Originally Posted By gadzuux It's 11:15 and I'm ready to go to bed. Unfortunately it's the night of july 4th, and there are firecrackers going off all around me - near and far, pops and booms, whistles and flashes, crackles and sputters. Enough already. I know we all get older and turn into our own parents because I see it happening to me. I don't have the patience for nuisances and irritations like I used to. Firecrackers are not fun, okay? There's nothing entertaining about them other than being deliberately annoying to your neighbors. The best I can hope for now is that someone loses a thumb.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Yeah. And what's with kids these days? Half the time you look at 'em you can't tell if it's a boy or a girl. And I'll tell you what else. I don't like all these piercings. If God meant for us to have metal in our bodies we would have been born with rivets. I agree with you about the firecrackers, Mr. CrankyPants. I hope you got some sleep.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I've never gotten firecrackers, even as a kid. They are like a bullies best toy ever. Throw them at eachother, scare the you know what out of others, everyone standing around watching paper explode. Wow! Our neighborhood is relatively quite but for some reason this year they were still popping and cracking till around 1am. It was also 104 today so I guess no one could sleep. Anyway, I'm still pulling kitties out from under beds this morning.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I'm bad. I like noisy fireworks. Especially the 'screamers'. They're the best!!
Originally Posted By DAR I was never allowed firecrackers as a kid. The closest I got were those snappers.
Originally Posted By JazzCat I didn't even bother going to bed until 11:30 even though I get up at 6:30. This is in a city that bans fireworks. I know it would have done no good to call the police!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I LOVE firecrackers! We had so much fun with them when we were kids - blowing stuff up in the sandbox, lol. As a parent, I have very fond memories of watching my son, dad and great uncle playing with them in the river bottom behind the house. Fireworks are illegal where we live now. However, every Fourth we sit in our backyard or the upstairs windows and enjoy the displays around the neighborhood. We stay home from the official displays because of our dog. I understand the fire dangers and reasons for the ban, and wholeheartedly support the law. However, that doesn't keep me from enjoying those you go around it. It's their necks!
Originally Posted By LVBelle Nothing says you love your country like blowing stuff up! We had fun with legal fireworks last night but the neighbors kept it up WAY past midnight. Our poor dog was terrified and spent most of the evening hiding in the bathtub. She was not a happy camper.
Originally Posted By RangerPooh Growing up back in Ca we had the "safe' fireworks. Just fountains and other small stuff. But here on the Washington coast we can use the big stuff that goes into the sky. Everyone goes down to the beach and sets them off. Unfortuantely we get a bunch of lame-brains from the Seattle/Olympia area who just aren't too bright and start big bon fires just feet from the sand dunes...dry dune grass, and them light their fireworks right there. Needless to say that last night there were numerous fires in the dune grass. The main road leading to my street was blocked off due to the fire and it's potential spread. So we had to take an alternative route home. Thankfully that fire was taken care of before any more damage could occur. However, from what we heard another fire suppposedly destroyed a car and may have destroyed a home as well. All thanks to people setting off heir fireworks into the dunes. Can you tell I'm ticked? I mean it's people like this who will have fireworks banned here in the next few years.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I thought gadzuux was talking specifically about firecrackers, not fireworks?! I love fireworks, sparklers, etc. just not firecrackers.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 <<Our poor dog was terrified and spent most of the evening hiding in the bathtub. She was not a happy camper.<< Oh, Belle, I share your pain! My poor dog was so upset last night, too. She was fine until I took her out to the backyard before bed, and someone let off a firecracker close to the house. She's already jumpy with storms because of some lightning that crashed close to us earlier this year, and this has just made things worse. She walked between my legs back into the house, and then she got as close as she could to me when we went to bed. She was just shaking, poor baby. :-( I don't mind firecrackers in their place, but it does bother me when they're set of illegally. We have a city-wide ban on them, too, but they always set the dang things off. And it's not like there aren't places people could go to see fireworks. We have two fireworks shows in town, one sponsored by the city last weekend and one held by the largest church in the area last night. Sadly, there's nothing you can do to stop people. :-/
Originally Posted By wonderingalice We suffered through those crappy things until midnight last night and I expect the same for tonight (stupid kids... the 'holiday' is over now, okay?) They always carry over for a second round. I'll tell ya... When your alarm clock is set to go off at 2:30 a.m. - that racket is NOT appreciated. I may very well call 311 (Metro PD's non-emergency number) if it keeps up past 10 tonight. Aside from being annoying, firecrackers are illegal. Those brats deserve a little harrassment - a fine to hit their wallets would be good, too.
Originally Posted By JazzCat Geez wonderingalice, that no air conditioning is really getting to you isn't it?? (j/k! You have a right to be upset!)
Originally Posted By dltraveler Oddly enough, we don't get much in the way of fireworks on the 4th here. There was a little coming from one house down the block, but they stopped before 10pm. I think everyone saves it up for New Years, the smoke gets so thick sometimes, you can't see more than a few houses away.
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom We have some really wonderful teenagers that roam our neighborhood on a regular basis after 11:00pm. As an added touch for the holiday they are roaming with firecrackers. Just noise makers they are taking delight in keeping us all awake. I could delightfully shake their parents.
