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William Shatner Main Discussion - 4th of July Fireworks!

Johnny_Turbo - Jul 03, 2008 - 03:10 PM
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What kind of fireworks are you using this year?? Do you like the mortar rounds? What about the big, fatty bottle rockets?

How do your neighbors (if any within shooting distance) answer your displays?

My story is a story of "How to 'One-Up' Your Neighbor". Each year, the fireworks displays are getting louder, more spectacular and more intense. In an effort to keep up with the Jones's, I've resorted to making my own. They're going to be real doozies this year! I've been advised to be careful as I may blow out a few windows...but you know how I heed good advice and follow the rules of common sense.

Tina - Jul 03, 2008 - 05:14 PM
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The big fireworks are illegal in Pa. Therefore, we get them anyway. Laughing

We light them off in the alley before the real fireworks start. The neighbors come out to watch. They look forward to it every year.

We get the kids a bunch of stuff to and they light them off in the driveway.

Then we walk up the street and watch the real fireworks go off. We're right up from the Amusement and Ballpark so we have a perfect view!

Johnny_Turbo - Jul 03, 2008 - 05:35 PM
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Tina wrote:

The big fireworks are illegal in Pa. Therefore, we get them anyway. Laughing

Tina, is that Lakemont Park and the Ballpark where the Altoona Curve play? Like, right off of 220 (Bud Shuster)? Does Lakemont still have the old wooden rollercoaster?

Debb - Jul 03, 2008 - 05:50 PM
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Here in Montreal, we're spoiled.

Not only have we been home to the International Fireworks Competition, our July 1st fireworks are second to none.

As such, there is a fireworks display almost every weekend throughout the summer.

Spectacular!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PvV88jE9rg

Tina - Jul 03, 2008 - 06:35 PM
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Johnny_Turbo wrote:

Tina wrote:

The big fireworks are illegal in Pa. Therefore, we get them anyway. Laughing

Tina, is that Lakemont Park and the Ballpark where the Altoona Curve play? Like, right off of 220 (Bud Shuster)? Does Lakemont still have the old wooden rollercoaster?

Yes and yes! Very Happy

BWW - Jul 03, 2008 - 06:47 PM
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We're having a BBQ on Saturday to celebrate. We've invited a few people over and intend to get steadily drunk!

SMB - Jul 04, 2008 - 02:08 AM
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Weather permitting we will spend the day with the family, splashing in the pool, grilling burgers and hot dogs. If we don't get rained out (and it has been rather stormy the last few day here is "sunny" Florida Rolling Eyes

) we may go to the ball park for the annual fireworks display.

littlestar - Jul 04, 2008 - 04:45 AM
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GOVT. PARTY

DianaG - Jul 04, 2008 - 05:11 AM
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Watching fireworks from Chicago right now on the WGn9 news channel and it's great! Our fire works start tomorrow about 9 pm and run for 20 minutes. The bigger fireworks is at the Taste of Ottawa in our town and it's way bigger than out 4th of July one.
Our neighbors acrost the I&M canal have a fire works shop and set off a load of stuff to get rid of it over the 4th weekend last year, so I won't be getting much sleep tomorrow night this year,and the ferrets don't like it either, and hid in thier sleep sacks and hammock beds. I know Bandit our smallest will be held in our arms for a while as she about had a heart attack last year....
Sad

DianaG

Susie - Jul 04, 2008 - 07:00 AM
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Because of the terrible drought, the city is forbidding the shooting of fireworks. At the same time there are fireworks stands EVERYWHERE! Of course the kids are gonna shoot them anyway.

The traditional favorite around here is the five shot roman candle. My sister and I became more wary years ago after we shot off a large bottle rocket and it accidently flew into a neighbor's garage and ricocheted around. The neighbor was in there and came stomping out looking for the culprits, but we had beat it.

angel - Jul 04, 2008 - 03:02 PM
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I just love the smell of blackpowder and sulphur in the morning. Smile

We're going to my folk's house in my home town of Mustang tonight. It's a communistic town for the most part, but come the 4th of July it's a war zone. And usually if my family is doing well money wise we buy up enough explosives to where we could start our own small war. We'll be at it for hours! Almost blow up the cars accidently a few times. Our mailbox would be so full of spent blackcats and lady fingers that the mailman would have to shovel it out to put the mail in the next day. The mailbox would be reamed with powder. And we'd put blackcats in the tinhorn under the driveway and the percushions would sound like someone shooting a tommy gun in a metal trashcan. Beautiful. I sure miss the cherrybombs, though. Can't get those anymore.

vampyregirl - Jul 05, 2008 - 10:01 AM
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It's now the 5th, and I've blown up my front yard....hee hee hee!!!!

I don't get the big stuff though. Just enough to be annoying. Apparently we really annoyed one neighbor. She took off around 11:30pm and hasn't been back yet!!!! She's not a very friendly lady. We've tried being nice--just saying hello, not trying to go over and invade her privacy. She's still nasty. Won't even look at you if you wave while she pulls up to the house. Whatever.....

Cat - Jul 07, 2008 - 03:53 PM
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Too many fireworks around our area this year! The air was so thick with smoke you couldn't breathe.

We got a few big ones. One fell over and almost got my dad and several neighbors. But hey, what's the 4th without narrowly averting death....... Wink

Johnny_Turbo - Jul 07, 2008 - 06:15 PM
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Cat wrote:

We had a roman candle tip over. It was pointing directly at my sister's house, so I quickly picked it up and aimed it up, up and away. The candle was so powerful, it blew out of my hand and I had to pick it up again. Then, we had a new one called, "Big Bad Copter". It was a big fireball that flew into the air and into a tree!