tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214933700691824314.post6109095546993291107..comments2024-01-10T23:37:27.359+01:00Comments on The Completely Useless Guide to Paris: Blowing LeavesMargie Rynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426445779633185752noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214933700691824314.post-14224315839321328942007-12-10T22:16:00.000+01:002007-12-10T22:16:00.000+01:00Aralena, I have it from primary sources that yes i...Aralena, I have it from primary sources that yes indeed, they aggravate allergies.<BR/><BR/>Polly—I didn't even know that there were noise-pollution laws here—maybe they only apply to Paris intra-muros. But I fear that any attempts to get them to stop blowing would be met with sniffy dismay by some of my neatness-obsessed neighbors. In the past when I've gotten riled up about such things, everyone looks at me like I'm a freak and I feel like a stranded New Yorker in a sea of French indifference.Margie Rynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426445779633185752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214933700691824314.post-269288812391392172007-12-08T22:25:00.000+01:002007-12-08T22:25:00.000+01:00Well, damn -- naive Parisian urban dweller that I ...Well, damn -- naive Parisian urban dweller that I am, I thought that there weren't ANY leaf-blowers in France because it violated those supposedly strict French noise pollution laws. Leaf blowers are the scourge of the "modern" world.<BR/><BR/>Last year I missed the whole rotten leaf smell in Paris, because everything was so tidied up, that I had to search and search to find a pile of decaying leaves.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869555951274596739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214933700691824314.post-32268323696567740582007-11-20T17:28:00.000+01:002007-11-20T17:28:00.000+01:00completely agree, and would add that the dust part...completely agree, and would add that the dust particles blown up create more pollution to be allergic to.Aralenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599813866995083156noreply@blogger.com