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Dartful Dodger:
Last year I bought an obnoxious amount of fireworks for the 4th of July.  I still have over half of them left.  The fourth of July is less than a week away and this will be the first year since I was able to drive that I’m not going to be making (nor want to be making) a run to the border for fireworks.

I don't know when(if) I've out grown my Lego’s and Hot Wheels, so that wasn't a traumatic experience for me.  The lack of interest in blowing things up this year worries me. 

What's your "I'm too old for this experience"?

shardian:
We were huge into fireworks when I was a kid until this happened:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9607/04/fireworks.fire.update/index.html

It was a yearly tradition to go to that place and load up. My dad was actually going to be there when the accident happened. We were freaking out because we thought he might be dead. Turns out he never actually made it there because he got side-tracked at the hobby shop on the way.

Anyways, I haven't been too keen on the home fireworks since then. We check out the pro fireworks displays, and maybe light a sparkler or two.

Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote ---We were freaking out because we thought he might be dead. Turns out he never actually made it there because he got side-tracked at the hobby shop on the way.
--- End quote ---

Chaos theory dictates that had he made it, the events more than likely would not have transpired that way.

Jouster:
I had an experience with fireworks on the 4th...a couple of friends and me got a catalog for a store, and between the 3 of us, spent about $300.  Everything was going fine until one guy got lazy and decided to light a fountain off 6 feet away from the boxes of fireworks.  Let's see...we lost about half of it, my dad was able to pull one box to safety before the other one went up in a premature finale.  We also lost to lounge chairs.

On the flip side, there was a small crowd of people that had gathered from the places next door...but once the Saturn missiles started shooting horizontally...they scattered.  It was kinda funny.  No one got hurt...except for the guy that caused it.

I still like blowing things up though...I guess my "I'm too old" contribution would be staying out all night partying.  I could probably do it if there were lots of hot, horny women around...but then my wife might not like that part, and I'd have to go home anyway.

Jouster

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on June 30, 2008, 03:09:39 pm ---
--- Quote ---We were freaking out because we thought he might be dead. Turns out he never actually made it there because he got side-tracked at the hobby shop on the way.
--- End quote ---

Chaos theory dictates that had he made it, the events more than likely would not have transpired that way.

--- End quote ---

i can't tell if you are serious or not, but either way that's funny (",)

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