Anyone else hate fireworks??

awz50 · 07-04-2025, 08:36 PM

I love when it rains on the 4th

But I do love America, Hot Dogs and Watermelon

Siberian13 · 07-04-2025, 08:44 PM

My pitbull sure does. He’s having Vietnam flashbacks right now. Always feel bad for him on two days a year.

It’s raining right now where I’m at and they still had the fireworks show go off right before it. Now everyone is scattering like roaches out of the amphitheater. All neighbors still shooting them all. Sirens going off. That’s Florida for you.

oldgoldy97 · 07-04-2025, 09:11 PM

Yes. Things blowing up don’t excite me.

JustinVerlander07 · 07-04-2025, 09:12 PM

I just think they're dumb. "Oh look at the colors how cool!!!"

I probably sound like asujbl

jdandns · 07-04-2025, 09:55 PM

I loved 'em as a kid, but yeah, as an adult homeowner, you do kind of worry about your own roof catching on fire from as a result of other people not being careful with them. I also dislike that the noise frightens pets to varying degrees. Our current dog is pretty OK with them, but they used to really bother the two we had before him.

majestik101 · 07-04-2025, 10:32 PM

Love them. One day out of the year we get to 'splode things up real good.

Don't like it? You and your pooch can join Rosie O'Donnell in Ireland, you hippies.

'MERICA F YEAH!

no10pin · 07-04-2025, 10:45 PM

We usually do a decent show each year. This year the neighbors that moved in three houses up recently decided it would be fun to shoot their mortars without the tube multiple times, so that was less than fun.

jdandns · 07-04-2025, 11:48 PM

I just watched the city show from my driveway (well, at least the 75% at top as some trees a few blocks away block the bottom part), and its a good solid 20 minutes with a spectacular finale. Good enough for me.

One thing I have noticed this year is that there seems to be a lot less fireworks going off in the nearby neighborhoods, tonight, and especially in the run-up during the week. Not sure why, but the air is much less acrid than usual which is nice, and I've only heard one fire truck siren tonight, so far.

JosieD · 07-05-2025, 07:44 AM

My brothers dog spends the whole evening shaking. I feel for her.

Bosoxfan5990 · 07-05-2025, 07:57 AM

I don't hate them, but I find them pointless.

patchgenie · 07-05-2025, 08:18 AM

my dog wasn't in good shape last night

sportzluvr1 · 07-05-2025, 08:28 AM

Celebration of the greatest empire in the history of planet earth….Im cool with it for 1 day.

Side note: The fireworks scene from The Sandlot is a top 10 movie scene all time for me.

oldgoldy97 · 07-05-2025, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by sportzluvr1

Celebration of the greatest empire in the history of planet earth….Im cool with it for 1 day.

Side note: The fireworks scene from The Sandlot is a top 10 movie scene all time for me.

Mongol?

asujbl · 07-05-2025, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by JustinVerlander07

I just think they're dumb. "Oh look at the colors how cool!!!"

I probably sound like asujbl

Sure do

I didn’t see a single firework this year and I’m very happy about it

Kids are old enough now for pickup and drop off

Coach Ditka · 07-05-2025, 12:22 PM

I'm indifferent now, liked them a lot more as a kid. My main concern now are disturbing the kids & dogs.

awz50 · 07-05-2025, 03:11 PM

I think it's less fireworks shows that bother me it's the neighbors with fireworks

dashcol · 07-05-2025, 03:18 PM

Sorry to all of you, I am one of the annoying people who set them off.

To be fair though, the entire neighbor, except for one house, comes out and watches or set them off as well. There is like 20 houses in my street, and maybe 15 of them set them off, and we wait for each other to be done, so it lasts for probably an hour before we all go in.

The dogs deal with it just fine. One actually likes to be in the back yard when we set them off in the front yard.

mmbtvs · 07-05-2025, 03:23 PM

I got a new kitten about 2 months ago, and he was very uncomfortable with them going off all last night. Spent a lot of time cuddling on my wife and I's laps.

