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>>>> Used to be a one hour fireworks show and it took two hours to fight the
>>>> traffic on a normal 15 minute commute back home. Last year the
>>>> fireworks only lasted 20 minutes and the finale was so lackluster
>>>> people didn't know it was over and they waited around while I
>>>> hightailed it out.
>>>> I hope the weather is fine and the wind blows in my direction since I
>>>> probably will stay home and watch it on the news. Just love the smell
>>>> of spent solid propellant and gunpowder.
>>>>
>>>> It seems the rockets don't go as high, sound as loud, or have much
>>>> differentiation between them. And it's not uncommon to hear Glad to Be
>>>> American drowned out by hateful sounding rap music coming from some
>>>> youngster's cars. I suppose they're trying to show us what real
>>>> independence means.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I remember when I was a kid, the fireworks in Blue Island seemed to last
>>> for hours. Now you're lucky if they last 20 minutes. Didn't they try
>>> to ban fireworks shows about a decade ago?
>>>
>>> Probably lead by the PC crowd.
>>>
>>> I've stopped singing the Hillary Hurl every time I catch Hillary on TV
>>> lately. Don't have enough hours in the day . . . And if she doesn't
>>> run in 2008, she's sure one of the busiest non-candidates . . . . Can we
>>> send her up into space on the end of one of those fireworks?
>>>
>>> Charles of Schaumburg
>>>
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>> Only if you get FAA permission first. I heard they don't even like it if
>> you fly model airplanes above 400 feet. And speaking of rockets, you have
>> to notify them when and where you plan to shoot off model rockets.
>> I guess I'll have to register my tennis ball launcher if things keep
>> going as they are. Probably have to show an ID for the isopropyl alcohol.[/color]
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> Damn. We used to shoot off model rockets in the 80's didn't need no
> stinkin permission. . . .
>
> Charles of Schaumburg
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Oh yeah, things have changed. Not only do you need permission, but once
they have your name be prepared to wait a LONG TIME at an airport. My
son-in-law shoots model rockets with his buddies and he always gets the
shake down at airports before being allowed to proceed to his flight.
I remember when farmland was off limits to government interference. You
could drive unregistered cars, go as fast as you wanted. You could sleep
under the stars, piss anywhere you wanted. Get drunk, nobody cared. Shoot
rockets until you went broke.
When will do gooders realize others have to have fun?? I mean good wholesome
fun. Fun today means going to a organized event and you can't bring in your
own food and drink. Even camping isn't the same. No outdoor fires, no
drinking. Why bother? No, they want you to remain uptight just like them. 24
hours a day.
See what happens when too many have a college degree? When this country had
more blue collar we knew how to have fun.
I'll tell you a secret about do gooders. Their idea of fun and mischief is
to go in a corner and shut off their cell phone.