SlowpokeBlog

I've noticed a disturbing trend lately. Longtime readers will be familiar with my hatred of leaf-blowers -- those giant shrieking hairdryers that plague suburban neighborhoods in the fall. Well, I have observed on several occasions this spring people using leaf blowers to remove fallen blossoms from their walks and driveways. As if a few whisks of a broom would be too difficult! No, some people must use some deafening, infernal power-sucking device that shatters the peace and quiet for everyone within a half-mile radius. These people have no concept of noise pollution -- I think partly because noise pollution isn't visible -- and no sense of the environmental pollution they create, either. It's as if they live in a context-free bubble. Unfortunately, they do not.