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crossbow 07-05-2013 01:19 PM
We were sitting in our aluminum and plastic lawn chairs next to our plastic cooler when a big red fire truck came screaming down the road. Siren and lights all on full blast as it raced past us, my son said "Oh my God, somebody screwed up already."

BlackHelicopters 07-05-2013 01:22 PM
Anal tongue darts

gblowfish 07-05-2013 01:31 PM
Some answers to last night's post:
1) I am not a douchebag. I appreciate my little local village having a municipal fireworks show, as it should be. The show itself was fine. Some of the people in attendance were rude and inconsiderate of those around them.

2) I don't think dogs or toddlers should be at fireworks shows where the booming makes them shit their blankets and/or pants.

3) The reason I don't like camp chairs in the bags is because there's always some dork who can't figure out how to put the chair back in the bag, and he holds up the line getting on or off the bus to the parking lot.

4) If you're poor, you shouldn't burn up your bucks, literally. Yesterday I saw a guy buying food with an EBT card, and had a bunch of fireworks in the back of his pickup. Nice.

All in all, the fourth is a great holiday. My wifey loves fireworks, and that's why I went. Happy wife is a happy life.

Dartgod 07-05-2013 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 9793822)

3) The reason I don't like camp chairs in the bags is because there's always some dork who can't figure out how to put the chair back in the bag, and he holds up the line getting on or off the bus to the parking lot.
If it wasn't the bag chair, it would be something else. Stupid people are stupid.

RedandGold 07-05-2013 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 9793580)
Why the **** do people in residential neighborhoods think it's a great idea to shoot off fireworks at midnight? ****ing douchebags.....you're waking up my kids.
Due to the points of toddlers and dogs hating fireworks, we stayed home last night. And yes, we had neighbors with too much expendable income firing off displays until close to midnight.

Fortunately, my kids inherited my ability to sleep through anything, but it was a challenge getting my younger one down with various fireworks going off the whole time he was trying to go to sleep.

Bugeater 07-05-2013 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 9793580)
Why the **** do people in residential neighborhoods think it's a great idea to shoot off fireworks at midnight? ****ing douchebags.....you're waking up my kids.
As in they started at midnight? I guess I see midnight as about the time people should be shutting things down...or soon thereafter. Hell it doesn't even get real dark until 10 this time of year, do you expect them to shut down at 10:30? Just can't really see bitching about fireworks on Independence Day, they kind of go hand in hand.

SAUTO 07-05-2013 04:30 PM
I have a seven month old that loved watching the fireworks last night.

absolutely loved it
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WilliamTheIrish 07-05-2013 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 9793822)
Some answers to last night's post:
1) I am not a douchebag. I appreciate my little local village having a municipal fireworks show, as it should be. The show itself was fine. Some of the people in attendance were rude and inconsiderate of those around them.

2) I don't think dogs or toddlers should be at fireworks shows where the booming makes them shit their blankets and/or pants.

3) The reason I don't like camp chairs in the bags is because there's always some dork who can't figure out how to put the chair back in the bag, and he holds up the line getting on or off the bus to the parking lot.

4) If you're poor, you shouldn't burn up your bucks, literally. Yesterday I saw a guy buying food with an EBT card, and had a bunch of fireworks in the back of his pickup. Nice.

All in all, the fourth is a great holiday. My wifey loves fireworks, and that's why I went. Happy wife is a happy life.
1) no, you are not a dbag, you just live in Missouri. More reeruns per capita.

2) Kids... Eh... You live in Missouri. They are dumber and more scared of the unknown than their KS counterparts.

3) camp chairs. See #1

4) it's Missouri.

I love the 4th of July. I watched my neighbors blow shit up until after midnight. This is the first year I didn't buy anything. Still miss the days when you could procure home made m-80's.

Coach 07-05-2013 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by RedandGold (Post 9793923)
Due to the points of toddlers and dogs hating fireworks, we stayed home last night. And yes, we had neighbors with too much expendable income firing off displays until close to midnight.

Fortunately, my kids inherited my ability to sleep through anything, but it was a challenge getting my younger one down with various fireworks going off the whole time he was trying to go to sleep.
Well, you can always ask Bwana for his "Bird Bombs".

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Iowanian 07-05-2013 06:50 PM
Problems worth getting upset about are all a matter of simple perspective.


For example...you could have just sat down to talk with friends and then a couple of seconds later found yourself doing a cannon ball into a pond with a flaming toddler and then spent the rest of your holiday in a burn unit.

SAUTO 07-05-2013 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 9794151)
Problems worth getting upset about are all a matter of simple perspective.


For example...you could have just sat down to talk with friends and then a couple of seconds later found yourself doing a cannon ball into a pond with a flaming toddler and then spent the rest of your holiday in a burn unit.
Experience?
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DTLB58 07-05-2013 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 9793254)
Just got back from watching a local small town Fireworks show. Some thoughts:

Why do people bring dogs to fireworks shows? Dogs HATE fireworks. All they do is growl and bark the whole time. It's not fun for the dog, or for the people sitting around the stupid people who brought their dog. Leave Fido at home. He can do without the loud noises.

Why do people bring toddlers to fireworks shows? See comments about dogs, same applies to little kids. They HATE the loud noises and they just scream and cry the whole time. Wait till your kids are old enough to understand what is going on. Otherwise, it's trauma for the kid, and a drag for everyone sitting around you.

Bring a chair that folds up quickly. Some of those camp chairs take ten minutes to get out of the bag, and 20 minutes to put back into the bag. Bring something simple, like a good old fashion blanket, or a old fashion nylon and aluminum folding lawn chair.

Also, why do people who can least afford to blow money always seem to have hundreds of dollars worth of bottle rockets, whizzing screamers and fountains? Oh sure, they have a 30 pack of Keystone and a carton of Generic Cigarettes, but won't be able to pay the light bill when it comes due on July 15th. Mostly because they blew the light bill on bottle rockets. Just go to your local fireworks show, and save your money.

God Bless America!
You speak the truth.
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KCSLC2008 07-06-2013 12:04 AM
I have a daughter and dog who are neither scared nor hateful of fireworks. But I know that's not the norm. My dog will watch them with us. My daughter loves them starting from when she was a baby. As she got older, we got closer because my wife didn't want the sounds to hurt my daughter's ears (she was 2 months old the first time).

Demonpenz 07-06-2013 07:10 AM
sorry for your loss

Mother****erJones 07-06-2013 07:26 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 9793580)
Why the **** do people in residential neighborhoods think it's a great idea to shoot off fireworks at midnight? ****ing douchebags.....you're waking up my kids.
Meh, it's one day a year kids can blow shit up late at night. And kids are done with school unless you got newborns.


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