it as untidy and evidence that gardeners aren't doing their job properly.
They would have been doing a "flyer". I doubt they are officially allowed out of the depot at that ungodly hour, I have never seen a contract specification that allowed a start before 08:00.
There's no garden or grass involved. It's for the relatively small amount of leaves that fall on to the access road behind the block of flats.
Leaves on roads are extremely dangerous, for all vehicles and their users. It's like aquaplaning if you brake on them and they build up under your tyres, so removing them can only be a good thing.
It's a tiny, one-lane access lane with traffic calming lumps every 20 meters that barely sees any traffic, ever. The notion of a car managing to aquaplane on that road is truly laughable when cars can barely reach 5mph.
We start work at 7.30 and are allowed to use machinery from 8am.
I'm sure he'll get along just fine without ever hearing from me.
Why would he want to start blowing leaves at 8am in winter when it's pitch black and there's no leaves on the trees, and those that fell in the autumn have long been cleared up?
I'm amazed that your experience working on building sites hasn't taught you this, but we generally wait for the leaves to fall from the trees before we gather them up.Why would he want to start blowing leaves in winter when there's no leaves on the trees
If you think from December onwards is the right time to send out leaf blowers I think you've lost touch with the seasons or something.
Oh I dunno. I think everyone's entitled to a moan and a minor gripe now and then but I'm not sure they deserve the pile on that follows.
Bicycles and motorbikes are much more susceptible to losing control due to leaves on the road. A tiny patch of leaves could result in a cyclist receiving life-changing injuries, or worse. Gardens are one thing but nothing trumps people's safety, not even a noisy leaf blower.It's a tiny, one-lane access lane with traffic calming lumps every 20 meters that barely sees any traffic, ever. The notion of a car managing to aquaplane on that road is truly laughable when cars can barely reach 5mph.
Mm. I have a tad more sympathy for your plight.
I think you either misunderstood or chose to be disingenuous. I said that braking on leaves was like aquaplaning. It has the same effect, but at a much lower speed.
I think it reasonable. Carry on.
Westminster are obviously ahead of the curve on this one, but where they lead I'm sure other boroughs will follow.
You're attributing to me a comment I never made, but in fact we are still picking up leaves in December most years, partly because of the sheer scale of the job and partly because all trees don't shed their leaves at the same time, it happens over a period of many weeks.
