Fireworks Found!

[LazerFlash]

Fireworks while not illegal in the state...

Not to be accused of beating a dead horse, but the kind of fireworks Str1ker described, are, in fact, illegal in West Virginia.

By the way, just so you all know, I'll be clear-cutting our plot, then after all the topsoil washes off onto Johnnycake, I'll be grading it flat, paving it in concrete, then painting the concrete lime green and the house magenta.

Don't forget your 10 foot tall fuchsia fence!

[Kensey]

Don't forget your 10 foot tall fuchsia fence!

I was actually thinking of just putting that orange plastic mesh up and leaving it for, oh... ever.

[STR1KER]

Nah, has nothing to do w/ sounding like an HOA...
It has everything to do w/ the fact that these issues have, "always been around", and have gotten out of control now.
I could care less about the ATV/cycle riding, never really bothered me before, hell, I usedta ride too, but now they're just WAY outta hand... Same w/ the fireworks issue.
Just goes to show (some) that things left to go forward can get outta hand. So, now we just need to pull in the reigns a bit.
When you have responsible residents, HOAs aren't needed. I can't stand them. I lived on Base Housing for too long, and HOA to me equals just that.
It all just boils down to common sense, really.

[Wormdoc]

Kensey, don't forgot to play all manner of music very loudly 24/7....oh yeah, and spray paint your fence with 'neener neener neener' type words.

I hope you both come to a social thingy soon.....Dog Club is this Friday at Dawn's place..... I don't think you have a dog yet (notice I said yet) but we've got oodles you can borrow!

[grafxgirl]

You can have the one that's been running around our yard this weekend. Don't know who's it is because there in no collar.

[Starbuck]

I'll just say that while ATVs are a nuisance, I think the drunk driving up here is far more dangerous to our collective safety. Oh, and a lit cigarette, or a roman candle, or lightning starting a fire puts all approx. 6k of us in danger since we have only one way in and one way out......

***Starbuck is beginning to think she sounds like a broken record*****

[KatherineA]

This is what I get for not turning on a computer all weekend - a belated but VERY Heartfelt THANK YOU for calling this in.

[T Mac]

Call me crazy or un-American, but…

Other than professional fireworks displays, I find that (backyard) fireworks are one of the most un-evolved, low-rent, semi-redneck forms of human entertainment possible. Especially firecrackers. I don’t get it. Perhaps I just need something a little more interesting to stimulate me. Forgive me for being evolved.

The brush fire from last year started in the woods. If these people were lighting fireworks in the woods, I could understand the fire paranoia. Otherwise the comparisons to that brush fire might be a little exaggerated. I’m not saying that fireworks are not a hazard, but let’s be real, flicking a cigarette butt out in your backyard is not the same has flicking it out in the middle of the leafy forest.

I think that calling the non-emergency line was the right thing to do, but if I were to play devil’s advocate I would say: live and let live. One of these days all of the local emergency rooms are going to be overloaded with S&B members who have sustained injuries from falling off their high horse.

[Black Dog]

Well, call me crazy or un-American, but...

I don't like football.
Now, while there are a lot of things I could say about the primitive nature of the game, so on and so forth, I don't think the fact that I think it's pointless gives me any moral or evolutionary superiority over the 98% of other Americans who do like it.

I do like things that go bang, though. Be they firearms, fireworks, firecrackers or whatever. The important thing to remember with anything that goes bang is that it usually does so because it contains an explosive charge that can do great harm either directly or indirectly. Given that, they require an increased level of care and responsibility. Many homes in Shannondale are indeed "in the woods" and if people are setting off fireworks after the dry season we've had then I think it is reason for concern. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[Willis]

I'd like to mention something that was kinda addressed earlier in the thread-a sorta mild diversion that might warrant a separate topic.
Do Not BURN LEAVES/YARD WASTE
We've got a lot of newcomers from the 'burbs on the mountain this autumn. I'd like to remind all, yes, even you long-standing denizens who persist in setting fire to fallen leaves. Please don't risk our lives and properties by acting like knuckleheads.

I know, I know, someone will say they stand guard with a hose to quench any errant flames. Well, it's not enough. A moment's lapse in attention, a sudden gust of wind, not making sure ALL the embers are out and we're in collective deep Doo Doo.

How do I get rid of these "offensive" fallen leaves, you ask? Now there's fodder for a NEW topic!

[T Mac]

I was down at the fireworks stand the other day and I observed that 98% of the people buying fireworks resembled those GEICO cavemen, but not as well dressed or well spoken.

They were sayinging things like "Me like bang" and "Me like boom".

[Black Dog]

I was down at the fireworks stand the other day and I observed that 98% of the people buying fireworks resembled those GEICO cavemen, but not as well dressed or well spoken.

They were sayinging things like "Me like bang" and "Me like boom".

And then they went home to watch the game!

[Starbuck]

"Offensive" fall leaves, as well as other yard waste can be shredded and left on the yard, or in your garden or flowerbeds, as compost.

[Leprechaun]

I load the leaves into the back of my F350 and drive down Route 9, 7-Bypass, Greenway etc.

Just hoping no one throws a cigarette butt my way!

[T Mac]

Lep, I heard that MS13 gang members seek out people with leaves blowing out the back of their truck. Some sort of initiation. Apparently they hold you at gunpoint and force you to compost the leaves.

[Chutney Daftcraft]

Fireworks?

Football?

What about Nascar?

You cannot make fun of what people do in their garages unless you include Nascar! F'real!

[Leprechaun]

Aaaah, the Maria Sharapova - 13 girly gang! Sometimes I just urinate all over the leaves and then dump them down by the river at Milleville so they hava a place to banga their hos. They appreciate that!

[Chutney Daftcraft]

I always burn my leaves.

In the open.

Without supervision.

For days.

Is this not the correct thing to do?

[LazerFlash]

I always burn my leaves.
In the open.
Without supervision.
For days.
Is this not the correct thing to do?

Nope... that's only acceptable if you've clear-cut your entire lot and then need to burn the resultant pile of logs.

[derricksonb]

"Offensive" fall leaves, as well as other yard waste can be shredded and left on the yard, or in your garden or flowerbeds, as compost.

This is exactly what we do with our yard waste throughout the year. Add some lime and till it into the soil.