Recently, here in the blogosphere, I have noticed three people complaining about noisy electric leaf blowers. In the summer, council contractors go up and down our road cutting grass verges as though it was an Olympic event. Then they are followed by others with petrol powered leaf blowers. They blow the cut grass around in a seemingly pointless manner while making a hell of a din.
I must confess that I own a leaf blower which I purchased twenty five years ago. However, I have not used it in over ten years, preferring to use a grass rake and a sweeping brush to create piles of leaves in the autumntime (North American: fall).
Until last week, we had a £100 stainless steel electric kettle by "Sage". We used it for around five years. It boiled water very quickly but very noisily too. It got so loud that I had to turn up the volume on our kitchen radio or if there was a conversation going on, voices had to be raised.
The dodgy electrical connection finally came to a halt and I was instructed to purchase another kettle toute suite. Our new Russel Hobbs kettle cost just £39 and though it is less powerful than the "Sage" kettle, it boils much more quietly. No need to turn up the radio any more. It's like willows whispering in the background.
Microwaves and bathroom fans can be pretty noisy too but regarding household appliances, the most annoying items in my opinion are vacuum cleaners and washing machines. They both make so much noise that they may stop you from thinking clearly.
One would think that through the passage of time, since these appliances were invented, someone would have been able to come up with silent vacuum cleaners and noiseless automatic washing machines. Instead, they continue whirr and blare away making you feel as though you are in the engine room of some great ocean liner.
Our "Bosch" washing machine has an extra annoying feature. When the washing cycle is over, an orange light flashes away as the machine bleats out a "Finished" signal every three minutes. The light and the alarm keep doing their thing until the operating dial is turned to "off". Surely the machine could do that itself! Would that have really been too much to ask?
There's a lot to be said for sweeping brushes and for taking baskets of laundry down to the river to wash. Much quieter.
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