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In reply to the discussion: Are there a lot of firecrackers and etc where you are tonight? [View all]Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Never heard fireworks on new years before I moved to the south. These yahoos around where I live blow them off for any two-bit "holiday".
One New Year's Eve, replete with loud banging going off since 10PM, I heard a sharp "crack" on my roof. Thinking it a spent skyrocket I waited till the next day to investigate, and I couldn't find any fireworks debris when I did. Only after a water stain in my ceiling and many failed attempts for me to find the cause and fix it did I get a roofer out here. He peeled a shingle back to display a large hole, and when we went into the attic we saw the splintered wood but could find no slug...which had to be a .45 or a shotgun "slug" round. Really pissed me off because I wondered what might have happened if I happened to be outside and the round fell a few feet short: I'd have had my head layed wide open.
Stupid rednecks: I hate the fucking bastards.