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:cat: ??? July 4 plans for viewing fireworks??
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No but idiots have been shooting fire crackers in the area for several days already.
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I dread 4th of July. It's great our city has fireworks and we have a huge amusement park that sets them off also. What I hate is the fireworks, small cannon shooting and the yelling and screaming from neighbors enjoying setting them off. Just go to one of the two places that are free and watch them there, not close to my house!
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I haven't been to a fireworks show in a long time. Last year it was raining and got postponed and then I wasn't able to go. I love a good fireworks show.
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We always had fireworks for July 4th we were out in the country and could have our own but not where we live now and with my mobility issue I doubt I will go out to any displays. Oh well we will see what happens.
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The town that I live in has their fireworks display on New Years Eve, but the town next to ours has a display on July 4. On New Years Eve I see the fireworks from my back deck.
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Our town has a small fireworks show over the small lake. A nearby town has a large display. Depending on my work schedule, I hope to see one or the other.
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The military post here always puts on a big fireworks show for the 4th of July, so my family and I go there every year!
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They done a big display at our court house lawn one year a long time ago. We could see it from home so we watched it. I don't like getting out and going somewhere.
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My Three Sons always buy a Mountain of the real good Fireworks. I can not wait to see them having a Blast and giving all of us a real Good Firework Show.
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July fourth is in the middle of the week this year which is kind of a bummer because you have to go back to work the next day...no heavy partying and explosives (such a good combination!).It is kind of like having your birthday in the middle of the week or on Xmas-you can't celebrate in an unrestrained fashion. Our neighborhood turns into a pseudo military zone with each neighbor spending more than the next. I have estimated that some people are dropping over three thousand dollars on Aerials, mortars, bottle rockets and fire crackers-none of which are legal in our state. My kids started stockpiling fireworks about a month ago. We live in Colorado and have to drive up to Wyoming to get the good fireworks. The police have a true dilemma because who do you arrest when over ninety percent of the neighborhood is engaged?
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July fourth is in the middle of the week this year which is kind of a bummer because you have to go back to work the next day...no heavy partying and explosives (such a good combination!).It is kind of like having your birthday in the middle of the week or on Xmas-you can't celebrate in an unrestrained fashion. Our neighborhood turns into a pseudo military zone with each neighbor spending more than the next. I have estimated that some people are dropping over three thousand dollars on Aerials, mortars, bottle rockets and fire crackers-none of which are legal in our state. My kids started stockpiling fireworks about a month ago. We live in Colorado and have to drive up to Wyoming to get the good fireworks. The police have a true dilemma because who do you arrest when over ninety percent of the neighborhood is engaged?
They can go house to house writing citations.
It is against the law in the city in my county but they don't say anything usually the whole week or so of July 4th. And won't any other time unless people are complaining. And then they just tell them to stop. It is aggravating for people who have jobs and have to work when the neighbors are shooting the huge fireworks that sound like a bomb going off and rattle your whole house. And the ones doing it usually have spent their whole welfare check on fireworks and are just going to lay in the bed all day the next day.
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There are several displays in our area, we can usually see from out yard the high stuff, just not the little displays.
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We have a large show every year at the amusement park in town which is typically synchronized with patriotic songs played on the local radio station. The park sits away from town on a peninsula - so many people travel to the waterfront downtown to watch from a distance. GREAT view, but the sounds from the firework explosions are nil to none if you watch them off park.
There is always a HUGE traffic jam afterward. I can take a few hours to get out of the park if you are unlucky because there is only one road in and one road out. Driving home from downtown is busy also, but not nearly as bad.
So if the holiday falls mid week and we don't have the 5th off, we generally just stay at home. We still have crazies all over the neighborhood who set things off all through the night, which is frustrating, but better to be home and trying to sleep than stuck in traffic with no shot at all of sleeping.
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None for me this year
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I'll probably just watch from the window, they are so pretty.
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:angry7:ft too dry here but would love to watch.
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Love to watch them but don't want anything to do with setting them off. Too many accidents would rather live it to the professionals.
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The Elk club along with a few of the business men supply and shoot off fireworks. We can see most of it from the corner of the street. So why fight the crowds. It is more for the children then the adults. They always put on a great show. Then comes all of the older kids and young adults shooting them off until the wee hours of the night. Drives all of the dogs crazy and scares a lotof them. But do they care Nope.
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we haven't done fireworks in years.granddaughters about grown.so its just us..
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No plans here!
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No plans to watch fireworks this coming 4th of July. I'm working during that day.
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Yep i like viewing fireworks or having some of my own just remember to be very careful so yep probably going to do that this year when the time comes have a happy and safe one.
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I usually work on the fourth of July. We've had years in the past when we have family cook outs. Light fireworks off and finish up with a fire. Last year we walked over a bridge to watch them get shot off over the river. It was disappointed with the entire show. The little town next to us has a nice display year after year so I think we'll try that this year if I don't have to work.
