Wet leaves stick to paved / metalled surfaces such that rakes & brooms ride right over them. Without a blower you're down on your knees lifting them with your

Wet leaves stick to paved / metalled surfaces such that rakes & brooms ride right over them. Without a blower you're down on your knees lifting them with your fingers. Been there, done that. It's odd to see suburbanites raging against blower noise whilst just shrugging at traffic noise as 'necessary'. At least blowers don't operate between midnight and 05:00...