I'm about a mile outside of downtown and no ordinance stops them. They go off all freaking night and into the next night. Last year we had some land on our porch. I was beyond livid.
Last time I did the bag of fireworks thing on the city street was in Clear Lake City as a teenager. Of course, a cop drove up on us with his lights out, basically gathered us up and searched us (I had no choice but to stash my bag of fireworks in a bush or be caught red-handed), and then walked us home lecturing our parents about how we were up to no good (like my parents gave a crap but pretended they weren't in on it). Then, the dang cop found my bag of fireworks and confiscated them. But, at least I didn't get caught with them. That was pretty much my last time buying and blowing up fireworks. The funniest was at a party in college at Nacogdoches when some of the party crowd was shooting them off in a rural area behind a house and caught the grass on fire. It was funny and scary at the same time because they could not get it out (I think they eventually did). One time...I had a whole bag of fireworks go off all at once from a smoke bomb spark that landed in the bag. Almost took out my cousin's Camaro in the process. Of course, we went through the whole "light and throw a M80 (the most powerful fire cracker at the time or whatever) in the pool" phase. And, the stories about people lighting them and flushing them down the toilet destroying the plumbing pipe. lol
I ****ing hate fireworks. Unfortunately, all the mullets I live by LOVE them and fire them off all day on July 4. I have been hearing fireworks in my neighborhood for 2 weeks in anticipation. I ****ing hate fireworks.
I never much cared about fireworks. But now, my dog is petrified of them, so I have to consciously make a plan of what I'm going to do on 4th of July to get away from them. Sometimes, I can't, so I'll just get in my care and sit with her to some music of the stereo, so she can't hear them.
It was some kind of hot, gelatinous substance on my shin that seemed to harden over the course of a few seconds or minutes. What did I miss, are roman candles made of fiberglass or something?
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The wussification of America continues When I was a kid living right outside of Katy the entire street would come out on the 4th and it was basically one big block party shooting off fireworks, throwing blackcats at each other, blowing up action figures, lighting stuff on fire...god it was awesome for a 9-13 year old boy. The next day we'd scour the streets looking for stuff that had been left behind and blow that up too. And we wonder why kids don't want to go outside and play???? If you can't blow **** up outside they'll stay inside and blow **** up in a video game!
We light off some black snakes every year. You know, the hard core stuff only the tough dare touch. Pretty dangerous in my neighborhood on 4th of July.
As a kid, a peice of pipe and bottle rockets allowed us to recreate a trip up the Mekong River looking for Kurtz in Vietnam. Good times. These days we pop a few Black Cats and sparklers.
I don't mind them. But I hate when they don't sweep up after they're done. I also do not understand why you do them at midnight. It's not new years dummy. I was never into the loud firecrackers. But I do like the ones that blow up bright lights and ****. That had way more entertainment value.
There is no enlightening someone when they ask stupid questions like this. I'm looking forward to your "why are boobs good?" and "vagina is overrated" threads.
