Are you ready for the 4th yet?

Yes

Mndsm said:

Woody said:

^Working 24 hours, 8am-8am. 

Please be careful. 

Is the reports as fun as it was on thanksgiving? That thread was awesome.

The timeline on the Fourth tends to be a little less predictable than on Thanksgiving, and the emergencies tend to be sweatier, bloodier, burnier and drunkier. It's not a fun day to be at work.

we were laying out power today for Atlantic City's fourth celebration. When the day itself rolls in, I am there till all is ready, then I am running home to enjoy a few hours of sleep before I need to go back for New Kids on the Block

In reply to mad_machine :

Not sure if working the show... Or just really excited to go see a 90's boy band lol. 

Going to be low key here. Hanging out with a friend while she gets some new ink during the afternoon, but home before dark. Our dog gets all riled up - not scared, but goes batE36 M3 manic barking at the fireworks. We make sure we're home and indoors. It sucks because our neighborhood lights up like a war zone and I used to just pull up a cooler in the front yard and enjoy the show.

The local lake does a big show too and I've always wanted to take the boat out for it. But a 15' trihull just isn't enough boat in that amateur night crowd. It's like bringing a pocket knife to a sword fight. Plus the dog keeps us home.

I will spend half of the day painting my garage.  Then I will go to a low key bbq and maybe play with some sprinklers.

I don't mind a classy fireworks display by the city/county or a nice family bbq, but I don't care to be anywhere near drunk amateurs blaring loud music and playing with fire until 2am.

I'm ready to plead the 5th.

ProDarwin said:

 but I don't care to be anywhere near drunk amateurs blaring loud music and playing with fire until 2am.

Agreed. Sadly, that is most of America. 

We have a room at a hotel downtown.  We are going hang out with the dogs isolated from the warzone our neighborhood becomes every year.  It is like a 6-7 hour ordeal of our neighbors literally burning tens of thousands of dollars . Every year major fires happen, our small dog wedges itself into a corner and ends up puking all night out of fear.

We are at day 4 currently of incessant nightly bangs and booms till 4 am. It will be nice to take it easy.

A parade in Centerville (Dayton) in the morning with the 501st in costume, then a well-needed pool party at a friend's afterwards.  So, yes.

ultraclyde said:

Going to be low key here. Hanging out with a friend while she gets some new ink during the afternoon, but home before dark. Our dog gets all riled up - not scared, but goes batE36 M3 manic barking at the fireworks. We make sure we're home and indoors. It sucks because our neighborhood lights up like a war zone and I used to just pull up a cooler in the front yard and enjoy the show.

 

The local lake does a big show too and I've always wanted to take the boat out for it. But a 15' trihull just isn't enough boat in that amateur night crowd. It's like bringing a pocket knife to a sword fight. Plus the dog keeps us home.

You can improve your pup’s evening with some melatonin.  Your local CVS/Walgreens will have it and their is dosage info on the web.

https://m.petmd.com/dog/general-health/melatonin-dogs-it-safe

Jumper K Balls (Trent) said:

We have a room at a hotel downtown.  We are going hang out with the dogs isolated from the warzone our neighborhood becomes every year.  It is like a 6-7 hour ordeal of our neighbors literally burning tens of thousands of dollars . Every year major fires happen, our small dog wedges itself into a corner and ends up puking all night out of fear.

 

We are at day 4 currently of incessant nightly bangs and booms till 4 am. It will be nice to take it easy.

 

There is a real advantage to live in an expensive neighborhood.  It’s Wednesday morning and I’ve yet to here a single firecracker go off.  

I love fireworks, but when I see the prices asked for them, I know I have much better use for that money. So do my neighbors.  We watch the nice professional displays and the high dollar amateur ones.  But by 11:00 it’s quiet as church. 

Yet if we happen to be driving through  the neighborhoods that aren’t as expensive fireworks are popping off all night and day.  

I notice that about cars too.  Yes there are some fabulous collector cars in garages. However they were acquired when they were just used cars and neatly set aside.  I guess it’s about a lifetime of prudence and priorities.  

Sorry for the lecture.  

Yeah so looking forward to 3 or so straight nights of my dog flipping the eff out.

Happy July 4th Eve everyone! 

I thought I was all ready for the 4th, but I just found out that my patriotic bingo daubers that I planned to give away at the door didn't make it to the warehouse and my supplier is scrambling to find a way to get me a gross and a half of some type of dauber by 10am tomorrow. 

The A/C in my house will be running 24/7 to drown out the amateur fireworks that will be continuously set off starting tonight and through the weekend.

In reply to 93EXCivic :

Move to where there are a lot of older people. Here around the lake the average age is over 100 ( I’m slightly kidding)  and while we like the spectical of 3 professional fireworks displays  and a few really good amateurs by 11:00 it’s quiet as a church.  

Maybe it’s because the extra we pay for our homes means we waste  nothing on something that just makes a loud noise and smoke. 

Going to put some food in the crockpot this evening to before bed. Taking PTO on Friday. 

My girlfriends parents stayed with us for 5 days two weeks ago, so I'm ready for a long weekend where the only I have to be concerned with is "Do I want to play video games? Guitar? Oh I need another beverage."

The only thing more entertaining than watching fireworks is watching some self-important troll with zero sense of what real wealth is flounder desperately for a response.

frenchyd said:

I guess it’s about a lifetime of prudence and priorities.  

Sounds like a lifetime of boredom and missed opportunities to me.

But then, I don;t live in an expensive house or have collector cars, so what do I know. 

poopshovel again said:

In reply to stuart in mn :

This has already been going on for a WEEK in my neighborhood. Not sure when that became a “thing” but it’s really berkeleying annoying.

DON’T YOU PEOPLE HAVE JOBS!?!?

They have gone way past firecrackers this year, someone was setting off what sounded like land mines last night at 1am. 

In reply to ultraclyde :

My life has been anything but boring. Aside from the personal stuff most people have of being a husband and father.

I’ve raced and restored cars such as a Ferrari 330 Lotus 11 LeMans, Echidna, Black Jack Special. MGTD   

I’ve raced  and talked with famous international racers such as Dale Earnhardt Sr, Al Unser jr.  Paul Newman, Sir Sterling Moss, etc. Beat some, been beat by others.

Met Royalty, enjoyed dinner with the Duke and Duchess of Austria  in the Hapsburg palace while listening to the Vienna Boys Choir. In fact traveled around most of the world either in the military or as a reward for a job well done.  Flew Airplanes on and off aircraft carriers,  flew in combat.   

Built my own house,  Aw heck   I’ve enjoyed life but in speaking with neighbors they too have had interesting lives.  Some more so than mine.  

I don’t think being prudent or selective equals boring  

Somehow my defective dog that hates car  rides and water has no problem with fireworks.  I’m working tomorrow morning then I’ll be out on my porch watching the neighbors shell each other.