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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDear morons shooting fireworks off prematurely
Go sit on a fucking cactus. Scaring my babies to death and its upsetting me.
montanacowboy
(6,103 posts)We drove 500 miles to a place where we thought we were safe and guess what? the fuckers are blowing their wads off everywhere
It is totally beyond me that idiots are willing to spend big bucks to blow their money up
Until the Federal Govt makes it illegal to sell fireworks on the reservations this will never stop and every year how many thousands of pets and people are traumatized and lost.
We tried for two years to go to Canada and again the border was closed. So here we are drugging our pets into oblivion. This country gets sicker all the time.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)I've been 2 years without my favorite beers.
montanacowboy
(6,103 posts)They are losing big bucks by not letting the vaccinated in
ShazzieB
(16,539 posts)We need vaccine passports, or something that shows proof of vaccination and is not easily forged like a handwritten card.
Without that, I can't blame Canada for wanting to keep us out. It sucks, but I really can't blame them.
brewens
(13,623 posts)would rat themselves off doing anything requiring vaccinations.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)From the time I was a child til about 24 years old. I was one of those who would blow a wad of money on fireworks. I remember I spent over 800 dollars one year. I still have a huge arsenal I refuse to touch because I've gotten to the point I hate fireworks. I guess being 31 makes you grow out of it. Besides scaring animals half to death.
marybourg
(12,637 posts)disposes of itself, explosively. Fireworks do NOT age well. Sheriff or similar law enforcement will probably be glad to help. Dont wait.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)I'm pretty sure I have fireworks that are over 20 years old still
calimary
(81,511 posts)Call the fire department or local sheriffs and ask them. Let the professionals handle it. A lot safer that way.
ProfessorGAC
(65,212 posts)...to soak them. Gunpowder & smokeless powder are safe for disposal when soaked through with water.
It's safe to do, too. Once the ordinance is in the water, sparks or friction become irrelevant.
This doesn't work for many explosive, but for low explosive powders, this is how most experts were handle them.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)A few weeks before every Fourth of July and New Years Eve, the roadside tents pop up selling them.
Honestly, I think that they are disgusting now, but when I was a kid, I bought sparklers, firecrackers and hard impact explosives called blasters (or cherry bombs) from a nearby convenience store.
JI7
(89,276 posts)people do early in the day is great . But I hate the fireworks .
Can't we make it a day worth celebrating without fireworks. Maybe change fireworks to concerts or something else for the evening.
It would be better for everyone and the environment.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I can't stand fireworks either.
I think a professional show can be pretty, but I absolutely HATE the noise. I am what you would call an HSP (highly sensitive person - and yes, it's a thing. There are books written about it.), so loud noises, bright lights, large crowds, too much of anything, really stresses me out and I need to get away. Some of us just have very hypersensitive nervous systems.
A lot of people don't understand it unless they are the same way, but it's really difficult for some of us to put up with and we have to go and hide away somewhere quiet, peaceful, dark and dim.
Blue Dawn
(892 posts)I am also a highly sensitive person. (Have you read Elaine Aron's book?)
I don't want to get off topic from the OP's thread, but I did want to say that I am so glad to meet another HSP!
Dawn
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I really enjoyed them because I really always thought there was always something wrong with me until I realized that some of us are just HSPs and and process sensory stimuli differently.
If people aren't like us, they don't get it and think it's something totally made up, but they have no idea what it is like to be in our skin. I think there are probably a lot more of us here because we tend to be empathetic and compassionate. Exactly the opposite of what republicans are.
Blue Dawn
(892 posts)I have a sister and some nieces who are also HSPs. We grew up thinking there was something wrong with us, too, so I definitely relate to what you're saying. I learned that 20% of humans (and also animals) fit into the highly sensitive category. That's around 1in 5 people. I would think that DU has a number of HSPs. It helped me a lot to learn as much as I could about the subject.
