On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 17:10:26 +1000, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

I don't own one and nor will I ever. I use a rake and I have at least a 2
acre garden. If I, as a woman of nearer 60 than 50, and having had 2
differing primary cancers and all the treatment that entails can use a rake,
I keep wondering what is wrong with people who need to use a blower.

It's a matter of time.

It would take me 3 hours to sweep up with a broom. The blower takes 20 minutes.