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post #31 of 45
7/5/10 at 1:30am
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Originally Posted by SpooPoker View Post
They are going off, making my dog bark, waking up my daughter. Right now I hate fireworks.

Did you not check the calender today?


I dont mind them. I think they are generally a waste of money but they're definetely cooler than parades.
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post #32 of 45
7/5/10 at 1:39am
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Originally Posted by LawrenceMD View Post
fireworks in asia are on anabolic steroids and cheap too.

if you hate fireworks stay a 1000 miles away from any asian city during its festivals/celebrations/new years parties/ect that may involve fireworks.

I was in Macao for Chinese New Year a few years back (2004 or 5 maybe), and they sell pretty much any fireworks you can imagine on the waterfront for the public to let off. There are zillions of people there, launching them all over the place...it's seriously fucking dangerous, you are just walking along the sidewalk when ZOOOOOOOOOOOM a fucking rocket goes off three inches in front of you. Dudes are jumping all over the place to avoid getting shot in the ass. It's nuts.
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post #33 of 45
7/5/10 at 1:48am
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Originally Posted by SpooPoker View Post
Right now I hate fireworks.

+1
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post #34 of 45
7/5/10 at 1:55am
I had fun today on the Commons in Boston. It's nice to just lie down in the grass with friends and watch pretty lights. I guess I'm a Phillistine.


Phillistine, I meant phillistine
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post #35 of 45
7/5/10 at 3:03am
I like watching fireworks but I don't like spending on them
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post #36 of 45
7/5/10 at 12:42pm
I love fireworks. My family goes big and we get all dangerous with it, but its fun. This year, we only had 3 people get hit and two canisters blow up in the tube on the ground. Its stupid, people get hurt... but it beats the firework shows because you are a part of the action.
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post #37 of 45
7/5/10 at 12:44pm
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Originally Posted by MetroStyles View Post
Not that fun if you are a passive bystander. If you are setting them off, super duper fun.

Agreed. Blowing things up is a lot of fun. It is immensely fun when you are the one doing the blowing up.
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post #38 of 45
7/5/10 at 3:21pm
fireworks are cool
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post #39 of 45
7/5/10 at 3:40pm
Fireworks are great. I'm partially with you in that I can do without the noise (and those silly firecracker strings that are so popular on Chinese New Year are totally idiotic) but the rockets that shoot up and explode into bursts of color are amazingand awesome and if you don't like them, it's sort of sad that you've become such a grumpy old man. IMO proximity is the most important thing for enjoying fireworks. Being right under a professional display is totally awesome - watching them from afar does get a bit boring. Last night we did a bunch of home ones but when you're right there it's really, really great.
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post #40 of 45
7/6/10 at 10:03am
They can be great, if done properly. I don't like people setting off fireworks themselves, we had an accident a few years back when a drunk guy at a party nearby sent up a rocket that, well, didn't go up. Instead it hit the back of my sisters jacket and burnt a hole. If it's done professionaly and co-ordinated I'm all for it, but I can't say I like seeing 100 of the same rockets blowing up in a matter of minutes.
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post #41 of 45
7/6/10 at 10:24am
I enjoy the professional displays quite a bit.
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post #42 of 45
7/6/10 at 11:26am
At the end of this month I will be holding the same type of firework the guy in this picture is holding.
They shoot sparks up about 10 yards into the air for 10 or so seconds before giving of a big boom out the bottom.

Hopefully I will not die (or lose a leg, or half my face).




I cannot deny the foolishness of this behavior.
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post #43 of 45
7/6/10 at 11:30am
^ I never know that bazookas should be held pointing upward.
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post #44 of 45
7/6/10 at 11:32am
Take pics and let us know how it goes.
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post #45 of 45
7/6/10 at 2:39pm
Singed my eyebrow this year "/
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