I agree with you about being highly empathic and compassionate. I was always that way, even as a child. I care about people very deeply. I never could understand people who are uncaring, arrogant, or cruel. The four Trump years were extremely traumatizing for me. I am so glad we dont have to deal with him now. I adore President Biden!
Hope you have a lovely July 4th holiday, smirkymonkey!
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Fireworks are pretty to look at wish they exploded in silence though.
Don't like being in big chaotic crowds .
I hate it when buttholes in cars or on bikes loudly zoom thier engines or the fucking fart engine things. I just hate cars ad motorized vehicles they are hideous noise..and startle the fuck out of me.
Blue Dawn
(892 posts)Fireworks are being set off in our neighborhood as I sit here right now and I am on edge. I do not care for crowds one bit. Loud noises startle me. i feel the way you do about cars and motorcycles. When I was a little girl my stepfather would take our family to these races with two cars that were really, really long in front; he called those cars "rails.". They would sit and rev their engines while waiting for a light in front of them to turn green and they would take off and go super fast down the track until little parachutes came out of the back of the cars to help them slow down. I have never heard anything so loud in my life as those cars. Those days were miserable for me, honestly. The hot California sun, the smells of gas and oil and car exhaust, the boredom of sitting for hours as he indulged his hobby with very little thought of any of us four kids, and the excruciatingly loud noise.....well, it was a special kind of torment, really.
I am happy to know that I have friends at DU who can understand what it is like to be highly sensitive.
susanr516
(1,425 posts)No fireworks here yet, but my neighborhood will sound like a war zone on the 4th. I picked up my dog's medication from the vet yesterday. It really pisses me off to be forced to give a mild sedative to Roscoe, just because a bunch of idiots think it's a great idea to traumatize every animal and disturb every human in the area with noises that sound like gunfire. Grrrr.
MissMillie
(38,582 posts)so that it's those that set them off pay for the vet bills of those of us who don't.
susanr516
(1,425 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,316 posts)Initech
(100,104 posts)And we had to evacuate once last year and almost twice because of idiots starting fires.
The idiots who are shooting off fireworks in my neighborhood this week can go launch some bottle rockets straight up their ass.
captain queeg
(10,251 posts)But Im sure starting Saturday night its going to be crazy.
ProfessorGAC
(65,212 posts)But, not bad & not for very long.
Like you, I'm expecting much more the next few nights.
ShazzieB
(16,539 posts)I could swear it started a few days before he Fourth in the past, but it's been quiet this year.
TygrBright
(20,771 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,330 posts)commercial fireworks shows. One of them just a few hundred yards. One on Saturday and one on Sunday.
One of my dogs, the larger older one will be on tranquilizers for the next two days. My four pound Yorkie Maltese mix will be barking ferociously at it.
slightlv
(2,841 posts)I've got a creek across the street, and they head down there to shoot these things off. I'm not talking even a packet of Black Cats. I'm talking bottle rockets and M80's, as well as the whistlers. I wanted to see if they were at the creek, or if they were in a backyard. I must have met at least half the block doing the same walk. Not that it mattered to the kids, to whom I was not very gracious. I have a 2-y.o. pony of a puppy who has been terrified every night for the last two weeks... that's how long these kids have been doing this around here. I've got bottle rocket debris landing on the car parked at the side of my house!
We've called the cops twice, and I'd lay odds we're not the only ones who've done it. But the kids disappear when they show up. It's infuriating! Coming back down the block towards my house, I had the thought I'd turned into the old lady yelling "get off my lawn"... but while I always liked public fireworks displays, I never really cared for more than a sparkler or a fountain in our backyard. Guess money was always too tight to be thinking about sending it all up in smoke!
