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Ginger-lyn Summer wrote:
Rant mode on/ Why do so many people find it necessary, not just on, but for days before and after, the 4th of July, to set off incredibly loud fireworks in crowded neighborhoods? Don't they consider the risk of setting someone else's home on fire, injuring animals, children or themselves, giving someone with PTSD severe problems, or causing a heart attack in an elderly person? They surely don't think of my cats, two with heart conditions, looking terrified and trying to hide anywhere they can, as it goes on, for hours, night after night. Last night, I'd had it. I stepped outside and screamed "Knock it off! Do you realize there elderly people in this neighorhood with heart problems? You moronic idiots!" They set off one last "F-You" blast, and stopped. Blessed peace for awhile. Rant mode off/ Ginger-lyn I don't "get it". It started here on July 2nd but thankfully rained so the morons didn't have a chance to keep it up for long. Firecrackers and even sparklers are actually illegal where I live, but you always have one group of idiots who drive to another county to buy them. Their sole purpose in life then seems to be getting drunk and (accidentally) setting shrubs on fire and then laughing uproarously about it. And I'm not talking about children, I'm talking about 40-50-something adults. Give me a break. I'm glad you finally got some peace. The same thing will start up again here just before Labor Day in September. Ahem, what does Labor Day have to do with fireworks? Jill |
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Ginger-lyn Summer wrote:
Rant mode on/ Why do so many people find it necessary, not just on, but for days before and after, the 4th of July, to set off incredibly loud fireworks in crowded neighborhoods? Don't they consider the risk of setting someone else's home on fire, injuring animals, children or themselves, giving someone with PTSD severe problems, or causing a heart attack in an elderly person? They surely don't think of my cats, two with heart conditions, looking terrified and trying to hide anywhere they can, as it goes on, for hours, night after night. Last night, I'd had it. I stepped outside and screamed "Knock it off! Do you realize there elderly people in this neighorhood with heart problems? You moronic idiots!" They set off one last "F-You" blast, and stopped. Blessed peace for awhile. Rant mode off/ Ginger-lyn I don't "get it". It started here on July 2nd but thankfully rained so the morons didn't have a chance to keep it up for long. Firecrackers and even sparklers are actually illegal where I live, but you always have one group of idiots who drive to another county to buy them. Their sole purpose in life then seems to be getting drunk and (accidentally) setting shrubs on fire and then laughing uproarously about it. And I'm not talking about children, I'm talking about 40-50-something adults. Give me a break. I'm glad you finally got some peace. The same thing will start up again here just before Labor Day in September. Ahem, what does Labor Day have to do with fireworks? Jill |
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Ginger-lyn Summer wrote:
Why do so many people find it necessary, not just on, but for days before and after, the 4th of July, to set off incredibly loud fireworks in crowded neighborhoods? Don't they consider the risk of I *love* fireworks and I used to love New Year's Ever at my grandparent's house because it always meant fireworks. That said, I am very thankful the City of Austin bans all fireworks within the city limits. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Ginger-lyn Summer wrote:
Why do so many people find it necessary, not just on, but for days before and after, the 4th of July, to set off incredibly loud fireworks in crowded neighborhoods? Don't they consider the risk of I *love* fireworks and I used to love New Year's Ever at my grandparent's house because it always meant fireworks. That said, I am very thankful the City of Austin bans all fireworks within the city limits. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:39:07 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote: I don't "get it". It started here on July 2nd but thankfully rained so the morons didn't have a chance to keep it up for long. Firecrackers and even sparklers are actually illegal where I live, but you always have one group of idiots who drive to another county to buy them. Here in Lawton Oklahoma, it's illegal to set off fireworks except for at a couple designated areas. Our city council, in their infinite wisdom, make buying fireworks legal (no doubt to bring in the sales tax revenue). Care to guess how many people who buy the fireworks even know where they can set them off legally? -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:39:07 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote: I don't "get it". It started here on July 2nd but thankfully rained so the morons didn't have a chance to keep it up for long. Firecrackers and even sparklers are actually illegal where I live, but you always have one group of idiots who drive to another county to buy them. Here in Lawton Oklahoma, it's illegal to set off fireworks except for at a couple designated areas. Our city council, in their infinite wisdom, make buying fireworks legal (no doubt to bring in the sales tax revenue). Care to guess how many people who buy the fireworks even know where they can set them off legally? -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 17:36:09 -0400, Kreisleriana wrote: I hate it too, but sometimes you just have to pick your battles and realize the tide is against you, and that it will pass. I live on a block full of Chinese people, great people really, but I just have to resign myself that they are going to light fireworks at the least excuse. But I remember a friend of mine who was sitting on the roof with his dog, which would have been perfectly safe if there weren't idiots shooting off fireworks nearby. The poor dog panicked, and ran straight off the roof. She survived the fall, but there were heavy vet bills. A couple of years ago, friends of a friend of mine were setting off 4th of July fireworks. One of the skyrockets had a defective propulsion charge, and only made it a few feet off the ground before falling back to earth. The family dog was in the habit of fetching tossed sticks, and grabbed up the rocket. It blew up in his mouth, blowing his lower jaw off. The poor dog was so severely injured that he had to be put to sleep. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQOibhDMYPge5L34aEQJhkACfcVvHVaWJbk9xSRf3VoA2JT s68FEAn2DA Flp2i8tLbQjZaZurfUXWv6BS =x0aj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 17:36:09 -0400, Kreisleriana wrote: I hate it too, but sometimes you just have to pick your battles and realize the tide is against you, and that it will pass. I live on a block full of Chinese people, great people really, but I just have to resign myself that they are going to light fireworks at the least excuse. But I remember a friend of mine who was sitting on the roof with his dog, which would have been perfectly safe if there weren't idiots shooting off fireworks nearby. The poor dog panicked, and ran straight off the roof. She survived the fall, but there were heavy vet bills. A couple of years ago, friends of a friend of mine were setting off 4th of July fireworks. One of the skyrockets had a defective propulsion charge, and only made it a few feet off the ground before falling back to earth. The family dog was in the habit of fetching tossed sticks, and grabbed up the rocket. It blew up in his mouth, blowing his lower jaw off. The poor dog was so severely injured that he had to be put to sleep. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQOibhDMYPge5L34aEQJhkACfcVvHVaWJbk9xSRf3VoA2JT s68FEAn2DA Flp2i8tLbQjZaZurfUXWv6BS =x0aj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 22:17:32 GMT, Victor Martinez
wrote: Ginger-lyn Summer wrote: Why do so many people find it necessary, not just on, but for days before and after, the 4th of July, to set off incredibly loud fireworks in crowded neighborhoods? Don't they consider the risk of I *love* fireworks and I used to love New Year's Ever at my grandparent's house because it always meant fireworks. That said, I am very thankful the City of Austin bans all fireworks within the city limits. It still does not stop the id10t's from going outside the city buying then and the setting them off in their back yard. I know I live in Lago Vista and have many friends in Austin. Spent many a July 4th at a friends BBQ's watching the neighborhood fireworks displays. |
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