'We will redistribute them': Grandpa and teenage grandchild find creative way to around new township rule

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Sep 18, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

Grandpa and his grandkid have an interesting way to get rid of excess leaves, but not everyone is sold on their methods. 

On the internet, things are never as straightforward as they might seem. One person's wholesome story quickly turns into a debate in the comments section. Did they actually do the right thing, or was it reckless? That's what people were debating after reading u/throwaway1999000's tale of bonding with their grandfather. 

The debate has to do with the way this person's grandfather handled a new ruling from the township. He just wanted to do things his way, as he'd been doing already for years. He was used to raking up leaves and then burning them, which sounds like a perfect way to keep a bonfire going. After he was banned from doing that though, this Grandpa was determined to still get rid of his leaves, no matter what. Keep scrolling to read this person's entire malicious compliance story, as well as the interesting debate over their tactics. 

Next up, read about these employees who did so badly on their first day that they weren't allowed back, like one person who decided to "literally chase a beaver around in their golf cart." 

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    Can't burn leaves? Then we will redistribute them. I'm reminiscing because my grandpa (89) recently had a stroke. A few years back in the fall time, when he was in better health, we would rake up all the leaves in his large yard. However, the township said we couldn't burn them like we usually do- a new law or something on the books.
    via u/throwaway1999000
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    Now, being that we live in a very rural area, my grandpa didn't like this. He was in hi seventies at this point, and I think I was barely a teenager- but he was also a lawyer for yeas before he retired, so the law must be followed. Anyways, we didn't feel like taking load after load of leaves to the dump. But we couldn't burn them.
    via u/throwaway1999000
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    So we loaded them high into the back of grandpa's pickup, and not wanting to go to the dump, I said "Grandpa, let's just drive until they all blow away." And so we did. It was glorious- me riding shotgun and my seventy year old grandpa (he was probably closer to 80 at the time tbh) driving down the country road with the tailgate down, watching all thos leaves blow out into the fields behind us.
    via u/throwaway1999000
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    We had great fun doing it and still talk about it to this day. Can't burn the leaves, you say? Alright, then we'll redistribute them.... UPDATE: I didn't expect this to get so much attention. Grandpa is home from the hospital but weak, with a lot of rehab and recovery ahead. I will be telling him he is internet famous for the time we redistributed the leaves. I hope it cheers his spirit a little.
    via u/throwaway1999000
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    INITMalcanis Kind of a shame because those leaves would have made great compost. Build a heap at the end of the garden, water occasionally if the pile dries out too much and let the worms take the pile to monchytown. Pretty soon you have primo garden compost.
    via u/INITMalcanis
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    Kinetic_Strike Hope your gramps can recover glad you have had - some good times with him and made some solid memories. :) That's a great memory to have :)
    via u/Kinetic_Strike
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    jeffrey_f I just use the mower. Less work.
    via u/jeffrey_f
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    Sohn_Jalston_Raul By dumping the leaves back out you unintentionally did one of the best things you could have done with those leaves. By leaving them on the ground you help the soil retain moisture and nutrients, it allows the trees to recycle and reuse all the nutrients they spent growing the leaves again next year, and you allow all that carbon that the trees pulled from
    via u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul
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    the air to be sequestered in the soil and return to the ground. By removing the leaves from your own lawn and spreading them around elsewhere you deprived your own lawn and trees of much-needed nutrients and moisture, but you at least gave your neighbours a free handout (and potentially healthier lawn next summer) so I guess it all balances out.
    via u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul
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    Burning the leaves would have been the worst possible solution: you're just dumping all that carbon that could have been sequestered back into the air.
    via u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul
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    krisdahl As a motorcyclist this is pretty up. Dumping leaves in the road could kill someone. Is it also okay to dump banana peels? It is the law to secure your load, even if it is biodegradable.
    via u/krisdahl
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    superfluousy So how is this not littering?
    via u/superfluousy
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    marslander-bogg... Wish your grandpa all the luck and health!
    via u/marslander-boggart

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