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I don't like Round-up or insecticides. That being said there is a time and place for those but sparingly. Too much can go wrong.
Chemical warfare is icky, but sometimes it's the lesser evil.
 

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I don't like Round-up or insecticides. That being said there is a time and place for those but sparingly. Too much can go wrong.
Can go wrong and has. It's easier on the world than what it replaced, but still evil stuff. I try to keep the concentration to an effective minimum and spray up to but not when blooming starts. I've seen Paraquat on shelves in Mexico and heard DDT is still used in some parts of the world.
 

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I’m seriously considering packing the lawn business up and leaving VA for FLA. They have been doing all the right things lately.
my advice is dont do it- i have lived here most all of my life and I will be moving out next year- you can buy my place, it will be for sale a year or so from now
 

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Ok, now they want to have a special tax on E-blowers, lol
Well, and pretty much everything else…

Cue: The Beatles, “Tax Man”
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The clueless democrats are starting to complain about the tax increases. I don’t know why people voted for them believing the ice Queen and her posse of socialists were going to actually lower taxes. Then again, if they had common sense, they would vote differently.
 

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Can go wrong and has. It's easier on the world than what it replaced, but still evil stuff. I try to keep the concentration to an effective minimum and spray up to but not when blooming starts. I've seen Paraquat on shelves in Mexico and heard DDT is still used in some parts of the world.
When I was a kid in 1970 or so we would throw ddt powder onto our river property every June to keep bugs to a minimum. It worked. Complete shutdown.
 

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The clueless democrats are starting to complain about the tax increases. I don’t know why people voted for them believing the ice Queen and her posse of socialists were going to actually lower taxes. Then again, if they had common sense, they would vote differently.
Both sides suck and do nothing but lie to everyone, it’s always about who pays them the most no matter what side.
 

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Someone asked me why I preferred gasoline equipment. Gee... If you ask that question you probably need battery powered everything including car, truck, hand trucks, toothbrush, roller skates, etc....
 

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Someone asked me why I preferred gasoline equipment. Gee... If you ask that question you probably need battery powered everything including car, truck, hand trucks, toothbrush, roller skates, etc....
I can see in limited use or small yards for battery stuff and for some people it actually makes sense to do so. But no need to force the pros into it, if they want to and feel it will work for them that’s another story.
 

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Someone asked me why I preferred gasoline equipment. Gee... If you ask that question you probably need battery powered everything including car, truck, hand trucks, toothbrush, roller skates, etc....
You can have my 2 stroke toothbrush when you pry it from cold, dead hands.
 

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Both sides suck and do nothing but lie to everyone, it’s always about who pays them the most no matter what side.
Democrats are the only ones that try to take things away from me, raise my taxes, and make running a business difficult. It’s been that way my entire life.
 
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