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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFireworks, yay or nay?
Since I did not differentiate between the two types of fireworks, I created two other posts.
Sorry for the confusion.
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I like fireworks | |
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I don't like fireworks. | |
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I have no opinion. | |
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Skittles
(153,193 posts)the indiscriminate neighborhood stuff, not so much
I already heard some tonight.
I received an ad in the mail for some fireworks outfit (it was a plasticized set of cards like you get from the grocery store). I have never seen anything like that before. Sigh.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I can pretty much take them or leave them. I prefer them from a distance.
LuckyCharms
(17,457 posts)ecstatic
(32,731 posts)For example, they're doing it right now, despite the off and on thunderstorms. If a tree catches fire and then our homes, who's responsible?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)I do not like them in neighborhoods where idiots set them off in their yards or the streets all night, scaring dogs and generally being a nuisance and a fire hazard.
Marrah_Goodman
(1,586 posts)I do not like fireworks in the hands of the general public.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)dem4decades
(11,304 posts)RainCaster
(10,914 posts)They fireworks will be going off non-stop the first 5 days of July.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)I defer to her.
It is a hard time for animals and veterans.
Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)but I gotta tell you, living close to downtown Tulsa in this last week, whew, a few times there, I almost crapped my pants.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Polybius
(15,476 posts)I love the smell of gunpowder.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Guessing wildlife & pets do not share your perspective.
Polybius
(15,476 posts)I was just stating how I felt.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)FM123
(10,054 posts)That being said, lately I am hearing fireworks almost every night - nothing to see, just noise somewhere in the neighborhood....
Jirel
(2,025 posts)Lots of nerves here for no good reason. You have to be a responsible pyro who knows how dry it is and whether the wind is ok, and what youre shooting off.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)It helps the poor beasts a lot.
cherish44
(2,566 posts)Don't like firework stand fireworks that the neighborhood idiots set off that just make noise and scare the crap out of my animals. I'll tolerate them on the 4th of July but when they set them off on April 25 for no damn reason I get pissed. Last year the dumbasses started a fire with their fireworks and the fire department had to be called.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)I am at a point where I really hate noise. It's motorcycle season now, and the Harley brigades deliberately max out those decibels. I don't see many cars with those trunk speakers these days, but a couple of hundred watts of car stereo driving slowly to the 7-11 drives me nuts.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)I got about 5 grand worth in my closet lol
Might bust out some during election night if things go our way
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Fireworks are sold here in Florida. I have never had any desire to buy any.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)I'm a pyro head. Most of this time I bought years ago when I was heavily into creating shows for the fam. I grew out of it
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Not ok with fireworks sales to regular people, like here in Florida.
herding cats
(19,567 posts)Anything beyond a sparkler for the general population is a concern.
My family had our home set on fire 3 separate times during 4th of July when I was small. Nothing serious, but I remember staying up and having to watch for embers landing on or near out home.
Raine
(30,540 posts)Due to an ear infection I had as a teenager I have a constant ringing/humming in my left ear, loud noises like fireworks make it worse.
backtoblue
(11,345 posts)There have been huge cannons going off every 10 minutes from a neighbors house tonight. Then some gun firing in between.
I physically jerk every time one goes off.