> In the tradition of mentioning answers to the poll that weren't options:
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> We have a truck that comes by every so often to take care of our leaves. We rake them into piles and then transport them to the side of the road. Then, about once a week, the Snuffy truck comes by. It looks like a garbage truck except there's this huge hose that comes out one side that sucks up all the leaves. Presumably they're mulched or something inside the truck. Watching for the Snuffy truck used to be a weekly ritual for me and my brother... it's still really fun to watch it suck up all the leaves.
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> Lire"after Snuffleupagus,in case that didn't make sense to anybody"lyn

We don't have that service because we don't live in town, but I can remember when the Snuffy truck would come by to pick of the leaves on the street outside my class room. We would have to stop class until the noise was over. Even with the windows closed, it was deafening. A lot of the kids would go stand by the windows to watch the show.
Howard