In a couple of days, some people will be missing some hands/fingers.
When we lived in Manhattan we were able to see the Macy’s 4th of July spectacular fireworks show live from the roof of our high rise apartment building. It was amazing to be able to do that.
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Veterans with PTSD will be hiding in their closets. Pets will run away. Because assholes must have their pretty boom boom.
OK Karen.
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And people who hate America will be hugging their Tim Walz doll mumbling to themselves about how much they hate Trump and freedom.
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Now, to be fair, Mac started with a valid point but then went off the rails
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My neighborhood looks like a literal war zone every Independence Day. Most of the fireworks people are shooting off are illegal here.
We have two dogs, one of them is deathly afraid of fireworks, so she has to go to her crate every night this week. Because it’s not just the 4th. It’s every night for a month. And January 1st. And when the Dodgers win. And random other times throughout the year.
We just had to encase our fence in cement because the same dog has taken to digging out to escape. Assholes with their illegal fireworks have cost us hundreds, perhaps thousands of dollars.
And I do have friends, veterans with PTSD, who are traumatized as well.
I was going to ask about California laws.
Missouri is basically a free for all.
I also have veteran friends that hate fireworks and had a dog once that hated them ( have you tried puppy Prozac?), but that doesn’t make the vast majority of people who want to celebrate a holiday in a traditional manner “assholes”!
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The people are illegals or the fireworks?
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We’re not talking about safe and sane fireworks or just the 4th. We’re talking throughout the year and non-traditional, illegal fireworks.
I’d consider the puppy prozac if it was just about the 4th. But I don’t want to drug my dog every day for a month and even if I did, it would happen randomly throughout the rest of the year too.
They’re illegal in CA primarily because of fire danger. But you can get them easily in Nevada or Mexico.
I was just invited to a friend’s for the 4th, may buy some regular fireworks myself. I’m not against them entirely. But there are people who just don’t give a shit about what it does to others. These people are known as assholes.
I don’t like fireworks in neighborhoods at all. It stems from 1974 in Dallas, In our neighborhood back then all the new houses had a wood shingle roof. That year a bottle rocket caused one house to catch fire. The winds were enough that by morning, 13 houses had burnt. I saw the damage a bottle rocket could do.
I don’t know if the casinos are taking bets on how many grass fires we will have on the 5th because of fireworks. Some of the people here exercise little thought about shooting off fireworks when we are usually very dry on the 4th. Only a few days ago, some yahoo started a fire in Los Lunas (south of ABQ) tossing out a lit cigarette. 11 homes and many trees in the bosque.
Yeah, I downloaded an app called Watchduty last year when the LA fires were raging, not too far from where GF’s family lives. It tracks lots of fires, sends notifications.
Most of CA is a desert and there is a lot of danger from careless behavior.
My main issue is the fires and most people have no idea why they are shooting them off.
You sound like a fun person to be around. I think the 4th of July is awesome. It is the day we celebrate our freedom from the KING. Anyone who supported no kings day should really be happy to celebrate the 4th of July.
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