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No plans for the 4th, just relaxing and go to work on the 5th.
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There's a show somewhere in my city every year near enough that if we go stand in the yard we can see some of it over the tree tops. That is about my interest level anyway, lol.
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I plan to see them every year.
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We always view on the lake in the center of our downtown area; it's free just bring our lounge chairs and camp out around the lake; they have vendors for food/beverage purchases or you can bring your own!
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i head to castle island in south boston MA;good views there
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i don't have any plans to watch fireworks . i love watching them from by boat on the water. ihpe the weather cooperates it's been rather rainy here in MA :rainbow: :peace: :wave:
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We use to watch them in the neighborhood and give the kids sparklers, but now we stay in the h ouse and listen to them and watch them on TV. It's called AGE1 :glasses-nerdy:
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Nope's I already stopped wasting money on fireworks and have no interest in viewing them at all either + the fact the neighbors I have blast them off near my house making a lot or ruckus even in the AM's.
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They are at least selling here this year, the booth did not even go up last year.
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Me and my husband always ride in our boat in a waterway and watch the fireworks.. Its very nice and enyoying it for many years now. Thats the beauty of living near the beach.
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May go to the fair and see them this year!
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Not sure. It'll just be my 18 yo daughter and I this year. Might light off our own.
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If you lite your own, read my post in Product Recall , Off-Topic for Fireworks Recalls, older dates on them and only certain states, but they move around. Sales on Flea Markets trades on roadside stands etc.
B careful!
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Our poor grandpuppy will not be happy with all the fireworks activity around the 4th. I, myself, love to watch them. There's just something spellbinding about seeing that spray of colorful lights filling the sky. I'm with the puppy. I could do without the noise!
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I won't be using fireworks this year.
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I don't have any plans for the fourth of July yet, but I don't plan on buying fireworks this year. I don't feel like doing all that cleaning afterward. I'm trying to find a show to go to.
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I love watching the fireworks, from a distance though, in the safety of my home...
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Its what I love to watch every year
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I plan to go watch some fireworks.
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TV - the safest and most comfortable place to be is home. :glasses-nerdy:
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Our town puts on a display at our lake...games and food too.
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No but idiots have been shooting fire crackers in the area for several days already.
I would probably be one of those idiots. I LOVE LOVE LOVE fireworks. I go to as many as I can find and we used to choot them off all t he time.
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Fireworks can be cool but not when there set off in groves just to annoy your neighbors. But they can be fun to light off
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Happy July 4 everyone - Have a safe holiday !!
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I :heart: fireworks.
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I love the fireworks and usually enjoy it every year on our military base in the area. I just hate the traffic afterwards trying to get home.
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My older sister's coming for 4th of July, I dread it because, my nieces like her better than me. I have to beg for love while she get's it for free! Can't stand the fire crackers & the mess that is left behind by the careless uncaring neighbors!
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Can't wait for Donald Trump 4th of July celebration.
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I'm going to watch with a few friends.
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I don't have a problem with fire works as long as they are far enough from my home that I don't hear them.
Unfortunately that is not the case and every year, we hear all the banging and booming. It scares my pets and upsets me and my husband. Every year they seem to get louder and more obnoxious.
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I dread 4th of July. It's great our city has fireworks and we have a huge amusement park that sets them off also. What I hate is the fireworks, small cannon shooting and the yelling and screaming from neighbors enjoying setting them off. Just go to one of the two places that are free and watch them there, not close to my house!
You and I are on the same page in regards to fireworks. I am tired of the loud ones being set off haphazardly in the neighborhood. There are babies, sick people, people who have to work second and third shift, and people with animals who are terrified of them. Go to the designated places for a fireworks show and let it alone!
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:cat: ??? July 4 plans for viewing fireworks??
hey! that's a nice 4th of July pic! 8)
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I'm going to watch with a few friends.
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Found these on "Clip Art" searches!
Have a Happy Fourth of July!!
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Fireworks for the 4th of July was once having a great time. Now you have the stupid idiots blowing bomb like fireworks. Also blowing up these things well into the night when it should end at a decent time.
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Neighbors in a our apartment complex buy fireworks that are smaller and easier to handle and blow them up in our parking lot. In our neighborhood with the right vantage point I can also see fireworks to the sides of us that are further away. Usually people start a week or two before the 4th and it doesn't end until at least a week after. Our cities local fireworks are televised at the riverfront live and are the real thing with music choreographed to the spectacular display. I've never been to a real event though.
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Fireworks can be cool but not when there set off in groves just to annoy your neighbors. But they can be fun to light off
Yeah i remember doing fireworks as as kid, Wow! that was fun! 8)