Well, it has started
@GardenGerty (157555)
United States
June 29, 2022 7:39pm CST
This only applies to the USA.
In our town it is legal to set off fireworks starting today. And my neighbors did.
Bob and I were sitting out enjoying some shade and an afternoon breeze. Neighbor kids started with the fireworks, so we went inside.
I used to always go to fireworks displays but have not since we moved here, It seems like most summers hubby has been ill or something and we have done very little.
As long as they are being safe I do not mind the neighbors having a little bit of fun.
We are celebrating Independence Day. I hope it is always so.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
30 Jun 22
The neighbors here started shooting off fireworks last week. (It's legal to sell them from June 20th, but not shoot them off until the actual 4th.) If someone keeps shooting them off, the police will make an appearance and the fireworks stop for a while.
Pretty and I used to join in shooting fireworks until I started having allergic reactions to the smoke they produce about 15 years ago. Since then we just come in the house when the neighbors start firing them off. *shrug* It's annoying at 2 am, but all we can do is put up with the noise.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
30 Jun 22
@MarieCoyle It bothered me more when I was working. Now, I'm up all night and sleep during the day. *shrug*
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@MarieCoyle (28564)
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30 Jun 22
@DaddyEvil
Umm...NO. If they would just end at even midnight, but no, they never do. They are just getting warmed up by then. Last night I heard the last ones booming about 3 AM, then I think I just passed out from exhaustion.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
That really makes sense. Luckily we are not in a drought right now.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
@LadyDuck I prefer professional displays as they are controlled and safer.
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@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
30 Jun 22
@GardenGerty We are in a very bad and serious drought, but fireworks have been banned years ago.
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@kareng (54724)
• United States
30 Jun 22
We haven't had a lot of fireworks in the past, but in the last year it appears that we have a family with kids fairly close to us since we have heard a few go off! Nothing like in the city or our old neighborhood though! I'll take the country life any day!
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
Yes, this is very mild. IF we want to we can go over to the lake to watch an organized show.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
@kareng It seems every day I wake up to news of another shooting somewhere. Often over stuff like too much mayonnaise on a sandwich.
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@kareng (54724)
• United States
30 Jun 22
@GardenGerty There is nothing close by that qualifies as an organized event here. I'm good staying at home and watching it on the news. Don't like those crowds anymore. Just last year they had a shooting at one of the organized fireworks displays in Baton Rouge. It always worries me when my kids go!
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
It has gotten fairly common to do them more than just to celebrate Independence Day. Like Christmas, New Year's May Day, etc.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
5 Jul 22
@Adie04 We do not even have any police in our town, it is that small.
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@Adie04 (17360)
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5 Jul 22
@GardenGerty Hopefully somewhere in near future there will be a police station nearby.
@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
30 Jun 22
Happy independence day to you all and best wishes to your hubby may he get well soon.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
He still sleeps a lot but is feeling much better. Glad to be at his own home.
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jun 22
Oh wow, it's illegal here - yet we hear fireworks half the night like 2 weeks before and after July 4th usually. But hmmm, this year I've only heard a few go off - not like previous years. There's a real wild fire danger out here, so I hope people will be smarter about it.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
All it takes is one stupid person to make things dangerous for everyone.
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jun 22
@GardenGerty That's true - and it's happened many times.
@wolfgirl569 (95225)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Jun 22
They just legalized the big ones here for private use. So far I havent heard any. But sure I will soon.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
I am sure you will. Hope your animals are okay.
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@wolfgirl569 (95225)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Jul 22
@GardenGerty No one close usually has any. But I will hear some from people up and down the road
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
1 Jul 22
Wow, that's still four days away. They are starting early.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
5 Jul 22
Many communities allow it. Yesterday was the fourth and it seemed like they cut off completely right at midnight, as they were supposed to.
@porwest (78761)
• United States
30 Jun 22
Our neighborhood is like a war zone on the 4th of July weekend even though fireworks are technically illegal. No one enforces it. I don't mind it, but it does sometimes get just a wee bit annoying.
That said, I love Independence Day. Long live America!
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
Love the day, and a little hoopla. I would not like the war zone effect.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
1 Jul 22
@GardenGerty I often find rockets and things all over my yard and in my pool. lol
@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
It gets too long and drawn out for me. I like to see a big display, as I feel it is safer.
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
30 Jun 22
@GardenGerty I just want the noise to be over. I know the kinds enjoy the fireworks but I am so over them.
@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
14 Jul 22
Pre-Covid era, we had a pyrotechnics competition participated in by neighboring towns and cities as one of our highlights Thanksgiving festival every year. Now it's almost 2 years that we miss it.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
20 Jul 22
Those would be fun to see. Covid has changed and interrupted many things.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
21 Jul 22
@GardenGerty You're correct. It hurts the country’s economy so badly.
@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
30 Jun 22
Fireworks in the afternoon
Wow
I just wish they would ban these things
July 1st is my day to celebrate in July
It's Yvonne's Birthday
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
30 Jun 22
@GardenGerty
Aye.
Always has been
Quite looking forward to tomorrow
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
@Aiana18 Or someone getting injured.
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@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
30 Jun 22
Our country's Independence Day will on August 17. The celebration is convivial but not as much as in the previous years.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
Things still seem a little sober since the pandemic.
@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
30 Jun 22
You should set off fireworks for celebrating Bob being out of hosipital.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
I think instead we are going to have a fire in a fire pit. Actually it is more like a "fire cage". We can appreciate the neighbors.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
I prefer professional displays, but every place still seems to have their little groups and families shooting them.
@LeaPea2417 (36451)
• Toccoa, Georgia
30 Jun 22
I'm wondering if my weird nextdoor neighbors will set off fireworks in the cul-de-sac this year like they did last year.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
It does make a person wonder from year to year.
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
30 Jun 22
India's independence day comes on the 15th of August. No fireworks are there, only parades and musical programs are organized throughout the country.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
That would be nice. I like musical events and concerts.
@LindaOHio (156271)
• United States
30 Jun 22
They set off some fireworks a few days ago. Really big bangs. I'm glad I don't have dogs anymore. They are terrified of the noise.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
30 Jun 22
The cats all came in the house last night.
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