The fireworks are starting...

Littledeer84

I never thought I would be the cranky old lady who hate fireworks...but when my toddler is sleeping and it is only June 25th I want to tell the neighbors to STFU. Argggghhhh. Funny thing is that DH is out selling fireworks tonight (and the next 10 days) as a fundraiser for his school. But I still hate them.

LovesMM

Ugh I hate them too! My neighbors kids are jerks and they pop them off all night long.

Littledeer84

LovesMM:

Ugh I hate them too! My neighbors kids are jerks and they pop them off all night long.

I will give them the 3rd, and the 4th...and I will throw in the 5th. But I am going to be in the mad house if I have to listen to this for the next two weeks!

wife1014

I couldn't agree more.  I love the 4th and love fireworks but not at the risk of waking my sleeping children.  We have a few teenagers on my street and the one behind us and they started already.  It makes me crazy! I hate that they're not illegal in CT (now that I have kids).

LovesMM

wife1014:

I couldn't agree more.  I love the 4th and love fireworks but not at the risk of waking my sleeping children.  We have a few teenagers on my street and the one behind us and they started already.  It makes me crazy! I hate that they're not illegal in CT (now that I have kids).

Here they are illegal within the city limits. We live JUST outside the city limits so everyone's friends comes to our neighborhood to do fireworks. The place is usually just a cloud of smoke. 

Luckie519

We are pretty lucky that we don't have this issue where we live.  However, we deal with it a lot at my job.

Kitiara5512

Our town doesn't allow fireworks within city limits, and I think that is true for much of DFW. I will call the cops on any non city approved fireworks after 9.

StrawberryAlarmClock

I can't even tell you how ridiculous this neighborhood is with fireworks. The Country Club is nearby and since they're all rich and stuff, they can keep us working folk awake any day of the week they want - and not just in July. They had fireworks every tuesday in November las year. Why? WTFK. The people in our development are forever setting off anything from penny sticks to roman candles to mortars. Anything that leaves the ground is illegal in PA but that doesn't stop them. Hate it. If it were just 4th of July and Memorial Day, I wouldn't sweat it, but it's all. year. long!!!

Littledeer84

Yeah, around here you can light them off for about 12 days without restriction. Which I would have totally loved when I was 18. But now I know that I was an asshat. DH and I talk about moving back to Colorado, where we grew up, and one perk to that would be that people don't set off fireworks all the time!

Arcadia1114

Fireworks just became legal here two years ago. People are lighting things off like crazy. Last year, we set up an air mattress in out basement and slept down there. Ds slept in his pack n play. We may do somethig similar this year.  

ktshoff

Yeah, the teenagers across the street were shooting them last night.  Both of my kiddos are sick and my DS is a light sleeper and terrified of any noises at night.  Finally, my DH went over there and explained that it is Monday night and the Forth of July is NINE days away.  They stopped!!  Pretty proud of my DH, he doesn't usually confront people.  Now, on the 3rd and the 4th, blow the friggin' roof off!!

grr_aargh

One great thing about living in a tinderbox:  Personal fireworks are banned. 

 

One bad thing about living in a tinderbox: some people don't care.  But back to good things? You can call the cops on them and they will incur a $500 fine.

 

I LIKE fireworks, for the record.  Unless we have 10 major fires and half of the US's wildfire fighters here in Colorado fighting every day in 100+ degree heat to stop them.  Then the idea of idiots holding fire around mother nature is far, far, far less appetizing.