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I hate fireworks...does that make me a curmudgeon?
Posted on 7/2/17 at 12:40 am
Posted on 7/2/17 at 12:40 am
I used to enjoy them as a kid. Especially bottle rocket battles with other neighborhood kids. I still like to see a good show...Nashville has a great one, btw.
But now I just look at firework stands as bastions of trashiness and their patrons as feckless jackasses who should probably be putting that money toward food, diapers, or HPV vaccinations.
I dread the day when my kids are old enough to ask me to buy them some...this may be my last fw-free 4th for a while.
Am I just getting cranky in my old age?
But now I just look at firework stands as bastions of trashiness and their patrons as feckless jackasses who should probably be putting that money toward food, diapers, or HPV vaccinations.
I dread the day when my kids are old enough to ask me to buy them some...this may be my last fw-free 4th for a while.
Am I just getting cranky in my old age?
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Posted on 7/2/17 at 12:41 am to Eli Goldfinger
Why does it bother you? 
Posted on 7/2/17 at 12:43 am to Eli Goldfinger
quote:
Am I just getting cranky in my old age?
Yes.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 12:44 am to Eli Goldfinger
When your kids want them, you will want them. Your problem is dealing with trash at the stands. Amazon, Google is your friend. Nothing but spinners and democrats at our location, in broadlight. Scary indeed.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 12:44 am to Eli Goldfinger
I'm not a fan. New Years is worse though.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 12:47 am to Eli Goldfinger
I like them except when asshats wait till after 10pm to start and cause the dogs to wake the baby.
Law here is 9am to 9pm except the night of the 4th
Law here is 9am to 9pm except the night of the 4th
Posted on 7/2/17 at 12:48 am to DavidTheGnome
I hate them because home-shot fireworks are just sh!ttee noisemakers.
Trashy whites and all Mexicans live to make a lot of noise, and this is just another excuse for them to do so.
Trashy whites and all Mexicans live to make a lot of noise, and this is just another excuse for them to do so.
This post was edited on 7/2/17 at 12:49 am
Posted on 7/2/17 at 4:00 am to Eli Goldfinger
It makes you "Get of my lawn" type.
This post was edited on 7/2/17 at 4:10 am
Posted on 7/2/17 at 4:10 am to Eli Goldfinger
quote:
does that make me a curmudgeon?
I don't know, but I can tell you this: you're one of a very small group of TD posters who can both spell "curmudgeon" and use it properly in a sentence.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 4:14 am to DavidTheGnome
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Why does it bother you?
They didn't bother me until it started becoming an all-night, 3 night thing in the hoods for every holiday. You keep thinking it's over, but nope.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 4:16 am to TigerDat
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I like them except when asshats wait till after 10pm to start and cause the dogs to wake the baby.
Exactly my problem. I live in a neighborhood with plenty of kids, you would think these people would have some consideration. Last new year's they were popping them off until about 1:30. What the frick is the point of celebrating New Years anyway? Wow you now have to write a different year when you sign your name.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:10 am to Eli Goldfinger
Yes, this is what happens when you get old. You become cranky, yell at kids on your lawn, and fondly remember the good old days when people actually went out to meet people instead of spending all day forwarding clickbait from your AOL account.
The only thing missing is that your post wasn't in all caps.
The only thing missing is that your post wasn't in all caps.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:13 am to Eli Goldfinger
When artillery shells started going off at 11pm last week, the first day fireworks stands were open, I really started hating them.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:28 am to PowerTool
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They didn't bother me until it started becoming an all-night, 3 night thing in the hoods for every holiday. You keep thinking it's over, but nope.
My last neighborhood in Nashville (Crieve Hall) was not too far as a crow flies from the main Hispanic corridor in town. I could vaguely hear fireworks from 2-weeks prior to 2 weeks after any fw-related holiday. I hated Christmas Eve fireworks the most.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:36 am to Eli Goldfinger
quote:
Am I just getting cranky in my old age?
Yes
Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:37 am to Eli Goldfinger
I'm surprised I haven't heard any so far this weekend. I can only hope they're saving up for something grande y spectacular.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:43 am to Eli Goldfinger
Love a good show and expect them all day and night of the 4th but someone dropped a Daisey Cutter at 430 this morn. Wtf
Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:48 am to GaryMyMan
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When artillery shells started going off at 11pm last week, the first day fireworks stands were open, I really started hating them.
The private shows are as good or better than the public show here. Love to hear the boom echo around the mountains. I can deal with a few nights of loud noise a year. If it were happening all year round, I'd probably get tired of it.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:48 am to Eli Goldfinger
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I hate fireworks...does that make me a curmudgeon?
Makes you a communist.
Why do you hate freedom?
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