Sheesh -- I don't know how it is in your neck of woods, but here in
coastal SoCal everyone uses "mow and blow" yard care guys who don't do
anything if it isn't powered by a two-cycle engine. Considering that
everyone is on their own schedule, I can count on at least two houses
within earshot to be alive with the whine, shriek, and roar of weed
whippers, leaf blowers, and lawnmowers per day. None of these engines have
any kind of emissions controls. Don't know how it's gonna be in Bend, to
where we're moving this month, but I pray it's quieter; I'm considering
finding someone who uses a push mower and broom -- I'll pay a bit more for
the quiet.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 8/4/2008 7:48 AM Chris S wrote:

> It's very interesting to see all the focus on cars for evaporative emissions
> testing when there are millions of gas cans and lawn mowers quietly giving
> up their gasoline into the atmosphere.
>