fireworks and the 4th

[Vullkan]

Just a few simple questions--:)

Where you live are you allowed to purchase fireworks? And if so, are your personal firework shows a dud--or WWII revisited?

As for myself, I think I never grew up when it comes to fireworks. I am surprised the UN hasn't sent over peace keepers. But here just about anything goes for what you can get, except for bottle rockets, Roman candles and the like--sigh!! too bad!

[naughtyangel]

it's illegal to sell anything bigger than a sparkler here :D

[wyndhy]

can't get much here. sparklers, things that go fizz and pop. the local shows are pretty good though and i'd rather go to watch the pros do it, where i can sit back on a blanket with the loves of my life, share nibbles of a funnelcake and sips of a slushie and ooh and ah.

[Summer]

Pretty much can't have anything cool here. :(
Somehow I managed to get my hands on some major stuff (from a storage unit auction). I wasn't sure how old those bombs were. So I handed them to a pretty well known "crazy guy" at one of my parties to set them off. The show was amazing! They shot up you would hear the boom then a few seconds later the sky light up. Crazy but fun!

[Kissy]

Where my husband and I grew up they have very strict laws, however his dad was the local chief of police so he confiscated everyone's illegal fireworks and lit them off himself! Now that we've moved we were surprised to find that here you can show most places your car registration proving you're from out of town and they will sell you the ones you can't have in this state. Strange concidering our registration is from a state with more strict laws on it! So we can get just about anything, but last year my husband scared me too much with the bottle rockets. If we go out of town then maybe but last year we lit them in the back yard and they kept changing direction and landing on our neighbors roof! :( So we'll just stick with the legal ones at home for the kids to watch.

[musketeer]

The traditional day for fireworks here in the UK is November 5th otherwise known as Bonfire Night. You can a wide variety of fireworks to celebrate with. My personal favorite was one we got a coupke of years ago that was a 450 bang chinese style cracker.

[Aqua]

I can't believe they allow sparklers still... they are the only thing that's ever burned me on the 4th.

Most cities here have banned fireworks, but there are Tribal Reservations that selll the "good stuff". I'd just as soon take in a big display than spend a bunch of money on fireworks. There are several here to choose from, so I can spend more money on beer! (jk!) :p

[LixyChick]

It's not legal in Pa. to have anything other than a sparkler, but that never used to stop hubby, who has a blaster's license. Not in pyrotechnics...but it comes in handy when he travels to Ohio, for example, where he used to be able to purchase some really cool shit. They'd take him into "the backroom" when they found out what he did for a living...and give him quite a deal on the big guns! We haven't done that inna while though. I guess it's getting scarier with all the terrorism. He'd prolly lose his license now if he were caught with illegal fireworks. We just leave it up to the professionals now.

The times...they are a changing!

[fredchabotnick]

I don't think much of anything is legal in IL (but go to WI and all hell can break loose). But who needs your own fireworks when you can go to Taste of Chicago and watch them over the lake with thousands of other people (and get lit up yourself :-)

[Oldfart]

We're about the last place in Oz where you can get anything decent.

Southern spoilsports are trying to spoil it though.

[scotzoidman]

They outlawed everything but sparklers & the itty-bitty ladyfingers in the county about 3 decades ago, & I think even those are illegal now...but all the fireworks sellers set up just across the county line, where you can get enough firepower to blow your neighbors off the map! But we've had a great display done by the pros down at the Riverfront for several years now, better show than anybody can afford to put on in their backyard, & it's free! I just take the kids, park the van on a hillside at a place I used to work, & enjoy the show...one of the local radio stations even plays music sychronized to the display...

[Bardog]

I guess there are some advantages to living in the Southern US
Here there are firework stands every five miles along the highway

[cyberkitten]

everything but sparklers and those goofy ash snakes are illegal here. :(
however, we've made nice with a couple teams that do professional shoots, and we get to sit back with them in the fields where they do the shoots. best spot in the house!