Seahawks fan · 07-05-2025, 04:24 PM

I love them and can't get enough. I could see hating them/thinking they are pointless if you live in one of the many states that either doesn't allow you to light them or limit you to small things that don't fly over 10 feet in the air.

For the rest of us we know where to get the huge stuff, how to get it cheap, how to smuggle it across state lines, and how to have a blast literally.

Lonewolf · 07-05-2025, 04:30 PM

I loved them as a kid, but don't understand why grown people stay up until 1 am in the morning setting them off and making everyone's dogs miserable for the entire night

LCM1223 · 07-05-2025, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Lonewolf

I loved them as a kid, but don't understand why grown people stay up until 1 am in the morning setting them off and making everyone's dogs miserable for the entire night

This. It’s cool when you’re a little kid growing up for a couple years but the novelty wears off as you grow older. Or at least….it should wear off.

Siberian13 · 07-05-2025, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by LCM1223

This. It’s cool when you’re a little kid growing up for a couple years but the novelty wears off as you grow older. Or at least….it should wear off.

Why should it wear off? It’s just people having fun and celebrating. Let them enjoy themselves.

pskell02 · 07-05-2025, 05:18 PM

Love fireworks when appropriate. Wish the pricks that set them off on my stree in front of my house would all lose hands though.

coltsnsox07 · 07-05-2025, 06:33 PM

The Siouxsie And The Banshees song? Love it!

awz50 · 07-05-2025, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by pskell02

Love fireworks when appropriate. Wish the pricks that set them off on my stree in front of my house would all lose hands though.

Yes and more yes

07-04-2025, 08:36 PM	#1
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07-04-2025, 08:44 PM	#2
Siberian13 Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 75,844 shiller13	My pitbull sure does. He’s having Vietnam flashbacks right now. Always feel bad for him on two days a year. It’s raining right now where I’m at and they still had the fireworks show go off right before it. Now everyone is scattering like roaches out of the amphitheater. All neighbors still shooting them all. Sirens going off. That’s Florida for you. __________________ O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave

07-04-2025, 09:12 PM	#4
JustinVerlander07 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: michigan Posts: 16,547 gladdyontherise gladdyontherise	I just think they're dumb. "Oh look at the colors how cool!!!" I probably sound like asujbl __________________ Dan LeFevour PC 214/299 "Cavs in 7. Write it down"

07-04-2025, 09:55 PM	#5
jdandns Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,397	I loved 'em as a kid, but yeah, as an adult homeowner, you do kind of worry about your own roof catching on fire from as a result of other people not being careful with them. I also dislike that the noise frightens pets to varying degrees. Our current dog is pretty OK with them, but they used to really bother the two we had before him. __________________ Scorpio in the House of Cassadine.

07-04-2025, 10:32 PM	#6
majestik101 Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Socially Distanced Posts: 42,139 majestik101	Love them. One day out of the year we get to 'splode things up real good. Don't like it? You and your pooch can join Rosie O'Donnell in Ireland, you hippies. 'MERICA F YEAH! __________________ "Watson alone sells for over $20" https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1182760

07-04-2025, 09:11 PM	#3
oldgoldy97 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 49,171	Yes. Things blowing up don’t excite me.

07-04-2025, 10:45 PM	#7
no10pin Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 16,777 no10pin no10pin	We usually do a decent show each year. This year the neighbors that moved in three houses up recently decided it would be fun to shoot their mortars without the tube multiple times, so that was less than fun. __________________ Always looking for more George Brett stuff. Need more rookies, low numbered inserts/parallels and on-card autos (no Panini).

07-04-2025, 11:48 PM	#8
jdandns Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,397	I just watched the city show from my driveway (well, at least the 75% at top as some trees a few blocks away block the bottom part), and its a good solid 20 minutes with a spectacular finale. Good enough for me. One thing I have noticed this year is that there seems to be a lot less fireworks going off in the nearby neighborhoods, tonight, and especially in the run-up during the week. Not sure why, but the air is much less acrid than usual which is nice, and I've only heard one fire truck siren tonight, so far. __________________ Scorpio in the House of Cassadine.

