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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 03:42 AM

23. That's funny. On the west side (ocean side) of the boardwalk today, I saw many vendors selling

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what looked like cheap, non-handmade crap. And the police weren't hassling them. Who were they hassling? Some guy who had hand-made sculptures in frying pans (cool sculptures albeit a bit weirdly staged, imo) and a guy playing saxophone (unamplified, no less). I could not see any reason why either person had attracted attention and was told by another vendor of the permit issue.

I'd be far more charitably disposed to the pigs if the fireworks had not been going off non-stop from about 8 p.m. until midnight. We're not just talking your random firecrackers, but these really loud ones that sound like gunshots or even bombs and these Roman Candle-y types that go off 4 or 5 times, all guaranteed to drive my cat completely nuts. And put my wife and me both on edge. And, like I say, I haven't seen a single cop on La Cienega or any of the side streets I can see from my balcony.

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51 replies	Author	Time	Post
Sitting here in early evening (9 p.m.). Outside is like a [View all]	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	OP
So have I. Our dogs are	frogmarch	Jul 2012	#1
Give your dogs hugs and kisses from us. Our cat is decidedly	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#16
Our dog has a Valium script from the vet.	dixiegrrrrl	Jul 2012	#26
ha ha! It's like that in Los Angeles. totally ignored law	Liberal_in_LA	Jul 2012	#2
And it's the fire season.	JDPriestly	Jul 2012	#8
Yes, you'd think they would	ohheckyeah	Jul 2012	#32
I'm wondering how it was possible to assemble 1500 cops	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#17
There has been an uptick in gang related violence recently in Venice.	zappaman	Jul 2012	#19
Um, well, I saw the LAPD hassling a couple vendors, one a plastic artist and another	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#21
There is an ordinance.	zappaman	Jul 2012	#22
That's funny. On the west side (ocean side) of the boardwalk today, I saw many vendors selling	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#23
And it's not just illegal fireworks they are shooting off there...	Javaman	Jul 2012	#25
Shooting bullets was big in the 90s, then the cops really cracked down on it. Not much of that	Liberal_in_LA	Jul 2012	#36
That's really good to hear. :) Thanks for the info.	Javaman	Jul 2012	#37
I am lucky now in that both my cats are completely nonplussed by	kestrel91316	Jul 2012	#3
I feel your pain.	BlueJazz	Jul 2012	#4
St Pete? Watch out for the $cientologists!	xfundy	Jul 2012	#6
I hate it too.	BeHereNow	Jul 2012	#5
Yep. My daughter's best friend had her fingers destroyed by a thrown M80.	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#7
Could be worse....	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#9
I'm sure the cops are off somewhere beating up innocent people	nobodyspecial	Jul 2012	#10
One day a year?	Duer 157099	Jul 2012	#11
Anyone ya wanna shoot?	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#12
You ass. It's now 11:40 p.m. and they are still going off non-stop.	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#14
Get off my lawn!	former9thward	Jul 2012	#31
Dang....	one_voice	Jul 2012	#38
This post was hidden by jury decision.	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#43
Bless your lil kind heart...	one_voice	Jul 2012	#49
me too. the locals now compete with the city for "biggest display". it seems crazy.	HiPointDem	Jul 2012	#13
No Firecrackers in New York City	SoDesuKa	Jul 2012	#15
Well, if it's worth anything	DAngelo136	Jul 2012	#18
My cat thanks you from the bottom of her admittedly fickle heart (as do my wife and I). Technical	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#20
Technically, yes, the treaty established the US as an independent nation -	enlightenment	Jul 2012	#30
Bunch of teenagers here were marveling over their friends' newly acquired gun.	joshcryer	Jul 2012	#24
My dogs and I feel your pain	LibertyLover	Jul 2012	#27
Psst..I posted up thread about ....vets will sometimes give you meds for the dogs	dixiegrrrrl	Jul 2012	#28
Thank you -	LibertyLover	Jul 2012	#33
Please give your dogs a hug and kiss from my wife and me. Our cat is decidedly anti-canine, so	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#29
too many violators for cops to handle. It's like prohibition or the 55 speed limit. routinely	Liberal_in_LA	Jul 2012	#35
yes. things have changed. Every one is using the professional ones that soar high into the air	Liberal_in_LA	Jul 2012	#34
What I don't like about 4th of July are	Jamaal510	Jul 2012	#39
Of our 4 kitties,	HeiressofBickworth	Jul 2012	#40
It made our cat jumpy as all hell. Each time one of those one that	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#44
Of the three calm ones,	HeiressofBickworth	Jul 2012	#48
I love cats too. They are such amusing, contrary creatures. Ours is by turns	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#50
Well due to work	nadinbrzezinski	Jul 2012	#41
oh come on, a little fun never hurt anybody	hfojvt	Jul 2012	#42
I've kinda gotten used to it over the years	pinboy3niner	Jul 2012	#45
My Dad fought in Korea (wounded at Inchon) and he always said that the battle scene in "Platoon"	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#46
I felt the same way about 'Platoon'	pinboy3niner	Jul 2012	#47
I hate it too. Municipal displays, fine, but this bullshit going on in the streets is stupid.	patrice	Jul 2012	#51

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