But seeing my poor baby so upset... grrrr. I did make her a special "hot toddy" tonight, and it did seem to help some. Warmed 2/3 of a cup of Lactaid milk (dogs can be lactose intolerant, as I am!), combined with a teaspoon of sugar and a half capful of vanilla in the microwave until a little warmer than tepid. It even smelled good to me! (LOL) She lapped it up, and then laid down on my lap on the couch in the family room to watch tv. I could hear her sigh and fall asleep as I was stroking the side of her face and the back of her head. She'd let out a half-bark as a firecracker went off, and then lay her head back down and go back to sleep. She's sleeping like a baby right now, some hours later.
Word to those with anxious, barking, scared puppies... this "hot toddy" really works on this hound dog! He's 77 pounds of pure bliss right now! I call the concoction "Lexie's Toddy" (LOL)
Funny, but my cats are perfectly content in the house; they're not bothered at all by the noise, only Lexie's barking at it!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I am glad that she is finally sleeping like a baby!
Duppers
(28,127 posts)I've copied your recipe to see if our boy Lab (older dog, inherited from from my mother) would like it. He's extremely picky. But if he doesn't, I'll drink it!!
We've a backup product however, called Rescue Remedy. It's available at Chewy.com & comes highly recommended by DUer Bayard.
Btw, my son's dog is named Lexie.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)That's so sweet
Lemon Lyman
(1,351 posts)They used to be illegal here in IA. One of the many dumbazz laws reynolds passed for which nobody was clamoring. A bunch of cities have overridden it and outlawed them again b/c people and pets hate the noise. Of course it doesnt affect Covidkim and her donor class. Nobodys lighting them off where they live.
These goobers who set them off all have dogs too. Theyre too stupid and/or uncaring to mind though.
The Revolution
(766 posts)In Mason City, you are supposedly only able to fire them off on July 3rd and 4th, 6pm to 11 pm. But nobody seems to pay attention to that. This time of year they are going off all the time, and even the rest of the year I think someone in my neighborhood shoots them off at least once a week
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)chillfactor
(7,584 posts)in the Sandia Mountains in New Mexico. Very quiet here....no fireworks. Very grateful as is my 6# Chihuahua.
marybourg
(12,637 posts)Kablooie
(18,641 posts)Her neighborhood has constant fireworks while mine is quiet
Grammy23
(5,815 posts)regarding fireworks. We have some people who have a huge display every year and announced their intention to have fireworks this year and the time they planned to do it. There are others who say they have PTSD or who have animals that require tranquilizers to stay calm during the display. Several of the fireworks people said their intention is to do the display on Sunday evening.
Imagine my surprise when someone began setting off loud explosions after 10 p.m. tonight. Im sure the anti-fireworks people will be livid. The discussion board will be lit up with folks arguing about the fireworks.
Im not wild about fireworks but if they dont set them off for two hours or after 10 p.m. I guess it is ok. But setting them off on any day other than the holiday seems to be childish and just trying to start trouble with their neighbors.
Floridas laws have changed and fireworks on certain holidays are legal with some limitations such as size of the fireworks and the time theyre set off. Too bad people cant be halfway decent about this with little or no regard for others and what can be a serious issue.
pjpossum
(73 posts)here in Los Angeles. There are a few idiots in my neighborhood who will continue to set them off periodically for the next couple of months. They are illegal here. People bring them up from Mexico. A bomb squad vehicle actually blew up a few days ago in South LA trying to dispose of a huge stash at one house. More than a dozen people went to the hospital. Combination of homemade fireworks & the smuggled ones.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)national news. I have heard about it here in Florida. Really lucky that a lot of people didnt get killed. From what I read, the guy had something like a room full of explosives stacked several feet high.
pjpossum
(73 posts)I'm sure there are probably other houses in the general LA area that pose a danger as well.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Believe me, having stuff around that can kill your neighbors without them even being aware of the risk is being selfish, and anti-social, IMO.
True Dough
(17,331 posts)and so did our dog, of course, who goes into panic mode. Fireworks are one of the few things that frighten him.
Based on precedent of the past several summers, there will be periodic nights for the next month or two when some ding dongs explode their damn toys, putting our dog and many other pets feeling shell shocked.
