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Originally posted by curtintex View PostWe don't typically pop fireworks, but I'd be happy to loan out my come-a-long if any of you would like to remove the stick from your ***. It's fireworks for Lord's sake. In the city, in the county or in the country....they're supposed to be fun. Lighten up, Francis. It happens twice a year and people are actually celebrating life.
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Originally posted by Buckley99 View PostFirst time I can remember thinking/saying this but...I think you’re off on this one Curt. If it was two days a year, I’d be good with it. In our neighborhood it’s HEAVY for 3-4 days (twice a year) and intermittent for 3-4 weeks (twice a year). In addition, you can celebrate life but regardless of how much you have to celebrate, shooting off fireworks at 3:00 am on a Tuesday morning is absurd.
For the most part, our neighbors are extremely respectful but we have a half dozen yahoos who weren’t taught common courtesy.
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Originally posted by nursejenn View PostMidnight is a reasonable time but not past that... Go ahead and send me your come-a-long, Curt. Just drop it off to me at work tomorrow. Yeah I wouldn't care how late they do their shenanigans except that I get up at 0430 to go to work. Some of us have to be available in the ER for the "hold my beer and watch this" crowd to get treatment for the aftermath of their dumbarse ideas... and I'm pretty sure most of those paying me a visit in the trauma pod of our ER tomorrow will not want me super sleep deprived when caring for them. Like I said there's reasonable and there's not reasonable...
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I use to have an in town neighbor who would do the 2-3 am several nights in a row around the 4th and NYE. Was a bit irritating after a couple of days being kept up that late. All for it on the 4th but would like at least a midnight cut off (at least in town)on the other days surrounding the holiday.
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If you're gonna do something stupid with them please video it and put it on the internet for the world to see. That should be rule #1.
What true red blooded American doesn't like grilling out,getting drunk and blowing up ant hills and beer bottles or losing a finger now and then? The 4th of July is one of if not my most favorite holiday.
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I think 11pm is a good time to stop on 4th, new years maybe 1am or 1230 but I have yahoos as well that pop them as soon as the fireworks stands open. Fireworks are awesome, but if you live in a subdivision it would be respectful and considerate to think of your neighbors. Some neighbors have dogs, kids/babies, and/or work jobs that are unusual hours. For instance, I am at work now til 4am then drive an hour home. When I work days I am waking up at 230am to drive an hour to work a 12hr shift. Some people are cops, firefighters, EMT, plant workers, Doctors, nurses, and any other jobs I left out that require unusual hours and long days.
I grew up living on a farm in a rural area so this suburban living is new to me but I wont pop fireworks in the street. I will light them up at the ranch but still won't go late into the night even if my neighbors are .5 to 1 mile away.Last edited by Beargrasstx; 07-04-2018, 02:48 AM.
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We’re good with the neighbors blowing up pretty much whatever they want. It’s only a few nights a year. But we’re also on acre+ lots so spread out pretty good. I personally stopped buying all the visual stuff and have moved to noise only. A thunder mug and a couple pounds of black powder makes for quite a few good boomers throughout the evening ......
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Until they were banned, people were shooting them whenever. It was during the day this past Saturday and they were shooting them (not the loud m80 firecracker type, but in the sky). Last year it was well into the am when some of our neighbors were still going. I don't mind though, we chose to move out here away from the city on purpose. Our one dog is afraid of them, but we just don't let him out in the yard when it's happening and it's fine.
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