I didn't realize that when you get out this far, people go fuck*ng apeshit on the Fourth of July. We didn't need to go downtown; we just sat on the front lawn and watched the people across the street set off things that were obviously illegal for unlicensed individuals. And the people down the street, and the people down the street in the other direction, plus we could hear stuff from back behind our house.
DUDE!That was exactly my Fourth experience. Hadn't been over to the 'rents in three years for the Fourth and the neighborhood turned over to a younger crowd. Fuckers had 2 foot MORTAR TUBES in the street and were sending up 200 ft. airbursts. I walked around and talked to the perpetrators and it turns out the Indian casino sites that have been sprouting up in SoCal have areas you can purchase "The Good Stuff" at.
I wouldn't usually give a shit, but I wandered in the back yard mid-boom-time to get me an adult beverage from the coolers and noticed a glow over the back fence. So I popped my head over the wall and found out the back yard had a nice little planter fire going. I guess they were all out front 'cause I was able to stand on a chair and hose down their back yard (and their Lab as well, just for luck) and put it out with no one the wiser. I'm assuming it started off from a rocket that landed back there, there was a three foot stake with a burnt out hull in the planter where the fire started.
My parents live in one of only three cities left in the county where you can do the 'Safe & Sane' fireworks at. I'm starting maybe to think that the other 19 cities may have the right idea.
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