I hate it.
MissMillie
(38,582 posts)If you have to mow your lawn or get rid of your leaves.. okay. Daylight hours.
I don't make my neighbors listen to my music. I try to keep my dogs quiet.
And I don't blow things up in the yard.
It's not too much to expect from my neighbors, especially when unlicensed fireworks are illegal in my state.
TheFarseer
(9,326 posts)And theyre only little for so long. I spent about $60 on fireworks but its amazing how much you can get for that. I only get three days and then it will be quiet again at least here. I agree setting them off all night is excessive but I didnt hear any of that last night. I was done by 9:30.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)I'm talking like bottle rockets mortar shells loud ass fountains not tiny little novelty fireworks
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Idiots.
Lancero
(3,015 posts)That time of year when idiots with fireworks end up setting things on fire.
With any luck, the only houses that'll get burnt down are their own.
panader0
(25,816 posts)There was a Chinese graveyard in the valley and every weekend relatives of those buried there
would set off those huge long strings of firecrackers on a pole. I guess it was to ward off bad
spirits. The valley filled with smoke. Every weekend,
https://tracyzhangphoto.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/traditional-chinese-cemetery-visit/
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)I have never had an animal I raised even slightly bothered by them or thunder, though.
In fact, I once lived across the street from a dirt track speedway. They did fireworks every Saturday night during the racing season. We had a fat gray tabby at the time who would sit on the porch railing and watch them.
I was in a relationship with someone who had a Jack Russell his previous gf had raised. That dog was not so much afraid of thunder and fireworks as wanting to find the noise and kill it.
zeusdogmom
(998 posts)Poor Zeus Dog was loosing his mind - as well as me because if Zeus is up digging at the carpet and begging to go into the sewing room, you know I am up, too. For some reason Zeus feels safe in my sewing room. Maybe it is the smaller space, the radio and sewing machine for background noise. I have special no brainer projects just for these middle of night sewing sessions. I sew until the nervous dog has stopped panting and is peacefully sleeping. Then I slip out and go back to bed myself. This is our MO during thunderstorms too
The clowns setting off fireworks - the teenagers across the street - bless their little still undeveloped brains. Actually they are really good kids and will do just about anything for me if I need extra muscle power, etc. so you know I am not going to fuss at them. I dont want to be that cranky neighbor
The best is yet to come - our communitys annual 4th of July fireworks show is basically in my back yard. Zeus and I go upstairs, I shut the doors and windows, again turn on the radio and give my sweet Zeus a soothing massage. Treats are close by. I havent seen fireworks for 10 years
SYFROYH
(34,184 posts)They are fun every day!
marybourg
(12,637 posts)Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)I don't buy them, but it's been two nights of pretty high-quality low-flying fireworks, one night at a park and another I could see right out the window.
I've never understood the yearly need for folks to whinge and "GET OFF MY LAWN!" over fireworks. It's a few days/nights out of the year, you'll live. Next we'll have folk complaining that Christmas Lights are an assault on their senses and Trick'o'Treaters should be arrested for disturbing the peace.
beaglelover
(3,495 posts)Here in North Hollywood. It sucks but its the reality of life in a big city like LA.
FreeState
(10,584 posts)Except maybe Christmas. My songs dont bat an eye and arent bothered by them. I realize this isnt the case for everyone though.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,874 posts)It's been pretty quiet so far today but it will start up again later.
These yahoos have no idea what the 4th is celebrating. They just think it's an excuse to go crazy with fireworks.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)but tomorrow Othello is getting his thundershirt on at the first bang.
Shellback Squid
(8,927 posts)I'm sorry, it sucks but your babies will learn from you
MustLoveBeagles
(11,636 posts)The professional displays don't bother me so much as the rude assholes setting them off all night long. My poor dog was so frightened tonight he refused to go outside to do his business and he has the runs. At least the noise stopped a half hour ago. Last week they were setting off professional grade fireworks directly over our houses.