/showme a chart demonstrating my decrease in enjoyment of fireworks over time after my neighbor Kyle is still setting them off three weeks after the Fourth of July
/showme a chart demonstrating my decrease in enjoyment of fireworks over time after my neighbor Kyle is still setting them off three weeks after the Fourth of July except this time there’s some element of whimsy and visual appeal
It’s both. When my daughter was little and I lived in the city that allowed you to do it legally it was fun. Everybody was out doing it in front of their houses. Not in the backyard. Now that I’m older I don’t really give a rat’s ass
@Cerridwyn as I have had more kids they have been progressively more reckless and chaotic so I am very much over having consumer grade explosives around
I agree with “both”. And around here, there’s the added bonus that if your neighbors have any reason to dislike you, they can gleefully sic the overenforcement squad on you with fines of $500-$2000 per firework. Yes, that’s potentially a separate fine for each individual firecracker, sparkler, Roman candle, bottle rocket, etc. And that’s regardless of whether any damage or injury was caused; those just add to the charges if present. (Yes, the laws are seldom enforced as written, because even the cops think they’re way too stupid-nasty. But they’re on the books, and ready to be deployed, particularly if you’re The Wrong Sort.)
@werehatrack you may have just connected some dots between my neighbors who do fireworks and who also called the cops about my backyard chickens a few years ago…
@jouest totally off topic to birthdays but on topic to chickens. So I helped a stranger with something Tuesday night who was selling back yard eggs from her car. She, very unexpectedly, gave me a dozen of different colored eggs from her chickens. She said she had washed them but done nothing else. Is there anything special I need to know about using back yard eggs vs store eggs? Or how long they last until they float?
@Kidsandliz washing them is the only thing to do. I can’t really speak to freshness because our family goes through them by the dozen so never had them sitting around for more than a day really. (also I didn’t actually wash them but technically you should…
/showme a chart demonstrating my decrease in enjoyment of fireworks over time after my neighbor Kyle is still setting them off three weeks after the Fourth of July
/showme a chart demonstrating my decrease in enjoyment of fireworks over time after my neighbor Kyle is still setting them off three weeks after the Fourth of July except this time there’s some element of whimsy and visual appeal
@mediocrebot now we’re talking.
Not much reaction from my dog, really. (But then, he is deaf.)
@macromeh your dog would love my Star Spangled Banner rendition
It’s both. When my daughter was little and I lived in the city that allowed you to do it legally it was fun. Everybody was out doing it in front of their houses. Not in the backyard. Now that I’m older I don’t really give a rat’s ass
@Cerridwyn as I have had more kids they have been progressively more reckless and chaotic so I am very much over having consumer grade explosives around
I agree with “both”. And around here, there’s the added bonus that if your neighbors have any reason to dislike you, they can gleefully sic the overenforcement squad on you with fines of $500-$2000 per firework. Yes, that’s potentially a separate fine for each individual firecracker, sparkler, Roman candle, bottle rocket, etc. And that’s regardless of whether any damage or injury was caused; those just add to the charges if present. (Yes, the laws are seldom enforced as written, because even the cops think they’re way too stupid-nasty. But they’re on the books, and ready to be deployed, particularly if you’re The Wrong Sort.)
@werehatrack you may have just connected some dots between my neighbors who do fireworks and who also called the cops about my backyard chickens a few years ago…
@jouest totally off topic to birthdays but on topic to chickens. So I helped a stranger with something Tuesday night who was selling back yard eggs from her car. She, very unexpectedly, gave me a dozen of different colored eggs from her chickens. She said she had washed them but done nothing else. Is there anything special I need to know about using back yard eggs vs store eggs? Or how long they last until they float?
@Kidsandliz washing them is the only thing to do. I can’t really speak to freshness because our family goes through them by the dozen so never had them sitting around for more than a day really. (also I didn’t actually wash them but technically you should…
@jouest Thanks for the info.