"FurPaw" wrote in message
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tiny dancer wrote:

We set off fireworks last 4th. This year we are saving ours for next
week-end. We've been working on a couple projects here to take advantage
of the long week-end. So we decided to do the fireworks next Saturday.
Everybody around us is doing theirs tonight, though. A huge storm is
about to bear down on us, so that should wrap it up pretty quickly.

Fireworks are legal in your community? Here only sparklers are allowed in
the county, although that doesn't stop a lot of folks from annoying their
neighbors all night with their illegal noisemakers. Someone across the
street must have bought a truckload, judging from the sounds coming from
that back yard. And we're in the midst of a major drought; I hope I don't
hear firetrucks roaring by later on tonight.

FurPaw


Yeah, they are legal. Wal-Mart has them here, but my daughters got theirs
at the big fireworks tent set up outside the shopping center. They had most
of theirs 'buy one get one free' today. Lot's of people here though, go to
South Carolina to get theirs. In S.C. the really big ones are legal too. I
don't know that much about fireworks. The ones we had last year went up in
the sky, big booming and all, so I'm not sure what's different/better about
the South Carolina ones. We never really bothered at our previous house,
because our neighbors across the street always had fireworks. So we'd just
go over and watch theirs. LOL, I remember one 4th I really didn't feel like
going, so I already had my robe on, ready for bed. My neighbor called to
see when we were coming and I said "I was tired, already undressed, etc."
Well, she just wouldn't let me off the hook. I had to zip up the robe, find
the sandles, and mosey on across the street so they could get 'em going.
;-)

My son in law wets down the far end of the yard before he starts setting
them off. And then he keeps the hose close by, just in case. But even with
last years drought, wetting down the yard first worked fine. We line up
lawn chairs for all the kids along the edge of the patio, so it's all done
safely and all. The kids had a great time. They are expensive though. For
just a simple show, it runs at least a hundred dollars. And that's nothing
really special or more than say 30 to 45 minutes worth. I saw a prepacked
lot at Cosco a couple weeks ago for $250.00. Didn't want to spring for that
much though. Besides, it's better to choose your own. You can just pick
the good ones and not waste your money on the duds.

td