It's THAT weekend again :-(
I've been praying for rain every evening, to cut down on the number of fireworks lit, to no avail. We live on a large lake, so it's a nonstop barrage of fireworks for weeks (until all the corner fire...
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dturm wrote:
I envy you folks that live in areas where fireworks sales are limited in some form either in type or time frame. We have always had year 'round sales.
Until Michigan made fireworks legal for the public to purchase - we only had to deal with whatever the folks smuggled over the border from you Hoosiers ;-)
I too am not advocating for an end to fireworks displays - I'm actually part of the Lake Homeowner Board who puts on our fireworks display every year, and it's a doozy. In this year's case, it was Saturday night, and I had Ben nicely drugged, with a dark cubbyhole under the desk (and a loud TV) for him to ride out the fireworks until we got back. Other neighbors simply leave the area; or make sure their dogs can't escape during that 20-minute celebration.
It's all the "other stuff" I resent - the daytime explosions and nighttime fireworks shooting that go on way past midnight - for weeks at a time. And I don't care HOW much someone loves fireworks - having a huge mortar go off at 2 AM, startling the whole family awake - is NOT "fun".
