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Kiss the hand that blows the leaf

By Erik Curren | October 23, 2013

men using leaf blowers

I've never understood the benefit of a gasoline-powered leaf blower over a rake or a broom -- except to create an ear-splitting whir whose only possible satisfaction must be to make the tool-wielder feel more macho. But yesterday I came to realize that the leaf blower, whose antique two-stroke engine technology enables such a small tool to make such a big noise, is not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: Franz Kafka, leaf blower, noiose pollution, Susan Glaspell, two-stroke engine

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