On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 20:25:31 GMT, (Ginger-lyn
Summer) yodeled:

Rant mode on/

Why do so many people find it necessary, not just on, but for days
before and after, the 4th of July, to set off incredibly loud
fireworks in crowded neighborhoods? Don't they consider the risk of
setting someone else's home on fire, injuring animals, children or
themselves, giving someone with PTSD severe problems, or causing a
heart attack in an elderly person?

No.


They surely don't think of my
cats, two with heart conditions, looking terrified and trying to hide
anywhere they can, as it goes on, for hours, night after night.

Last night, I'd had it. I stepped outside and screamed "Knock it off!
Do you realize there elderly people in this neighorhood with heart
problems? You moronic idiots!"

They set off one last "F-You" blast, and stopped.

Blessed peace for awhile.


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.

Theresa
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