A plea to chain saw fans
STRANGE people these Health and Safety crowd don’t you think?
Allowing kids to play conkers in school without wearing welding goggles is now seen as an act of Treason.
If you have a dog that barks and annoys your neighbours, be prepared for a visit from your council and any publican playing loud music late in the evening now risks his licence.
I get this… continuous noise is hard to live with.
If there is one agonising noise that surpasses anything on planet earth it has to be the ubiquitous chain saw. DIY husbands love owning a chain saw. It says, ‘This is the home of a serious player. Do not fool with me.”
Like kids on their first motor bike they want to be noticed.
My pal, a devoted gardener for 30 years, bought himself a chain-saw and drove the neighbours mad.
Relationships with friends, that had survived for decades fell apart when he became addicted to sawing stuff down.
Sadly, for him, he fell from the top of a tree and got his ankle trapped in the branches and ended up out action for 12 months. (The neighbours loved it.)
He doesn’t do much chain…sawing these days.
You’ve probably guessed this article was triggered by the constant screaming of a chain-saw in my neck of the woods.
This is no muffled hum this is the sound of an enraged beast attacking its bloody prey.
My dog, who’s about as calm as a duck-billed-platypus, goes into hiding the moment she hears the saw screaming.
Answer this for me if you can, are noise suppressors available for these monster chain saws?
If so why are they not used?
Next time you decide to lob off the top of a mighty redwood give some thought to that duck -billed-platypus trying to get some Zzzzzzzz. (He could become your next-door neighbour.)