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In reply to the discussion: Damned DIY Fireworks! [View all]Warpy
(111,558 posts)Here, laws restrict people to packs of little Chinese firecrackers, fountains and sparklers. People go down into Mexico (drug war and all) to stock up on the illegal stuff.
Last night at 3:30, as I was preparing to have an early night, some asshole the next street over started blowing up large firecrackers. He must not have liked what I yelled out the window because he stopped, but not before he woke me completely up and kept me mad for another 2 hours. Bastard. Bars close at 3 AM here.
My poor cat went a little deaf in her final years, so fireworks and thunderstorms stopped bothering her. However, this area is full of vets in assisted living apartments and they're far from deaf, poor bastards.
I hate this holiday, the combination of alcohol and explosives meant a horrible night when I was a nurse. Then there's the idiots who start brush fires with them, the idiots who fire their guns into the air and invariably hit somebody, and the air thick with the stink of burned gunpowder.
Nah, this is one holiday I wish would go away.