07-05-2025, 07:44 AM	#9
JosieD Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 33,375	My brothers dog spends the whole evening shaking. I feel for her. __________________ #TEAMConnor #TeamLeoneez Day of Breakfast successful! Thank you! instagram: @oldschoolboxbreaks

07-05-2025, 07:57 AM	#10
Bosoxfan5990 Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: MA Posts: 12,451 rossisportscards	I don't hate them, but I find them pointless. __________________ X & IG: rossisportcards. Bethel Johnson & A. Vinatieri. "A Goldin Shower of sorrow and regret." -ninjacookies (11/25/24) "I'm back." -Bosoxfan5990 (2/8/25)

07-05-2025, 08:18 AM	#11
patchgenie Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 6,633 americansportscards	my dog wasn't in good shape last night

07-05-2025, 08:28 AM	#12
sportzluvr1 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: the blue waffle of the Great Midwest Posts: 7,705	Celebration of the greatest empire in the history of planet earth….Im cool with it for 1 day. Side note: The fireworks scene from The Sandlot is a top 10 movie scene all time for me.

07-05-2025, 12:22 PM	#15
Coach Ditka Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 631	I'm indifferent now, liked them a lot more as a kid. My main concern now are disturbing the kids & dogs. __________________ A fan of Bears, Cubs, & the Fighting Illini

07-05-2025, 03:11 PM	#16
awz50 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: New Hampshire>>>Arizona>>>>Florida Posts: 32,976 awz50	I think it's less fireworks shows that bother me it's the neighbors with fireworks __________________ Collecting Baseball Hof Autographs 248/351 Blowouts Official Red Sox face of the franchise Eduardo Rodriguez Super Collector

07-05-2025, 03:18 PM	#17
dashcol Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: It's complicated Posts: 7,672	Sorry to all of you, I am one of the annoying people who set them off. To be fair though, the entire neighbor, except for one house, comes out and watches or set them off as well. There is like 20 houses in my street, and maybe 15 of them set them off, and we wait for each other to be done, so it lasts for probably an hour before we all go in. The dogs deal with it just fine. One actually likes to be in the back yard when we set them off in the front yard. __________________ “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” Jackie Robinson “Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.” Satchel Paige.

07-05-2025, 03:23 PM	#18
mmbtvs unregistered Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,488	I got a new kitten about 2 months ago, and he was very uncomfortable with them going off all last night. Spent a lot of time cuddling on my wife and I's laps. __________________ -"Close your eyes and remember this. It won't be back again, it's almost gone. Even times that don't seem like much will be your only crutch when you're alone. Time moves slow when you're seventeen and then it picks up steam at twenty-one."

07-05-2025, 04:24 PM	#19
Seahawks fan Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: USA Posts: 7,777	I love them and can't get enough. I could see hating them/thinking they are pointless if you live in one of the many states that either doesn't allow you to light them or limit you to small things that don't fly over 10 feet in the air. For the rest of us we know where to get the huge stuff, how to get it cheap, how to smuggle it across state lines, and how to have a blast literally. __________________ Always looking for Kam Chancellor and Rare Marcus Trufant cards. I will buy or trade just message me.

07-05-2025, 04:30 PM	#20
Lonewolf Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: California Posts: 4,330	I loved them as a kid, but don't understand why grown people stay up until 1 am in the morning setting them off and making everyone's dogs miserable for the entire night __________________ 2024 WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!

07-05-2025, 05:18 PM	#23
pskell02 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 21,901 pskell02 pskell02	Love fireworks when appropriate. Wish the pricks that set them off on my stree in front of my house would all lose hands though. __________________ Click here to be notified when I post a new group break https://www.sportlots.com/dealers/?dealer=pskell02

07-05-2025, 06:33 PM	#24
coltsnsox07 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 21,899	The Siouxsie And The Banshees song? Love it!