Happy Birthday Murica!
5How does everyone celebrate our independence on 4th of July coming around the corner? Does anyone let their inner-pyro out? Or rather watch on the television?
Being in NY fireworks are a sin and a Class B misdemeanor and face a fine up to $500. Fuck that! So… went to PA and spend $$ on a car load of fireworks. 
We are going to have of course a nice BBQ with firearms, and fireworks, friends and family. No booze!
Cant wait to see what Meh has in store for us! But have been here long enough to realize I can wait…
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I don’t like fireworks. I refuse to watch them on TV, and I don’t watch the ones from the Community College which is near my house.
I don’t like noise, and I don’t like fireworks.
Which is slightly strange in the sense that I like making things go BOOM
NYC doesn’t allow personal fireworks, but they do try to make up for it.
@f00l Agree! NYC has great fireworks, Probably have them on the tv in the background. Would never go all the way to the city to watch them through the crowds though!
@lilsrm123
I always went to the waterfront for the show. No biggie, you dont have to.be up front to see well. Or just watch from a rooftop. 24 hour subways. Loved it.
First I love both. I buy mediocre fireworks here in MD (a little better in DE) and then bring them back to Mass. But I love watching the serious fireworks on TV. But you also can get some great ones in NH if the MA cops don’t stop you at the border.
And congrats as you are a fairly new poster. Welcome.
@mfladd Thanks! Been around, more as a lingerer. This will be our first year with personal fireworks, last year we just had the legal fountains that NY allows. Was fun, but hoping 2x 4x better this time around!
It’s really a bad time to be flaunting firearms.
My small hometown does several days worth of flea markets, a parade, small-time concerts, and fireworks. So, growing up, and most of my adulthood, the fourth was watching (or participating in) the parade, flea markets, home for a cookout/b-day party for mom, then back to town for the fireworks. However, after an acrimonious divorce in which the ex gave up the kids and current husband adopted them, we no longer go home for the fourth. We tried the first couple years afterward and spent the entire day avoiding the ex and/or his huge white-trash family. It was stressful in addition to being hot and getting sunburned.
One year we went to a small theme park, but since then we just chill at home. No cookouts or trekking out to deal with people and crowds. I’m less grumpy that way.
@PurplePawprints Sorry for the white trash. But super happy the kids were adopted by the new hubby.
@mfladd Thanks. The kids (and I) are much better off now.
Word to the wise, kids: Don’t settle when you’re young just because you think it’s the best you can do and you really want kids before you’re 25. I wouldn’t trade my amazing children for the world, but good grief, I was an idiot.
@PurplePawprints Having kids before age 25 is just crazy talk. Young = immature, poor, invariable job changes & requisite moving around…
Did I mention immature?
/image immature
@compunaut For all that I made a stupid choice in marriage, wanting to start my family at a fairly young age was well-thought out. I wasn’t immature, and have never really been in the normal sense (again, other than stupid partner choices). Being poor, job changes, and moving doesn’t negatively affect kids as much as you’d think as long as you are able to take care of their needs. I was the “oops” kid, and as such, my parents were quite a bit older when they had me compared to my siblings. I missed out on doing a lot of things that my siblings didn’t, and missed out on time with my grandparents because everyone was so much older when I came along. I know starting families in your thirties or forties works great for a lot of families, but I didn’t want that. I still wanted to be young and energetic enough to feel like getting down and playing with my kids and being active with them. Of course, the best laid plans don’t take into account health problems that may arrise to make that difficult, but regardless, I had good and well thought out reasons for wanting to start a family young. Also, I don’t think having my kids at 24 and 26 is really that young.
@PurplePawprints Sorry, I was probably being a little insensitive. My own parents were very young (24,20) when they started our family, and I think they did a terrific job. However, we live in a much different culture today. I’m acquainted with many many 20-somethings (making me >2x their age) whose immaturity, selfishness, and commitment-phobia seem like a disaster relative to successful family-building and parenting. I also know many great single parents - but oh the STRUGGLE!
) truly ready for children. Regretfully, I see so many “kids” having kids.
Sounds like you were a young grownup (tho apparently still chose a mediocre partner
TL;DR: I didn’t mean you. Now get off my lawn
I let others go deal with the crowds of the local fireworks displays…
I stay home, and have a couple beers while watching Independence Day.
maybe this year I’ll go see the new one in the theater…
@earlyre Write us a review for the new Independence Day movie if you do go watch it!
I love fireworks, but our dog is terrified of them, so we won’t be firing any off this year. Maybe some model rockets, though.
@dannybeans That is dedication to your pet that you won’t be setting fireworks for him/her! We will have 6 dogs and only 1 of them does not mind the noise. Throwing them all in the spare room with the radio up!
@lilsrm123 The poor guy spends the day shaking in his crate whenever our neighbors a mile down the road decide to do some target shooting. There’s just no way I could make the same kind of noise in our own back yard without feeling like some sort of monster.