Fireworks: Yea or Nay?

[Zomby Woof]

Poll question: Fireworks: Yea or Nay?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. To watch or to set off?

I'm all for the former, but as to the latter...You'll shoot yer eye out!

[Zomby Woof]

8. Either/or

Keeps the discussion open-ended. :D

I enjoy fireworks shows, but haven't really been into setting them off in years.

The biggest downside, are people who insist on setting them off for weeks before AND after the holiday, at all hours of the night. :nuke:

[Shell Beau]

33. Yes! There were people setting them off last weekend.

Late of course. x(

But I love to watch and fire them!! :)

[Zomby Woof]

54. Hope they don't scare the little one

Is this her first 4th?

[Shell Beau]

72. It is!! I think she will love the fireworks. I mean, she is a little firecracker

her own self! :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

68. Well...I guess it's better than

stockpiling their leftovers in a hot attic...

But yeah, I know what you mean.

[Kali]

2. HELL yea!

[Zomby Woof]

14. I'll mark you as a "Yea"

Although I am not 100% sure. :P

[Kali]

26. Arizona is getting close to decriminalizing sparklers!!!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

:eyes: nevermind you can carry a loaded gun into bars, we might get to legally play with sparklers soon!!!


thanks goodness I am only an hour from New Mexico:evilgrin:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. One of my fondest memories of my childhood

was a rainy Fourth of July, and all the parades were cancelled, no big fireworks display.

We kids had gotten our usual stash of sparklers and worms and flaming cones, but it was raining.

And my mother took us into the garage, left the door open, and let us light them all. We put the fire cones on their sides, and watched them shoot out into the rain.

It is still one of the coolest things I think any mother ever did .................................

[Zomby Woof]

9. Oneof my earliest memories

4th of July in Tennessee, out in the country. My aunt bought me a box of sparklers and I was mesmerized by the blue flames. I can understand how cool that was of your mother - the best memories come from serendipity.

[petronius]

4. I can do without them these days - although I'm a bit biased because the

pointless attempts to traumatize the cat and burn the neighborhood down have been already going on for a week around here... :grr:

[Zomby Woof]

10. See my first reply to Goddess of Guinness

I can relate.

[HopeHoops]

5. My youngest will be with my dad next weekend so we set a bunch off last night.

We had a fire, roasted veggie dogs on sticks, and had about a half hour fireworks display. We'll have another one on Saturday, but at least my youngest was here for this one. I keep a fully charged garden hose in close proximity to the discharge area and hose everything down afterwards. My neighbors think I'm anal retentive, but I prefer that to a grass fire. I'm cool with being anal retentive about that.

[Zomby Woof]

11. When it comes to fire

There is no such thing as being anal retentive.

[HopeHoops]

20. Good point.

One of my neighbors has friends bring up illegals from N.C. - stuff that explodes in the air. To his credit, he does walk the neighborhood the next day to pick up the casings and rockets, but he can't know where that shit is going to land while he's launching it. A few years back, he and the guy across the street from him were BOTH firing things into the air. A neighbor a few houses down had a mulch pile in his driveway and one of the things set it on fire. It melted the siding off of his house. Fortunately, the smoke alarm went off, they got out, and the fire department put it out before the house itself actually caught fire.

Stupid shit, that.

[Shine]

6. We can see our local fireworks from our street corner perfectly!

we always host a big ole potluck bbq party every year which has become very popular.

The fireworks show is the big finale.


:hi:

Red, White, and Blue...and lots of BBQ. :thumbsup:

[Zomby Woof]

12. Sweeeeeeeet

:hi: What shall we bring? :D

[fishwax]

7. watching or firing?

I vote yea either way :)

[Zomby Woof]

13. It's all good

I'd hate to be too restrictive with my poll questions - which is why "other" is good - it allows people to like one aspect of fireworks, and dislike the other. :-)

[old mark]

15. I like them - my dog hates them.

We decided to make July 4th our dog's birthday - everybody gets a holiday and there is lots of meat available for dogs to swipe or beg, and he is generally happy about it but he is afraid of the noise of the fireworks.

:shrug:
He will be 9.
mark

[Zomby Woof]

39. Happy birthday to your dog

That is the one thing I strongly dislike about fireworks, is how they upset our pets. Our 2 cats are not fond of them either.

[old mark]

76. Thank you - Corey - aka Peanut - will be 9 on July 4 - You all are

authorised to have a holiday celebration in honor of this occasion.

Thanks again.

mark

[Norwood]

16. Hell yeahhhh!!!!!!

Gotta a love a holiday where you celebrate by blowing shit up!!!! That said I'm probably gonna end up at work that night

[Zomby Woof]

42. FUCKIN' NARWHALS!!

THEY BLOW SHIT UP EVERY 4TH OF JULY!!!

[begin_within]

17. Is it even necessary to ask me?

considering that my web site is fireworksland.com

[Zomby Woof]

43. Not necessary

But fun. :D

[cherish44]

18. REAL fireworks - yea ...Roadside stand fireworks - BIG nay

Fire crackers, bottle rockets, roman candles and all that other stuff = EPIC LAMENESS

[Zomby Woof]

44. Your answer

Is why I created "other". :-)

[begin_within]

46. oh, you just haven't bought the right ones.

