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Populist_Prole

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22. Got a bullet hole in my roof one new years eve some years back
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 02:47 AM
Jan 2013

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.

same here they started 2 hours ago. I jump nearly every time. I need the tranquilizer!! northoftheborder Jan 2013 #1
No, but the place I'm at is having a firework show at midnight. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #2
Yes. RiffRandell Jan 2013 #3
Some firecrackers... love_katz Jan 2013 #4
Yes, and one of my dogs is going nuts, but then sammytko Jan 2013 #5
Nope nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #6
I hate New Years and July 4 here in Florida – WWIII outside my house cpwm17 Jan 2013 #33
There probably will be Union Scribe Jan 2013 #7
I prayed for rain tonight... dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #14
Pouring rain here didn't even stop them. narnian60 Jan 2013 #29
They shoot guns in the air here proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #8
Got a bullet hole in my roof one new years eve some years back Populist_Prole Jan 2013 #22
Our house is across the county road from a neighborhood where drugs are often sold. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #25
A friend's house got hit a few years ago on either the fourth or NYE sweetloukillbot Jan 2013 #27
No, but where I live everybody is marybourg Jan 2013 #9
Not here, fortunately, my cat is sleeping soundly. nt bananas Jan 2013 #10
too cold riverwalker Jan 2013 #11
No, and I miss them ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #12
It's pretty much Shock and Awe here tkmorris Jan 2013 #13
Firecrackers? ornotna Jan 2013 #15
Yes, it's illegal but it doesn't stop the selfish boom-boom idiots. flvegan Jan 2013 #16
Constant barrage since about 6:00 pm CST . . . fleur-de-lisa Jan 2013 #17
No, I live rurally and ohheckyeah Jan 2013 #18
90 minutes to go... not a single firecracker. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2013 #19
yes. i don't remember new years being an occasion for fireworks until somewhere around the 90s. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #20
Yeah..we have to endure them on Christmas break, New Years as well as the 4th. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #36
I was out about an hour ago, just before midnight here HarveyDarkey Jan 2013 #21
My poor cats are terrified Glitterati Jan 2013 #23
I do wildlife rehab and the orphans I am raising right now Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #24
More around midnight, but not many. Lots of gunfire though. sweetloukillbot Jan 2013 #26
Gunshots here in Detroit. bif Jan 2013 #28
We had 45 minutes of non-stop noise malaise Jan 2013 #30
Happy New Year to you too, Malaise. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #37
Many Happy Returns sis!! malaise Jan 2013 #38
no firecrackers CountAllVotes Jan 2013 #31
The city had a fireworks show for the first time ever... prairierose Jan 2013 #32
I don't mind the fireworks WolverineDG Jan 2013 #34
No, LWolf Jan 2013 #35
Luckily I didn't hear a sound, was the quietest New Years I can remember. nt Raine Jan 2013 #39
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