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   dtroutma said, about 3 years ago

   I miss the “good old days” when we used to have battles with Roman candles!
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 3 years ago

   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.
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   vwdualnomand said, about 3 years 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.
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   Coosie said, about 3 years 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.
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   Richard said, about 3 years 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.
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   jbmlaw said, about 3 years ago

   The “pursuit of happiness” is dead in the blue states.
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   RoninBob said, about 3 years 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.
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   ROY PICKETT said, about 3 years 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.
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   dzw3030 said, about 3 years 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.
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    Llywus said, about 3 years 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.
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    hphundt said, about 3 years ago

    We’ve had fireworks going off for 2 weeks already. The vet supplied tranquilizers for the pets.
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    Richard said, about 3 years ago

    @hphundt

    After two weeks I am surprised he didn’t give ya’ll any. Your nerves must be so frayed right now.
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    dzw3030 said, about 3 years ago

    @Llywus

    Likely, I’m in the Rio Chama valley, north of Española.
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    Tigerchik32 said, about 3 years ago

    Would you rather set your house on fire, wise guy?
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    Tigerchik32 said, about 3 years ago

    @RoninBob

    You got it. I’m in Cal. You know how hot it is here; I’m wetting down my roof on the 4th so some dope doesn’t start a fire.
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