There is no such thing unless you are talking about pilot grade gear.

Burning leaves are banned, no one should be doing that.

With the new compost bins, there is simply no excuse.

Not a higher quality pair that has the ability to quiet those outside sounds

Just saying that for a place called Dive Bar, it’s great food.

Nope. Gotta brine it yourself if you want it brined.

Are their turkeys brined? Or do you do it yourself?

Make sure it’s not frozen or too cold. Do it outside on the concrete but if you don’t want grease stains put a tarp down. Wear longish work gloves so you don’t get the oil on your skin and make sure your lifters and pot are the right size for your bird and don’t use just whatever you have!! That and not wearing long sleeves/gloves/closed toed shoes is how people have a little spill and then drop the bird or knock the whole pot and end up burned. It’s easier to do two smaller birds than one giant one for a lot of people.

It was fun for a family event but I like my oven turkey because it is much easier (I’m already in the kitchen) and since I make smaller birds anyways.

Thanks for all these everyone. I will be going through their forms 990s. I want to make sure where I volunteer actually uses their money for good and not to overpay some CEO.

Just Living Advocacy

Elkridge food pantry or any of the local food pantries are great places where you get to see your impact right away when you hand deliver food to people. Although that isn't a everyday thing they always could use help organizing or picking up from local super markets or churches.

Wrong. It can be done safely. Indoor/outdoor fryers work just fine.

Don’t deep fry it. It is extremely dangerous and tons of people end up in the E.R. as a result. Just put it in the oven!

Helping Up Mission

Get your turkey from ShoNuff Turkeys in Maple Lawn, right off 29 just south of Columbia.

As far as frying, I buy a large container of peanut oil from BJs and I used the indoor/outdoor electric fryer from Butterball. It’s well worth the money. Takes about 3-4 minutes per pound.

… your post says “great food” now you’re agreeing it’s bad

We also have buy nothing groups around columbia. Not specifically targeted to those who can not afford things, but they always go to those who will use the items in theory. They are on fb.

Dude, it’s named Dive Bar, what was your level of expectation?

While I see where you're going with this, that would be a truly unpleasant experience for all involved lol. Actually, maybe it would turn people off to gas powered leaf blowers altogether?

My elderly neighbors hire out, and they all hire the same crew consisting of two guys in their 60s. Today, they have been working on the same yard for at least 3 hours, though the last hour has been spent putting the leaves through a chipper. This is the second pass they've done on that one house alone this week.

There is this other guy who does it himself for hours at a time that I think might have OCD or Aspereger's. He maintains a very tidy property and otherwise seems very independent and competent, so I'm not super concerned that he needs adult services or something.

Decided to come to The Turn House and it was a great decision!

If you're here in Columbia, check with CAC of Howard County.

There's also a smaller group that started up around the time of the pandemic, Columbia Community Care, they have a page on Facebook.

Turn house has a nice patio with hood course views, walrus oyster house at the mall has a nice indoor/outdoor area and union jacks as well by the mall. There is a spot in the hotel at lakefront that looks to have outdoor seating overlooking the lake, think it’s called LaK? Another one would be manor hill brewing companies farm have their beers/seltzers plus pizza on site now and frequent food trucks.

Reach out to your council rep! They’re usually pretty wonderful when dealing with their constituents! They can tell you if there has been any discussion of making changes!

Also, another argument to add to your list is that gas powered lawn equipments isn’t very healthy for those who operate it (talking crews operating it all day every weekday)

Could they have some dementia and be forgetting how long they’ve been out and that they already blew the leaves?

They don't cite for excessive leaves around here. Again, we live in the woods. Over half of the properties don't even have true lawns because of the full shade and large amount of leaves. These neighbors are actually the exception to the norm because most folks here take a much more conservative or efficient approach to managing the leaves.