Cut it out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Judy Hill at 8/3/2007 9:38 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
I'm sitting here, pissed.
There's an asshole in my neighborhood (pardon the expletives that I have chosen NOT to delete) who thinks it's fun to set off firecrackers.
The problem with firecrackers - in addition to the fact that they're against Florida law unless used in agriculture - is that dogs, cats and a whole lot of humans don't find them entertaining or amusing.
They're bad enough on July 4th. But on Aug. 3 at nearly 10 p.m., they indicate a complete lack of common courtesy on the part of whatever asshole is setting them off.
I can't help but jump to the conclusion that the assholes setting off the firecrackers are the same assholes who speed by my house.
I guess I'm just getting crotchety in my old age. But I'd like to go down there and ring his neck.
Am I over-reacting?
There's an asshole in my neighborhood (pardon the expletives that I have chosen NOT to delete) who thinks it's fun to set off firecrackers.
The problem with firecrackers - in addition to the fact that they're against Florida law unless used in agriculture - is that dogs, cats and a whole lot of humans don't find them entertaining or amusing.
They're bad enough on July 4th. But on Aug. 3 at nearly 10 p.m., they indicate a complete lack of common courtesy on the part of whatever asshole is setting them off.
I can't help but jump to the conclusion that the assholes setting off the firecrackers are the same assholes who speed by my house.
I guess I'm just getting crotchety in my old age. But I'd like to go down there and ring his neck.
Am I over-reacting?
Personal fireworks should be banned -- period. At least that's my opinion.
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I think I'm just going to kill him!
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I totally believe you are soooooooooooright about the disrespectfullness of these idiots who seem to think it is okay to just blow off fireworks whenever they want. We have the same problem in our neighborhood here in Tampa, near Busch Gardens. People just no longer care if they are rude and disrespectful anymore. It is sad. There is a law on the books supposedly banning these fireworks, but they are never enforce. I don't blame you for being pissed. I would probably want to kick his butt too!!!
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It means it's time for a run in drug-culture. SO, not only you have a firecracker freak you have drug activity.
This is widely known information among the younger set ---
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While I don't appreciate the language, I am in definite agreement, even on New Year's and July 4th.
We live on a Nature Preserve and I have difficulties sleeping when someone could be setting fire to the woods and as a result also burning down my home. Worse yet, what about all the surrounding houses?
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Sorry about the language, Jeanie. But I was about ready to pop. I'll be less foul in the future.
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Judy, your story reminds me: A few days after Andrew struck Miami back in 1992, we heard firecrackers late one night, and it wasn't appreciated At All.
With the phones and power out, and the heat making us highly irritable, it was impossible to sleep and our nerves were on edge. We kept hearing sirens go off from the police cars and ambulances here and there. The nights were so dark, it was just a surreal experience.
And then some idiot started setting off firecrackers, causing most of us to jump in the darkness. Had there been a fire or if someone was injured from the firecrackers, there wouldn't have been any way to call for help.
You were right in your characterization, asshole was the best way to put it. Pardon MY language, too!
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