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1458 Views 21 Replies Latest reply: Jul 8, 2012 3:08 PM by machine650 RSS
ByzantineBomb Expert 807 posts since
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Safety First!

Posted by ByzantineBomb on Jul 4, 2012 10:57 AM

If you are a firework, and today intend on celebrating your people's liberation from the oppresive, fledgling American republic, please...

Drink responsibly.

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  • machine650 Master 3,926 posts since
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    machine650     Jul 4, 2012 10:59 AM (in response to ByzantineBomb)

    True that!

     

     

    Have a safe but fun time. It doesn't pay to drink and drive either. My friend just the other night got a DUI. He chose not to take a ride from me and friends but left on his own. That next monday at work we found he got a DUI driving back to his house.

  • hornswoggled Master 3,540 posts since
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    hornswoggled     Jul 4, 2012 1:21 PM (in response to ByzantineBomb)

    Drink responsibly. ANYWHERE!

     

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  • matuzz Master 6,085 posts since
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    matuzz     Jul 5, 2012 3:54 AM (in response to ByzantineBomb)

    Oh yeah it was 4th of July yesterday. I got drunk just because it was Wednesday.

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    dtuchpunk     Jul 5, 2012 6:01 AM (in response to ByzantineBomb)

    Everybody survived?

  • machine650 Master 3,926 posts since
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    machine650     Jul 5, 2012 3:09 PM (in response to ByzantineBomb)

    Hahahaha. I got a perfect 4th story for this thread.

     

    Last night while drinking... (hah many great stories start like this) and lighting off fireworks I got shot in the back of my leg with a mortar.

     

    So I was in my drive way turned around facing my house with packs of firecrackers in my hand and a box of fireworks beside me. My friend sets up a mortar in the road and as he runs away from lighting it the tube falls over and the mortar comes out only to shoot into the back of my leg. As it hit my leg it's like it stayed there burning for about 3 seconds then it exploded as a mortar would do. So now I've got some burns on the back of my leg and a good patch of missing hair haha. It's not serious burns or anything but it did sting for a bit and scared the sh*t out of me. I later laughed it off.

    • -pictureframe- Master 11,871 posts since
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      -pictureframe-     Jul 5, 2012 7:10 PM (in response to machine650)

      Somehow I always find myself reading your posts with a thick southern accent. Would I be correct in doing so?

      • ByzantineBomb Expert 807 posts since
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        ByzantineBomb     Jul 5, 2012 9:01 PM (in response to -pictureframe-)

        He is from Florida, but no desernible accent. Sounds just like someone from Maryland

      • machine650 Master 3,926 posts since
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        machine650     Jul 6, 2012 3:24 AM (in response to -pictureframe-)

        -pictureframe- wrote:

         

        Somehow I always find myself reading your posts with a thick southern accent. Would I be correct in doing so?

        Nah, Georgia has the thick southern accents mostly. I sure don't talk like someone from Jersey or New York though.

  • whenindoubtc4 Master 4,264 posts since
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    whenindoubtc4     Jul 6, 2012 6:50 AM (in response to ByzantineBomb)

    I did not get to enjoy the fireworks because of the drought and fireworks could have lit the grass on fire...

    • matuzz Master 6,085 posts since
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      matuzz     Jul 6, 2012 6:54 AM (in response to whenindoubtc4)

      Seems like someone didn't know how OP the grass is.

    • machine650 Master 3,926 posts since
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      machine650     Jul 6, 2012 2:39 PM (in response to whenindoubtc4)

      whenindoubtc4 wrote:

       

      I did not get to enjoy the fireworks because of the drought and fireworks could have lit the grass on fire...

      Fireworks that take off and go above 4 feet or so are actually illegal in my county but many people still do them instead. We have to go to the next county over to get good mortar kits though.

      • ByzantineBomb Expert 807 posts since
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        ByzantineBomb     Jul 7, 2012 1:34 AM (in response to machine650)

        Mortars are the best! One went off in my friend's hand the other day. Got it on video; he said uh oh just before it blew up. Hilarious

      • whenindoubtc4 Master 4,264 posts since
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        whenindoubtc4     Jul 7, 2012 4:37 PM (in response to machine650)

        machine650 wrote:

         

        Fireworks that take off and go above 4 feet or so are actually illegal in my county but many people still do them instead. We have to go to the next county over to get good mortar kits though.

        I know that it is quite common people to go over to Indiana to get some fireworks that are not legal in KY.

  • -pictureframe- Master 11,871 posts since
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    -pictureframe-     Jul 7, 2012 4:56 PM (in response to ByzantineBomb)

    I'm sure everyone's heard about the San Diego Fireworks show, where all the fireworks went off at the same time, making it last 30 seconds instead of 20 minutes. Here's a video:

     

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