[jay-t]

They are still legal here and the entire family gets to gather all the anuts,uncles ,cousins . we each chip in $15 to $20.have a big cookout,homemade ice cream and have fun.after we shoot ours we turn our lawn chairs around and watch the citys display

[skyler_m]

In ohio, you can buy just about anything you want... but you have to sign a document (and show your driver's license) that you will take them out of state within 48 hours. So last year I lied and said I was going to Indiana. I live in a township and many people around us set off fireworks. The neighbor around the corner and I had sort of a "dueling banjoes" kind of thing going last year. Had some neat stuff, but not as good as I wanted. Damn wife wouldn't let me sell one of the cars to buy what I really wanted. LOL.

[dicksbro]

LOL@skyler. Illegal in Illinois except sparklers, smoke bombs and the like. Lots of folks buy just across the state line in Indiana and so there's usually no shortage of things that go pop in the night. Peoria has an especially great display called their "Sky Concert" where the fireworks are in time to music played on a local radio station. Very nice for a metro area of about 350K. We and two other couples typically have an afternoon picnic then journey to Peoria for the display. Lots of small town displays also in the area and sometimes take in a few of them, too.

I used to get small fireworks and shoot them off, but that's not a biggie anymore. Pretty well content myself with the pro displays.

[LixyChick]

Just wanna say...Welcum to Pixies fredchabotnick!

Whatta interesting nick!

Oops! Back to the fireworks!

[Vullkan]

My sympathies for all you out there that can't get anything better then smoke balls and sparklers--sigh! Darned if the government isn't out there to protect us from ourselves!!

From reading your posts, I just wish I could send you "care" packages for a great 4th. Still for those of you who don't know this, but...with sparklers and a bit of duct tape you can still raddle your neighbors windows--ha! But you didn't hear that from me

[cowgirltease]

Yeah we got fireworks. BIG ONES.:D My 2 brothers and I usually spend about 500 bucks for the 4th. We all have kids and we have a helluva time out here. One of the advantages of living in the country.:D We have a big to do out here every year. We never grew up either Vullkan.:D Happy 4th to ya!:)

[lakritze]

Most county's have outlawed fireworks.But there are a few palces where they can be purchased.Sometimes the laws very from city to city and the most you can buy are sparklers and some noise makers.With warnings of a very dry season here in So.Cal and the fear of brush fires,I'll do what I have done in the past.Stand outside and do my immatation of a Picollo Pete.heh heh

[denny]

I couldn't say it better. We can't buy them here and with the wildfires in vivid memory, I'm happy that that is the case. Waay too scary!

[imaginewithme]

I'd like to light some fire works around pixies...oh I mean....

yeah illegal here, but we live 15 minutes from the state line and as soon as you cross the line there are stores everywhere selling them.

We'll be heading to Daytona's Nascar race this year tho and will get to watch their show.

Happy 4th everyone! Be safe.

[poe]

all the good stuff is illegal here so when i make my regular trips i get the good ones. last year i had my freinds entire neighborhood out they all started to clap when i was done i didnt even see them till i was done i was to busy setting them off and watching where i was aiming i cant wait till the 4th this year again in used to just set them off for my family way out in the sticks where nobody even saw them but us

[Gilly]

Anything that launches into the air (bottle rockets, commerical grade fireworks, etc) are illegal without a permit in MI, but most people just drive down to the border, and buy em in IN anyway.

Sparklers I personally hate. As an adult, they're weak, and as kids, well, they're way to easy to get burned with em. I mean, any other time of the year, what parent in their sane mind would hand their kids a stick that sparks fire, and burns red hot? :p

[sodaklostsoul]

Well we have everything here that I know of. You just can't shoot them in city limits. Right like people listen to that. You can come in from out of state and buy starting in May, but for us that live here we have to wait until July 1st.

HAPPY 4th EVERYONE.