With gas prices etc out of control

[Nzoner]

The company I work for in firework sales tells me the economy has never hurt firework sales and to be honest I'm more than a bit skeptical so I was hoping to get some feedback from all of you on what your plans for fireworks and the 4th of July would be like this Summer.

Poll to follow

[DaFace]

I don't typically spend money on fireworks in the first place, so it won't really change anything.

[Spott]

It's a lot cheaper and easier to watch someone else's fireworks.

[El Jefe]

Oh it will hurt it, I can almost gurantee that.

[OnTheWarpath15]

I don't typically spend money on fireworks in the first place, so it won't really change anything.

Ditto that.

Can't remember the last time I spent money on fireworks. Was probably in my teens.

[Hound333]

I plan on buying less this year. I put that but I should be completely honest. It has more to do with me buying an 06 Silverado than the economy. Will have a truck payment for the first time in 4 years on July 2nd and updating my tags puts me a bit low this month. Fortunately I live just off Lake Shawnee in Topeka where they have a big Fireworks display every year. Looks like a cookout and walk to the lake for me.

[Phobia]

I'll spend my typical $20 on them. Just enough to keep the kids from picking up all the duds in the neighborhood and blowing off a thumb - like a neighbor kid I knew did while growing up.

[Frazod]

I live in the People's Republic of Illinois, where fireworks are illegal. Of course, that doesn't stop people from getting them from Wisconsin or Indiana.

That said, I outgrew the desire to set off my own fireworks years ago. If my wife didn't insist on watching the city's display, I wouldn't even bother doing that.

[Micjones]

I'll spend my typical $20 on them. Just enough to keep the kids from picking up all the duds in the neighborhood and blowing off a thumb - like a neighbor kid I knew did while growing up.

There it is...
$20 for an assorted fireworks package.
That's my annual ritual. I don't like my kid getting too worked up about popping too many of his own fireworks anyway.

[BigVE]

I will spend my regular amount. zero.

[KCChiefsMan]

I don't buy fireworks so it makes no difference to me.

[Bugeater]

Other than going to Missouri to get fireworks I wasn't planning on traveling this summer anyway. That will be my vacation.

[Skip Towne]

I'm not going to buy any again this year.

[stlchiefs]

I don't usually buy any so the price of gas doesn't change anything.

[foxman]

I love fireworks and enjoy doing my own, however we normally go to the city display and then later we pop a few of our own if I bought any. The economy wont change that for me.

[Rain Man]

I don't typically spend money on fireworks in the first place, so it won't really change anything.

You planning to blow up anyone else's?




Fireworks are minor league. The real fun is setting fire to large drums of gasoline. Alas, with the price of gas I won't be doing that this year.

[bogey]

Living in California, I haven't bought fireworks in years and it SUCKS! I used to spend lots of money on fireworks and we would party at the creek for hours. We would have bottle rocket fights and have a great time.

[kcfanintitanhell]

The real fun is setting fire to large drums of gasoline. Alas, with the price of gas I won't be doing that this year.

Yea, I can sympathize with that....last couple years we doused the neighbor kids with gasoline and set them on fire, but this year, it's just too expensive. We thought about going electric, but it's just not the same.

[DaFace]

You planning to blow up anyone else's?

Well, I did blow up Topeka's for around 7 years.

Fireworks are minor league. The real fun is setting fire to large drums of gasoline. Alas, with the price of gas I won't be doing that this year.

I wouldn't say that, necessarily. I just prefer these:

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1339/image003nf4.jpg

to these:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2951/800pxbottlerocketspf2.jpg

[bogey]

Well, I did blow up Topeka's for around 7 years.



I wouldn't say that, necessarily. I just prefer these:

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1339/image003nf4.jpg

to these:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2951/800pxbottlerocketspf2.jpg

Now those are fireworks! Cool.

[PastorMikH]

I do know that with the price of gas, I won't be pouring petro out on the ground, into holes, etc and then shooting bottle rockets at the puddle of unleaded.

[Sure-Oz]

People like to blow shit up, its one day a year you can do that legally for the most part

[LocoChiefsFan]

I'll still spend the same amount on fireworks.Also, this year we're going to WoF and OoF on the 4th. We'll blow the fireworks up on the 5th.

