please someone make the strimming stop

[intexasatthe moment]

the constant noise is driving me insane . Sometimes it's 2 or 3 at the same time . I know it's London and I suppose I've become inured to the airoplanes ,sirens etc but not this incessant high pitched whine .

couldn't we co ordinate and have the odd strimmer free day ?

[intexasatthe moment]

its been weeks ,how much vegetation can there be left ?

[Louisa]

But it does leave a lovely smell of cut grass in the air wouldn't you agree? To me it's the sound of summer. Far better than rain and car engine noises.

Louisa.

[alice]

i'll swap your bucolic strimming for some heavy metal drilling and whinning sewer diggers.

[DulwichFox]

Strimmers are a pain on a summers day... especially petrol ones...

... A 2 stroke strimmer gives out around 95 to 110 decibels so hearing protection needs to be worn

Also with all the grass cuttings and dust for anyone nearby who suffers with Hay-Fever it can be very unpleasant.

Very anti social ..

DulwichFox

[Townleygreen]

I believe in Germany you are not allowed to use these machines at all on a Sunday, so people can have at least one quiet day at home and in the garden.

Sounds a good idea to me!!

[Jeremy]

Glad I don't live in Germany then! Sunday is surely THE day for getting odd jobs done.

I can mow the lawn (and strim the edges) at 6:30am on Monday morning if you prefer..

[Angelina]

put the radio on.....

[Sue]

intexasatthe moment Wrote:

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> its been weeks ,how much vegetation can there be

> left ?

Sadly, grass grows :)

Very quickly at this time of year :(

I guess that's why people have paving, decking and bloody astroturf.

Personally I'd rather hear a strimmer outside than loud music, people in the same garden having a conversation by apparently shouting to each other or, as recently, piercing recorder "playing" from someone who couldn't play it.

Yeh I know, grumpy old woman.

[Jeremy]

Sue Wrote:

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> piercing recorder "playing" from someone who couldn't play it.

Bloody children, trying to learn musical instruments! Whatever next? ;-)

[intexasatthe moment]

"Sadly, grass grows "

The thing is ,once the expanse of overgrown grass is strimmed couldn't a lawn mower be used to keep the grass down ?

It's the high pitched whine ( rising even above that of my own voice ) that I can't stand and the use of strimmers in plots near me seem to have replaced lawn mowers .

[*Bob*]

Remember, Sue - these recorder playing kids are your tankard rattling, bearded, fingers-in-ear future.

[jctg]

Over the past few years to the traditional sounds of an English summer, the strimming of hedges, the smack of leather on willow, has been added a new noise...

[Sue]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Sue Wrote:

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> > piercing recorder "playing" from someone who

> couldn't play it.

>

> Bloody children, trying to learn musical

> instruments! Whatever next? ;-)

I'm all for children learning instruments, but preferably not at top volume in the garden.

And I believe this was an adult :(

ETA: If I believed in karma, which I don't, I might think this was retribution for my learning the melodeon. But at least I don't play it very badly in the garden :))

[DulwichFox]

I recently saw on BBC's Bargain Hunt a Harmonica which was tuned to accompany Bagpipes.

I cannot stand Bagpipes but this most unusual and unique 'instument' is quite beautiful

in the right hands / mouth.

Foxy

[stringvest]

I used to have a cat that would launch into a frenzied attack on anything nearby at the sound of bagpipes !! (and mothers singing !!!)

[Seabag]

My house backs onto a park

And I live next door to a violin teacher, who has an upright piano too

AND I have tinnitus

But i've found my peace in all of this, dig deep as it's all a beautiful strimming/clanging/ringing kinda thing

[Earl Aelfheah]

Thanks for sharing that link Foxy, really interesting sound.