[Baclava]

19. Yay!

[Zomby Woof]

45. Pretty

And noiseless! A win-win. :D

[Baclava]

70. I yam all into purty pichers

We are visual animals - unlike the mud dwellers

[tekisui]

21. I was strongly opposed to fireworks during the start of the Iraq

Invasion. I thought it was surreal to celebrate with bombs, when we were killing so many with real bombs. I boycotted fireworks for a few years, then gave up.

[Zomby Woof]

47. I don't remember people doing that

At least not where I was (Seattle). But jingoistic yahoos have a way of tainting everything. As far as I am concerned, they don't own what fireworks mean to different people.

[bigwillq]

22. Yea.

To watch only. I don't ever set them off. I'm scared. I'm man enough to admit it!

But they are pretty to watch! :) :hi:

[Zomby Woof]

48. Not a problem

You get to keep all of your fingers and hands this year. :hi:

[LaurenG]

23. Yeah but not the big giant M60's type in my backyard!

My neighbors love to scare the crap out of people and dogs late at night with those things.

I.don't.like.my.neighbor.anymore. :scared:

[Zomby Woof]

49. I don't like your neighbors either!

Hey Lauren! :hi:

[LaurenG]

55. Dood!

:hi:

[Zomby Woof]

60. Uh oh!

I missed your edit. :o :hi:

[LaurenG]

64. I misspelled the misspelling of Dude, Dood. It said Doood

:P

[Zomby Woof]

65. Whew!

Guess that was better than when you called me Doodyhead. :evilgrin:

[LaurenG]

67. Lol

:rofl:

[Rambis]

24. hate them

crowded, loud, kids are up late= nightmare

[Zomby Woof]

50. Some years I have felt that way

When I lived in a small apartment in WA state for a few 4ths... our complex banned them, but that didn't stop the kids from going out in the street in front of the complex and blasting them for all hours of the night. I was thankful for the rain several of those years.

[Moondog]

25. Yea. They'll be a couple of large displays put on in these parts. I'll be there!

[Zomby Woof]

51. Enjoy!

:patriot:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

27. ~

[DeepBlueC]

28. ooh I love those!

Where did that saucy little chef come from?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

29. Isn't that Cake from the Saturday Morning CBS show of the same

name? I lifted it from someone else who posted it here. ;)

[DeepBlueC]

32. I've never seen the show

but I will now feel free to appropriate it myself. It's just too good! Thnx.

[Shell Beau]

35. It comes from the kiddie show Lazy Town. My Bella watches the show.

It is AWFUL!! I HATE the show!

[DeepBlueC]

83. but the 'fuck yeah' pic rocks

[Zomby Woof]

52. LOL!!!

I have no idea who that is, but it's WRONG (and hilarious!). :rofl:

[Roon]

30. My earliest memory of the fourth

my father setting off fireworks in broad daylight because it would have been way past our bedtime if we waited until it got dark.

[Zomby Woof]

53. That was cool of him

At least he had you participate somehow. My parents never bought me any - but my granddad did, and there were always well-stocked neighbors. But I got to stay up past dusk usually.

[hamsterjill]

31. Leave them to the professionals

We are actually having discussions in south Texas right now about banning fireworks. We have the mother-of-all droughts going on, with record high temps and grass fires starting about every 15 minutes.

To me, in this situation, there should be NO discussion. The firefighters have asked that fireworks be banned within the city limits, and out of respect for them, if for no other reason, they should be banned.

Even if fireworks are banned, there will still be those individuals who set them off, cause fires, and all for what? A few sparkles and a pop?
To me, that's not worth someone losing their home to fire.

Under different climate conditions, I wouldn't be such an snot, but right now, we need to think about safety.

[Zomby Woof]

56. There is a time and place for everything

And from what you described, no one has any business with flammable explosives in a parched region. That is why many (but not all) fireworks are illegal in L.A. County - we're a fire waiting to happen in many areas. In fact, it was a firecracker that set off a major fire in the Hollywood hills near Griffith Observatory not that long ago. Some kids from out of town playing around.

As I said above, there is no such thing as being anal retentive about fire, and I would add, no such thing as being "a snot" either.

[jmm]

34. Yeah!

I use to go into Boston every year with my grandmother to see the 4th of July fireworks. We'd get pizza at a place that's now a McDonald's :( before and ice cream after it was over. Needless to say my brother benefitted from being her first grandchild and I for being her only granddaughter :D.

Setting them off is alright but it's not nearly as fun as going to see them.

[Zomby Woof]

57. I enjoy the shows more as I get older

Precisely because of memories like yours. :-)

[Joey Liberal]

36. Fireworks are a lot of fun! nt

[Zomby Woof]

58. The Yeas have it

[Raffi Ella]

37. Yea!

I'm gonna go to Stone Moutain this year and see the laser light show along with fireworks, should be fun. Last time I did that was when I was 19 and I was tripping. :o

[Zomby Woof]

59. Hahaha!

Which reminds me - the first time I um, :smoke: was on the 4th of July, 1982. Virginia Beach put on a fireworks show at Mt. Trashmore every year. We just lied back on the hillside, and weeeeeeee!

