tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14395763.post115180408534385303..comments2023-09-23T11:07:44.228-04:00Comments on On Rush Hour in D.C.: Snarky in My Old AgeJanet Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01396294382570650966noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14395763.post-1152547677304301192006-07-10T12:07:00.000-04:002006-07-10T12:07:00.000-04:00It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye....It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye...<BR/><BR/>I do love watching fireworks - the professionally done ones; there's no way I'd ever put on my own pyrotechnic extravaganza!verniciousknidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14395763.post-1152201184855507862006-07-06T11:53:00.000-04:002006-07-06T11:53:00.000-04:00People have such glee about explosives, don't they...People have such glee about explosives, don't they?<BR/><BR/>I'd be irked about people traipsing through the yard. A fence and a big dog might solve that one for you.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05139482655232986786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14395763.post-1151889241955959772006-07-02T21:14:00.000-04:002006-07-02T21:14:00.000-04:00But fireworks in urban settings are unsettling. An...<I>But fireworks in urban settings are unsettling. And, I hate to be the party pooper, but they ought to be outlawed. In a city that has a past history of rampant, violent crime involving guns and in a portion of the city that borders Prince Georges County, where gun-related crimes are on the rise, the sound of fireworks make me feel like I'm living in downtown Baghdad.</I><BR/><BR/>My city doesn't have a particularly serious gun problem (I odn't think, anyway), but fireworks are legal here. And it drives me nuts. I am dreading the Fourth, because I know there will be explosions until the wee-est hours of the morning. I just hate it. I fervently wish they were illegal here.<BR/><BR/>I don't understand why some things involving gun powder and explosives are legal and some aren't.<BR/><BR/>It's funny that my home state Arizona, which is known as being especially hospitable for people who want to stockpile firearms, bans everything from sparklers on up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com