(07-06-2017, 02:24 PM)Wyche Wrote: 6.)  Whaaaaaattt? You can't get the good stuff in Iowa?  Man, we get the artillery shells and all around here. I even have a connection for next year for the 4" shells they let off at the "big shows".  That certainly makes it a bit more tolerable.

I agree, it should be situated around a holiday, and the dog doesn't know whether to shit or go blind (well, not now, she's almost deaf at 15), and screw that humid heat.....but otherwise, I try to do it up right.  Back when you couldn't get the good stuff here, we used to make trips to Tennessee to get it.

(07-06-2017, 02:33 PM)Au165 Wrote: You're gonna stand there, ownin' a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistlin' bungholes, no spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker doos, hoosker don'ts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistlin' kitty chaser?

(07-06-2017, 02:53 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: Apparently you can get those whistlin' bungholes in Tennessee, Mr. Dirt.  :)


This is the first year Iowa has allowed fireworks.  So pretty much all day since Friday night, cuz Saturday and Sunday is the weekend, and no one worked on Monday and Tuesday was the actual 4th, the whole town sounded like WWIII had just started.  So for about 5 days straight fireworks until all hours of the day n night.  Whatever happened to being respectful and going around and telling your neighbors, "Hey we're having a few folks over tonight, we're gonna hoot n holla and drink some beers and blow some shit up tonight.  You and the old lady are more than welcome to stop over and partake in the shenanigans."   nope, not a peep.  I don't know.  the older I get the more I feel the world has changed or left me behind. 

And no one in town blew their fingers off like I was praying for starting around Sunday at 4pm.  Dammit!

(07-07-2017, 11:04 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I think there needs to be a revamping of many Holidays. They got Thanksgiving right. Always on a Thursday and makes for a true Holiday weekend, Independence Day should be the first Friday of July. I have read the 2 July is actually the day we declared our Independence.

(07-08-2017, 10:17 AM)StoneTheCrow Wrote: And the day after the Super Bowl should be a holiday. Ridiculous it's not.

(07-08-2017, 11:37 AM)Millhouse Wrote: July 4th and Christmas are the two holidays that I wish could be celebrated on a fixed day of the week. A Christmas or the 4th on a Wednesday is the worst too. But both on a Friday are the best.

And before anyone cackles at Christmas on a fixed day, the 25th is nothing more than pure tradition. So change it to a Friday!

(07-06-2017, 12:54 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: This has been brewing for a few years, but I realized yesterday that Independence day is not my favorite U.S. Holiday. I feel very un-American so I have been faking it for years, but I will out myself.

1) It's on a specific date and not a Monday. So 3 out of 7 years it's in the middle of the week. All Fed/Bank holidays should be on Mondays or Fridays - easy boon to the economy as well.

July 4th on a Tuesday? - I stare at the walls and do laundry.
July 4th on a Monday? - I take a 3 day weekend somewhere: buy airfare, stay in hotels, eat in restaurants.

2) Fireworks ain't all that. Never truly got the appeal. If I'm outside on a muggy night where it's 85 degrees at 9pm and I am being eaten alive by mosquitoes...sure...better to watch fireworks than not. But I'd rather be inside saying "screw that".

3) Fireworks start late because...well...it's got to be dark. That means it totally screws doing anything else that night. 

4) Kids who are used to being sound asleep by 9:30 don't get to bed until 11pm. Self explanatory for any parent. This is a nightmare on the 4th and the next morning.

5) The next morning is a workday.

6) Sparklers suck. At least when I was a kid you could buy an illegal cherry bomb and your crazy uncle would blow stuff up. I was shooting bottle rockets at cars a few streets away from behind a tree when I was a teenager. Now you can get sparklers and roman candles and things that bounce.

7) The 4th of July is always hot. I don't like the outdoors when it's hot. I want to be in a pool or on a boat. I do not want to be walking around town or putting a lawn chair down for a band concert or waiting for fireworks.

8) No fun for pet owners. Heard the last distant firework go off at 3:00am. 


On the positive side, I do enjoy typical 4th of July food and grilling out. I like the patriotism. I just wish the founders had signed the Declaration of Independence on a Monday or a Friday in October.

(07-06-2017, 02:33 PM)Au165 Wrote: You're gonna stand there, ownin' a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistlin' bungholes, no spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker doos, hoosker don'ts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistlin' kitty chaser?

(07-06-2017, 03:18 PM)CageTheBengal Wrote: As soon as I got a dog that was petrified of fireworks it pretty much turned into the day I have a 60 pound chicken following me around.

Couldn't imagine leaving her alone during all of the firework shows.

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(07-08-2017, 12:22 PM)CageTheBengal Wrote: No but I've seen them and would be willing to give it a try. I'm always a little skeptical of things I've seen being sold on TV but it'd be worth the chance. She stresses during thunderstorms too and as she gets older I worry about the toll that might have on her. She's not as bad as some dogs but you can tell she's stressing.