[Raffi Ella]

75. weee is right, haha.

fun, CRAZY! but a lotta fun. B-)

[Paladin]

38. Yea, But Only If M-80's Are Involved....... (n/t)

[Zomby Woof]

61. I only did those one year

But I prefer lights over noise, lol. Not that it wasn't fun.

[JitterbugPerfume]

40. I love them

How could anyone not love the sky lighting up in bursts of color? I loved them as a child, and as an old woman , I think I love it even more. They inspire a sense of wonder, and one should never lose that!

[Zomby Woof]

62. You are NOT an old woman

You just proved that by telling us how you have maintained your sense of wonder. So there. :D

[MorningGlow]

41. Yea, but only done by professionals

I spent too many years living in a lakeside house where drunken idiots in nextdoor cottages spent hours (sometimes many night in a row) inadvertently coming way too close to blowing up their a) dock, b) boat, c) cottage, d) grandmothers (seriously--one lit firecracker zoomed under an old lady's lawn chair--that was a close one) and terrorizing our cats to be fond of DIY-ers. :eyes:

[Zomby Woof]

63. I try not to let drunken idiots ruin my fun

I completely get where you are coming from, however.

[MorningGlow]

66. When you live on a lake and your nextdoor neighbor's house is right up your nose

it's hard to ignore them. But then again, that's one of the reasons we moved. :think:

[Oeditpus Rex]

69. Ooooooooo!

Aaaaaaaah!

[Zomby Woof]

73. After every Friday night home game at Dodger Stadium

They put on a good one. I was pleasantly surprised. They let people come onto the field with blankets.

[NJmaverick]

71. Public Fire works displays - yea

private fire works- nay

[derby378]

74. Last year, my wife and I bought a bunch of fireworks...

...and set them off at a lake deep in rural Texas along with a bunch of other folks celebrating July 4.

It was a magnificent, chaotic, beautiful event. The local fire department fenced off a good-sized field for us to launch whatever we wanted until midnight. People on the state highway got a really good view of the pyrotechnics, too. All you needed was a $5 wristband from the local fireworks booth and you were go for launch.

Aside from an errant Roman candle that came a little close to hitting my wife, it was awesome. We may do it again this year.

[LostInAnomie]

77. Anyone that says "Nay" hates America!!!!

Fuckin' commies!

[kentauros]

78. No, I just hate all the pollution generated by setting them off

and by their manufacture.

Now, if they were shooting them into thunderstorms in order to generate lightning strikes, that would be both useful and cool :D

[LostInAnomie]

79. Anyone that hates pollution hates America!

Commie!

[kentauros]

81. Yeah I guess you're right.

I better find that old Indian used in those old anti-pollution TV commercials from the 70s and move in with him ;)

[MrSlayer]

80. Bigtime "Yea"!

Fireworks are great. A complete and utter waste of money but great nonetheless.

[Common Sense Party]

82. Should be an option for "Hell, Yea!"

I love 'em. Unfortunately, my 16-year old autistic son HATES them. It's sad that it's not something the whole family can enjoy together.

[begin_within]

84. Fireworks are fun... watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c3PmCgHUSM

[GOPisEvil]

85. Professional fireworks shows - Yay. Personal use - Nay.

[Zomby Woof]

86. If they don't come fix your w/d

It's time to light a firecracker under management's a$$. :D

[GOPisEvil]

87. They don't realize it yet, but this is a test.

I HATE moving, but I WILL if I have to.

[mwooldri]

89. +1 on this...

I don't get the point of household fireworks. It really is a non-event of a display. Professional firework displays are a lot better IMO. Some pros put some real imagination in their displays with ground displays as well as sky ones.

[CatholicEdHead]

88. Of course

You can buy anything in North Dakota. :evilgrin:

[Zomby Woof]

90. A kick for July 4th Eve

aka July 3rd. :P

[Deja Q]

91. I love taking photographs of them...

Setting up kit 4 hours early...

Sitting there 4 hours...

Getting heckled...

When they start, people use their under-qualified cameras WITH THE FLASH SET TO "ON" to take pics... :eyes:

heading back to the car...

Seeing a victim of gang violence...

Being waved at by copy (to everyone) to drive around...

When going off the grass to the road, the car's undercarriage grazes the curb and everybody gawks at the noise, including the cops (nothing else better to do than to gawk? Maybe the attackers might be around, somewhere?? Never mind the victim; don't blame us for the noise since you bloody well told everyone to go in THAT direction like we were all told to do...)

I'll stay home and masturbate with an egg whisk instead; thanks all the same.

[MajorChode]

92. Watch: Yes M80 in my mailbox: No

[TheMightyFavog]

93. Professional: Yes Pirivate: Fuck, yeah!

Nothing says fun like roman candles, Texas Bottle Rockets and those giant mortars that cost 100 bucks.

[JVS]

94. Without them, it's just a regular BBQ

[jakefrep]

95. Yea to organized civic displays

Nay to drunken idiots lighting M80's off in the neighborhood.