Rain, besides its usual contributions to the environment and the survival of all life, bestows an additional benefit on a rainy Saturday: the sound of the leaf-blower is not heard in our land. What a joy to hear only the light patter of rain! I would rather hear jets overhead than the continuous whine of a weed-blower two houses away.

Readers of the JP will know that I oppose the death penalty, no matter the crime. But I’m tempted to make an exception for the guy that invented the leaf-blower. :-)

Tom Lowe

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