primitives discuss neighbors raking leaves into streets

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Oh my.

The hot potato primitive:

taterguy  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-21-09 11:29 AM NON-DONOR
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Legal minds, do I have a cause of action against people who rake their leaves into the street?

It's a violation of our city code but since the city doesn't enforce it I was wondering if I could hire a private attorney to drag some of these scumbags into court and force them to obey the law.

Thanking you in advance for sharing your wisdom.

It's a big, uh.....bonfire.

liberal N proud  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-21-09 11:31 AM NON-DONOR
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1. Most cities in our area have leaf collections

You rake your leave to the street they vacuum them up.

I take half my leaves to the street and mulch the rest my self.

lonestarnot  (1000+ posts)      Sat Nov-21-09 11:32 AM NON-DONOR
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2. Better than piles of dogshit in the street, not enforced either.

Greater things to nag about, sorry.

As if the lonestarnut primitive has any greater things about which to bitch.

ixion  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-21-09 11:33 AM NON-DONOR
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5. It sounds like life is pretty good for you if that is your biggest problem.

stray cat  (1000+ posts)     Sat Nov-21-09 11:37 AM NON-DONOR
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7. Thats what we were suppose to do where I lived so the city could pick it up

It was responsible behavior

Libertas1776  (1000+ posts)         Sat Nov-21-09 11:41 AM
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9. Raking into the street...what an asshole. That stuff is a real pisser. At our house, our property extends to the other side of the street since there is no house behind us. Instead, it is basically a fenced in little piece of woods. We only moved in a couple of years ago, but hat we found out was that the people on the other side of the street had been dumping there leaves into the woods for years. Well, we put a stop to that. Of course, occasionally we catch people still dumping and sometimes we end up having arguments when they justify they're actions by saying "Well we've been doing it for 20 years." Oh, really? Well, I live here now ass hat and I don't want you dumping leaves on my ****ing property. Come Fall, leaves are truly the bane of one's existence.

morningglory  (1000+ posts)      Sat Nov-21-09 12:48 PM
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22. I would grab them and put them into my compost pile. Good stuff!

fishnfla  (1000+ posts)      Sat Nov-21-09 12:51 PM NON-DONOR
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23. unbelievable

you are a loser

dysfunctional press  (1000+ posts)      Sat Nov-21-09 02:19 PM NON-DONOR
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32. why don't you call the cops and ask them...?

i'm sure that they could use a good laugh too...

pitohui  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-21-09 02:37 PM
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34. i think the lawyer money would be better spent on some kind of therapy/counseling

why would you even notice if your neighbors raked their leaves into the street?

me, i just leave the leaves where they fall, if you rake and water your lawn, it only encourages it, and down south we have to mow 40 weeks out of the year anyways, why go for all 52 by removing some small obstacle to the grass reaching for the stars...

what gets my goat is stupid ass neighbors who rake leaves into a pile and start fires, THAT'S ****ing dangerous, esp. in dry weeks/years/droughts

just leave a leaf where nature intended and go about your day and be happy, is my advice

i haven't raked in 20 yrs and no one has called the cops yet...

and raking leaves to put in bags to put in landfills or whatever, what a terrible waste of environmental resources!!!

post script -- as another poster pointed out, once you have tried to hassle your neighbors, don't ever go on vacation and let the grass grow long, don't ever let your dog accidentally get out, don't ever accidently do anything against code again, because you. will. be. ****ed.

creating enemies over nothing is never the best use of your limited time on this earth

LaydeeBug  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-21-09 02:49 PM
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38. wow. I've got to tell you that I wanted to go through my leaves in the street when I saw this because there are so many OTHER waaaaaaaaay more important problems than this, and suggesting suing, or something spiteful is really just kinda silly, and what I would think a freeper would do. Why not extend a helping hand? Maybe they don't know about the ordinance. or maybe your town really isn't that interested in enforcing it? There are lots of bullshit laws on the books. Like in the state of Maryland, oral sex is technically illegal. But who's enforcing that?

donheld  (1000+ posts)         Sun Nov-22-09 12:41 AM
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86. I think the OP'er needs to get a life

Blue_In_AK  (1000+ posts)         Sat Nov-21-09 02:52 PM
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41. Pick them up and put them in your compost bin.

taterguy  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-21-09 06:11 PM NON-DONOR
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57. How am I supposed to transport a giant pile of leaves over one mile on a bicycle?

Got any more brilliant ideas Einstein?

Ghost in the Machine  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-21-09 09:23 PM NON-DONOR
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71. Shove them up your ass?

Dappleganger  (1000+ posts)      Sat Nov-21-09 03:59 PM NON-DONOR
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47. You're lucky you have so much time on your hands to pursue that kind of twaddle.

