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First lovely Sunday in ages... and the jet washers are out in force!

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BurntBroccoli · 28/07/2024 14:09

Beautiful day out, bees buzzing birds singing and thought I'd read my book in the garden.
Five minutes later 3 neighbours decide to bloody jet wash their drives and cars. Arghhhh!!! I hate that noise.

Why can't all noisy power tools be banned on a Sunday like they are in Germany?

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Inthethickit · 09/03/2025 22:45

@wastingtimeonhere I’m totally with you. Every half decent day overwhelming stench of weed and on the sunnier days some crap dance music blaring out all from the house behind. I power washed the patio today for about half an hour and thought yes i couldn’t give two hoots.

LindorDoubleChoc · 10/03/2025 11:34

As if there was ever any doubt about the Jeremy Vine show trawling Mumsnet for feature ideas (or indeed planting threads) - this subject is on the JV show today from 12pm .

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BurntBroccoli · 11/03/2025 19:19

aliceinawonderland · 09/03/2025 20:53

I agree OP. Our neighbour is retired ( 60s) and he has ALL WEEK to use power tools, but no… Saturday or Sunday when we have friends round or just want to sit in the sunshine and feel the warm air on our skin, he starts to strim his lawn. He doesn’t even do it for 20 minutes and then stop. He eeks it out… painfully.
So selfish

So annoying isn't it!

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BurntBroccoli · 11/03/2025 19:20

LaPetitePouleRousse · 09/03/2025 21:02

I know, I'm a moaning Minnie etc etc, but my heart sank when I saw my neighbours hauling their Scum Bucket out of the garage today... I can bear with the bubbling, and the shouting to be heard over the bubbling, hey, people like to cut loose, I get it... but the damn thing has a whiney engine that runs 24/7 for weeks at a time... it's the sort of pitch that goes right through you...

😖

Is that the contraption formerly known as a 'sex pond'?
Poor you.

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Original poster

BurntBroccoli · 11/03/2025 19:22

LindorDoubleChoc · 10/03/2025 11:34

As if there was ever any doubt about the Jeremy Vine show trawling Mumsnet for feature ideas (or indeed planting threads) - this subject is on the JV show today from 12pm .

Ha really?!!

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Abracadabra12345 · 11/03/2025 22:11

All this is reminding me why I love winter

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