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dtroutma said, 10 months ago

I miss the “good old days” when we used to have battles with Roman candles!

When I was in high school back in the Dark Ages, one night some kids filled up a trashbag with propane, lit a long fuse they’d brought, and pushed it out into a lake on a little raft. After a while, the fuse ran out and it made a very loud bang.
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Lights came on all around the lake as people woke and wondered what was going on.

vwdualnomand said, 10 months ago

we also have weird fireworks laws. some states have a vast assortment and legal. others make it illegal, and others only let only smoke.

Doctor Toon said, 10 months ago

Doesn’t matter what is and isn’t legal in our city, we’re only about an hours drive from the Wyoming border where there is a fireworks store open year round that sells just about everything

Last year the fire danger was so high fireworks sales for the “legal” stuff were banned but there were still plenty of fireworks going off in our neighborhood the night of the 4th

Coosie said, 10 months ago

I remember as child, some moons ago we always had fireworks. Now New York doesn’t wamt you to have sparklers because they are too dangerous for little fingers. Personally I think it is a right of childhood to learn to be careful.

Veteran said, 10 months ago

I had a friend. We called him “Three fingers”. Did a stupid human trick. He had found a detonator in local construction site. On the fourth he decided to set it off. AND he was going to hold it by the tips of his thumb and finger. He did it with the Blackcat crackers with no problem. Even swallowed one once when it was lit. He hooked up the wires. Put it between his finger tips. Touched the end. That is how he got the nick name “Three fingers”.
Fireworks are fun just be careful. Don’t hurt yourself or burn folks houses down.

jbmlaw said, 10 months ago

The “pursuit of happiness” is dead in the blue states.

RoninBob said, 10 months ago

There’s a time and place for everything this isn’t the time and all the states undergoing drought are not the place’s for firework’s.

ROY PICKETT said, 10 months ago

@Coosie

New York also doesn’t want you to have trans fats, sodas larger than 16 ozs, and a whole slew of other things. Apparently, the government doesn’t think we are capable of managing our own lives.

dzw3030 said, 10 months ago

@RoninBob

You’re spot on. Wild fires are no joke. I’ve had ash from two wild fires drift onto my home in New Mexico. Be careful out there folks.

Llywus said, 10 months ago

You must live near me, dzw3030. Finally the fires burning in the Jemez and Sangres are mostly contained or dying down from the higher humidity and cooler air.