Most of us have real problems to deal with in our lives. Who rakes their leaves where is no concern of mine.

whoneedstickets (1000+ posts)      Sat Nov-21-09 06:36 PM NON-DONOR
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63. Roll'em and smoke that leaf!

Joanne98  (1000+ posts)      Sat Nov-21-09 09:19 PM NON-DONOR
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69. I supported you when you complained about us calling Orly Taitz...
 
Oily Taters! Now you're whining about leaves?

Petty petty tsk tsk!

tabasco  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-21-09 09:28 PM NON-DONOR
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73. They can be prosecuted under federal statute.

The Heinous Vegetation Distribution Act of 1935.

Now make like a Viking and Leif me alone.

Naturyl (1000+ posts)        Sun Nov-22-09 08:18 AM NON-DONOR
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96. Are there really no more pressing issues than this?

People are "scumbags" for raking leaves into the street?

And no, I don't do it myself.

taterguy  (1000+ posts)        Sun Nov-22-09 08:24 AM NON-DONOR
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97. Anyone who endangers the life of others for no good reason is a scumbag

Do you disagree?

Well, there's a lot more, and the hot potato primitive didn't make any friends with this bonfire.

[Doc Savage]

chain saw at lowes, cut the trees down, solve the problem.  burn the wood to heat the house

[The Village Idiot]

Good lord, there are cities that collect leaves for you? *sigh*

[Chris]

And all you have to do is push them out into the street.

I've never heard anything that ridiculous.  Driving on wet leaves is a huge road hazard -- after a hard rain, its almost as bad as driving on ice.

[GOBUCKS]

When I was a kid, everyone raked their leaves into the gutter and burned them. I still associate autumn with the pleasant smell of burning leaves. Of course, everyone also had burning barrels behind the house for their household trash and garbage. Sometimes they didn't smell so good, but no one ever complained.

[zeitgeist]

When I was a kid, everyone raked their leaves into the gutter and burned them. I still associate autumn with the pleasant smell of burning leaves. Of course, everyone also had burning barrels behind the house for their household trash and garbage. Sometimes they didn't smell so good, but no one ever complained.

Ah yes the good old days.  When we were kids we use to thow horse chestnuts in with the leaf fire for a little added excitement. IIRC the trash barrel got burned once a week, usually at night.

I suspect the bomberos would be here along with the gendarme if a leaf were to be burnt in my neighborhood.  I compost about half of my leaves and bag the rest to be picked up by the city.  I have no idea what they are doing with them now but they use to compost them and allow residents to pick up the mulch for gardens.

Anyone know which creates more pollution, burning or composting?  I would guess decaying leaves would create some sort of gas but darn if i know.

[Chris_]

Ah yes the good old days. 
Anyone know which creates more pollution, burning or composting?  I would guess decaying leaves would create some sort of gas but darn if i know.

Well....since composting is simply burning them in very sloooooow motion, I would suggest that the amount of pollution generated is about the same.......

I used to love the smell of burning leaves in the fall.....coming from a small town there were days when a pall of light smoke hung over the entire town.....nostalgia......

doc

[Chris_]

We moved from a small city that vacuumed leaves on the street twice a week in the fall.  You only had to rake them to the sidewalk and the big truck came to clean up.

That was a first for us. 

[debk]

Good lord, there are cities that collect leaves for you? *sigh*

If you live inside the city limits...the city has trucks that come by at least once a week and vacuum them up if they have been raked to the street.


We live in the county.....we have leaves EVERYWHERE!...the other half mowed and leaf blowed the drive yesterday. It rained hard this morning.

There are more leaves on the ground....




Of all the things to bitch about in this country right now....the OP is bitchin' about leaves?

He needs a different psychiatrist....the one he's going to obviously isn't helping...

[kenth]

57. How am I supposed to transport a giant pile of leaves over one mile on a bicycle?

Got any more brilliant ideas Einstein?

He's bunged up over leaves a mile away; not even next door neighbors.

[Chris]

Maybe those are his next-door neighbors.  Sure wish I was a mile away from everyone else.

I think the suggestion the other DUmmy offered was very helpful.

[BlueStateSaint]

I think the suggestion the other DUmmy offered was very helpful.

You mean this exchange, right?

taterguy  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-21-09 06:11 PM NON-DONOR
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57. How am I supposed to transport a giant pile of leaves over one mile on a bicycle?

Got any more brilliant ideas Einstein?

Ghost in the Machine  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-21-09 09:23 PM NON-DONOR
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71. Shove them up your ass?

 

[LC EFA]

When I was a kid, everyone raked their leaves into the gutter and burned them. I still associate autumn with the pleasant smell of burning leaves. Of course, everyone also had burning barrels behind the house for their household trash and garbage. Sometimes they didn't smell so good, but no one ever complained.

Yep - and it is because of whiny little maggots like the DU poster that we can no longer burn leaves and other garden waste (palm trees suck).