[alanm]

I used to have access to flash bang grenades and the occasional chunk of C4. Not so much anymore. ;)

[CoMoChief]

On every 4th of July, I do what every man does.

Sit in my home all damn day long in nothin but a bath robe and eat cheez its watchin Tango and Cash non stop over and over again.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

On every 4th of July, I do what every man does.

Sit in my home all damn day long in nothin but a bath robe and eat cheez its watchin Tango and Cash non stop over and over again.

THAT CRAPPA'S MINE!!!!!

[MichaelH]

It's illegal to buy or set them off in North Carolina. I live 8 miles from the border of South Carolina where they are legal so I might buy some, maybe $50 worth. Just enough to keep the kids entertained and scare the neighbors dogs.

[Buehler445]

I don't typically spend money on fireworks in the first place, so it won't really change anything.

Mee too. Wife usually makes me buy/set off a couple, but I'm po (can't afford the "or"), so it is minimal.

Rain Man, you need to blowup drums of gas WITH fireworks. That would make it better.

[StcChief]

Not planning on buying any, just watch them shoot off at LSL over lake

[Nzoner]

Thanks for the feedback all,after looking at the results I feel a little better :toast:

[Rain Man]

Rain Man, you need to blowup drums of gas WITH fireworks. That would make it better.


Oooooh, that's a good idea.

[Nzoner]

Wow this season is off to a slow start but it picked up just a little today,I'm hoping for a good weekend rolling into a great week.

[Logical]

Pretty much impossible to get fireworks in CA, but good luck Joe.

[Donger]

I usually spend about $200.00 each year. I plan on spending double that, since we're going to be in the mountains this year for Independence Day.

[ClevelandBronco]

We do various Mentos and Diet Coke tricks. No fireworks.

[Bugeater]

I usually spend about $200.00 each year. I plan on spending double that, since we're going to be in the mountains this year for Independence Day.
Isn't it a bit dry up there this time of the year to be doing that?

[007]

I rarely ever buy fireworks anyway. It's like watching your money go up in smoke.

[Donger]

Isn't it a bit dry up there this time of the year to be doing that?

It'll be over Grand Lake. Besides, I've got a bunch of Brits coming. I intend to remind them that they f*cking lost.

[Bugeater]

It'll be over Grand Lake. Besides, I've got a bunch of Brits coming. I intend to remind them that they f*cking lost.
Huh, I'm surprised they allow them at all up there. We were supposed to come out there in '02 but pretty much half the state was on fire that summer, we finally made it out in '05 and everything was a tinder box then, just very very dry. Great place to be in the summertime though.

[ClevelandBronco]

Huh, I'm surprised they allow them at all up there. We were supposed to come out there in '02 but pretty much half the state was on fire that summer, we finally made it out in '05 and everything was a tinder box then, just very very dry. Great place to be in the summertime though.

And now the beetles have destroyed almost all the pines. They're standing dead in the areas that they haven't been clean cut. It's still a tinderbox.

[POND_OF_RED]

I will save the money from fireworks and buy something that lasts longer than 1 minute when I burn it. This flammable object will also severely enhance my viewing pleasure while I watch from my back deck and laugh at my neighbors who burn through $2,000 just for my enjoyment.

[RedandGold]

We don't spend any money on fireworks, so the price of gas will have no affect on our spending pattern there.

[chiefqueen]

I'm helping the economy I'm spending the usual amount for fireworks ($0, public display a block away) and I'm flying to FL the next day.

[Cntrygal]

I don't buy fireworks.

[Nzoner]

In comparison to our first 3 years on this day(6 full days from the 4th) we just had our best day ever by far and people were buying on average around $150 per.

I've been surveying our customers and alot of them are telling me they're staying closer to home this year and spending their money on fireworks instead of gas,if this keeps up it's going to be a good season.

[Smed1065]

I usually spend about $200.00 each year. I plan on spending double that, since my neighbors are in their garage.

LMAO

[Silock]

I still have a ton of unused fireworks, so if anyone knows where I can go around JoCo to shoot them off without being hauled off to jail, let me know lol

[milkman]

And now the beetles have destroyed almost all the pines. They're standing dead in the areas that they haven't been clean cut. It's still a tinderbox.

What do Paul and Ringo have against pines?

[milkman]

Pretty much impossible to get fireworks in CA, but good luck Joe.

They're legal around here.