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On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 17:36:09 -0400, Kreisleriana
wrote:


I hate it too, but sometimes you just have to pick your battles and
realize the tide is against you, and that it will pass. I live on a
block full of Chinese people, great people really, but I just have
to resign myself that they are going to light fireworks at the least
excuse.

But I remember a friend of mine who was sitting on the roof with his
dog, which would have been perfectly safe if there weren't idiots
shooting off fireworks nearby. The poor dog panicked, and ran
straight off the roof. She survived the fall, but there were heavy
vet bills.


A couple of years ago, friends of a friend of mine were setting off
4th of July fireworks. One of the skyrockets had a defective
propulsion charge, and only made it a few feet off the ground before
falling back to earth. The family dog was in the habit of fetching
tossed sticks, and grabbed up the rocket. It blew up in his mouth,
blowing his lower jaw off. The poor dog was so severely injured that
he had to be put to sleep.

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