• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Doing the lawn after dark seems so unwholesome. Which is annoying because I could use a 25° drop in temperature.

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        What about flying a kite in the dark?

        And depending on the size of your lot, maybe you could use a reel mower. They’re nearly silent!

        You could also use a scythe, but that sounds like a lot more work.

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    2 months ago

    Look, if you live somewhere that the sun makes you regret existence (read: everywhere in 10 years), yard work is getting done in the morning, car work is getting done in the evening.

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    2 months ago

    Meanwhile, my wife keeps asking if it would be rude to mow the lawn at 7AM on a Saturday. With the electric mower.

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        Modern electric mowers are actually very quiet, they’re not your parents electric mower that’s for sure lol

        Mine is so quiet not only do I not need to worry about ear protection, you can’t even hear it from inside my own house so def none of the neighbors will be able to hear it either lol

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          What lawn mower do you have that is that quiet??? I have a Ryobi electric push mower that I bought last year and while it’s way quieter than a gas mower I would feel incredibly rude using it early in the morning.

          And noise is different depending on time of day. Ambient noise is a lot lower in off-hours, so your mower would sound louder than it does during the day.

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            Ours merely hums, wouldn’t think the noise would make it through a window unless you were within 10’, and even then, that might not wake a sleeping neighbor.

            The electric weed eater OTOH. Yeah. No.

            (DeWalt BTW. 40V I think? 2 small batteries.)

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            I was riding up the street on my bicycle the other day and actually stopped and backtracked to ask my neighbor what kind of mower he was using because I was so impressed at how quiet it was. Turns out it was a Ryobi (one of their brushless 40V models, which might matter).

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              Based on the design I think this is the one I have: https://www.ryobitools.com/products/details/46396037169#

              It does say “brushless” but they’ve got a fair few different varieties. I don’t know, I mean like I said it is significantly quieter than a gas mower. It’s a good mower. But I don’t think it’s anywhere near quiet enough to consider using it during off hours.

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            I have a greenworks push mower and I can clearly hear the birds while I’m mowing.

            It’s not the most powerful thing, but it does the job really quietly.

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      There’s no time of day I should be able to hear your music in my own home with all doors and windows closed.

      Car or house work noise tho? I’m cool.

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        I can hear people have a normal conversation on the street from inside my house. The walls are thin enough to let in and out all sound, but thick enough to keep in the heat in winter.

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          I live in a really mild climate and like to keep my windows open all the time. But fuck, I hate the vroom vrooms racing all day and night, and hearing people walking around with bluetooth boomboxes… like, when did that become a thing? headphones and jam friend, jeeeeeze… they don’t even sound good.

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            I don’t mind the music, but I do mind domestic disputes. The house beside mine is a rental and all of the tenants that have been there since I’ve moved in have been the worst. Trashy and constant domestic disputes and leaving their kids and dogs to just roam. I think the latest people got evicted because I haven’t seen them or their dog for a really long time. It’s been nice and quiet since they disappeared and I love it lol.

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          I added a bunch of insulation to my attic and that quieted things down. I think a lot of the sound was coming in the soffit vents and then through the ceiling of the room instead of the walls themselves.

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    Moving blankets are a wonderful solution. Hang them over your windows and enjoy the quiet. Get thick ones. Uhaul has good ones.

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

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    Ive often contemplated replacing the muffler on my rider with one designed for a passenger car

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      There is no mention of lawns in the post. Is this maybe supposed to be a response in one of the comment threads?

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        My guess is lawn mowers at the crack of dawn. That’s mostly the noise I wake up to. Gotta beat the heat…

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    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.

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    Neighbor cuts their postage stamp lawn with a loud lawn mower for 30 minutes. When they finish the next neighbor thinks to themself, ‘I should cut my lawn’, and starts a loud mower. When they finish the next neighbor starts. ALL Saturday. One after the other! Can’t you all just do it at the same time! Why can’t you use a push mower on a lawn that is smaller than a car parking spot! Why does it take you 30minutes, of using loud power tools, to cut a lawn the size of a car parking spot!!!

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      People need to start embracing electric mowers and trimmers. They’re way quieter and easier to maintain. My Ego mower is still going strong after five years on the same battery.

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        I think we need to normalize alternative landscaping. Think tall and thin sumac with lots of mulch on the ground. Once in a year dump lots of mulch and don’t mow anything. If you don’t like gardening, and don’t spend time outside, just plant large bushes and mulch. I see so many people around that just don’t care about their lawn, and do the easiest thing so it looks like everybody else’s.

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    Ohhh i’m legit printing this and sticking it on my neighbours car.

    You don’t need to leave a fuvking hemi running to ‘warm up’ 2m from a bedroom window on a weekend IN FUCKING MELBOURNE