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Old Sep 12, 2016 | 11:25 AM
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Tell him to edge it too.
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Old Sep 12, 2016 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by CalF
Some municipalities have laws to deal with that type of behavior.
We do, it's not enforced though.

Tell him to edge it too.
I'd have better luck talking to a wall. It pisses me off he blows his grass all over my lawn too.
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Old Sep 12, 2016 | 04:51 PM
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His lawn must have been waste high to have made a mess like that.
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Old Sep 12, 2016 | 05:02 PM
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Another warning: Don't ever park anywhere with your top down. We came back to the car after eating to find that the landscapers had blown off the parking lot as well as everywhere else. Guess where all the clippings and dust went!
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 06:25 AM
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When the landscape crew blew dead leaves all over my car. Idiots
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 12:33 PM
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I took akapounder's advice from another thread. The grills are inexpensive insurance.

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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 08:29 PM
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Just today me and the wife were at this little strip mall. And they were pressure washing the side walk.No wasnt I was not driving the Vette, still why do it during business hours.
when they close at 5pm and people walking on the sidewalk?
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