On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 08:03:23 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
> wrote:

>On Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 6:46:09 AM UTC-6, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Janet B wrote:
>> >Opinicus wrote:
>> >>Janet B wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>http://tinyurl.com/zrp46mn
>> >>An electric knife on steroids. I especially liked the line "has the
>> >>look, feel and sound of a real chainsaw".
>> >
>> >I did too, made me chuckle
>> >Janet US
>>
>> I doubt it makes the sound of a real chainsaw... no electric chainsaw
>> makes the sound of a real chainsaw... probably the most recognizable
>> engine sound.
>
>Yeah, I'm being "serenaded" by that small bore internal combustion engine sound right NOW! On a beautiful Saturday AM, as the neighbor operates the stupidest use of 50 million year old plant material ever known!! A ****ing LEAF BLOWER!! Using 50 million year old plant material to move today's plant material a few feet over there? BS!! Get a ****ing RAKE!
>
>John Kuthe...

I mow leaves with my 7' mower fitted with mulching blades... the tiny
bits are gone in under 24 hours. I have a leaf blower but rarely use
it, maybe once a year to sweep leaves off my driveway onto my lawn
where I mow them.

On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 16:05:22 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>I mow leaves with my 7' mower fitted with mulching blades... the tiny
>bits are gone in under 24 hours.

Better than most people who collect the cuttings in a catcher and then
throw them away. Where do those people think the topsoil for their
lawn comes from?

Je_us wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 16:05:22 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
> > I mow leaves with my 7' mower fitted with mulching blades... the
> > tiny bits are gone in under 24 hours.
>
> Better than most people who collect the cuttings in a catcher and then
> throw them away. Where do those people think the topsoil for their
> lawn comes from?

Yeah, my husband was doing that but I finally convinced him to stop and
let the cuttings lay there. Lawn looks better than ever now after that!

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On 2016-04-02 4:36 PM, Je�us wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 16:05:22 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
>> I mow leaves with my 7' mower fitted with mulching blades... the tiny
>> bits are gone in under 24 hours.
>
> Better than most people who collect the cuttings in a catcher and then
> throw them away. Where do those people think the topsoil for their
> lawn comes from?
>
My former neighbours were nice people, but they were upset about the
leaves that blew over from my trees. They had dug a pond in their front
yard, which is about 2 acres, and spread the excavated sandy soil, which
really needed some humus. He used to rake up leaves and grass clippings.
When he splurged and got a new lawn tractor he got a bagger. I had tried
to convince him he would be better off with a mulching blade. Leave the
clippings and let them feed the soil.

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 18:59:00 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-04-02 4:36 PM, Je?us wrote:
>> On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 16:05:22 -0400, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I mow leaves with my 7' mower fitted with mulching blades... the tiny
>>> bits are gone in under 24 hours.
>>
>> Better than most people who collect the cuttings in a catcher and then
>> throw them away. Where do those people think the topsoil for their
>> lawn comes from?
>>
>My former neighbours were nice people, but they were upset about the
>leaves that blew over from my trees. They had dug a pond in their front
>yard, which is about 2 acres, and spread the excavated sandy soil, which
>really needed some humus. He used to rake up leaves and grass clippings.
>When he splurged and got a new lawn tractor he got a bagger. I had tried
>to convince him he would be better off with a mulching blade. Leave the
>clippings and let them feed the soil.

Some people just don't get it <shrug>.