Happy Fourth of July!

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

In the early 2000s a friend would fly in from SF and spend the week prior to 4th of July helping me build a Rube Goldberg panel of various fireworks. We used everything from sparklers and flashers to Roman candles, spinners, fountains, rolls of firecrackers, and aerial bombs. The whole display lasted about 40 minutes and the grand finale was pretty impressive. My friend was so excited to be able to ignite fireworks, and he knew that I was in graduate school, so he paid for everything . Sometime around 2008 or 2009, Lawrence banned most fireworks within the city limits. We stopped making the display but I have some pretty cool videos from our efforts.

Videos or it didn't happen!

I live in a piece of shit city that used to "host" one of the best fireworks shows/displays in the county on the THIRD of July in Grant Park along the lake.
Assholes who couldn't behave themselves ruined that for everyone.
Then the city tried to have a more controlled show/display on the 4th of July at Navy Pier. Nope, assholes couldn't keep themselves from ruining that too.
This 4th of July.... NOTHING from the city of Chicago in terms of "hosting" firework/s shows/displays.
To me, that's some sad boo sheet!

[pdub]

“ Sometime around 2008 or 2009, Lawrence banned most fireworks within the city limits”

Communists.

[MICHHAWK]

the 4th of July has to rank third on the list behind:

1. Christmas
2. Thanksgiving
3. 4th of July

it is 3 on the list only because Christmas and thanksgiving are so awesome.

[Sparko]

As a kid, the 4th was my favorite. Blew the crap out of army forces from a swingset. Bottle rocket fights. Home made ice cream. Memorial stadium display.

[TDub]

Thanksgiving
Christmas

halloween
memorial day
labor day

new years





4th of July




Martin luther kings day
veterans day
Juneteenth
presidents day

[Sparko]

Fair. Adult list.

[Mjl]

My favorite 4th was driving to Lawrence from KC and it had just gotten dark. Fireworks all around us the whole drive. It was super cool.

[Back2Lawrence]

Speaking of communists…..

https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/1452 ... s-imports/

[pdub]

Xmas
Halloween

Thanksgiving



4th of July
Memorial Day
St Pattys ( largely bc of link to March Madness )
Whatever we call Columbus Day bc there’s usually some good sports centered around this and it’s an extra fall break
New Years Eve

MLK
Presidents
Veterans Day


Juneteenth

[pdub]

We go up the coast on the fourth and every year I’ve been up here, bout five years running, there’s a big group of campers who set up shop around a 2 bd 1 ba house and party all day.

They are loud. They drink alll day. They have cornhole tourneys. They let off fireworks when the sun goes down. Our group tends to grill at 5, have wine ( sans me ) and clean up by 7. Judge hard.

I wanna go over and peace offer bc our house generally don’t roll like that but the difference I don’t think is nearly as much as people make it. The toughest part is being humble I think. Not every time but most times.

They are all back.
Probably 15-20 vehicles deep on a .33 acre lot.
I love it. MIL does not.

[Shirley]

We go up the coast on the fourth and every year I’ve been up here, bout five years running, there’s a big group of campers who set up shop around a 2 bd 1 ba house and party all day.

They are loud. They drink alll day. They have cornhole tourneys. They let off fireworks when the sun goes down. Our group tends to grill at 5, have wine ( sans me ) and clean up by 7. Judge hard.

I wanna go over and peace offer bc our house generally don’t roll like that but the difference I don’t think is nearly as much as people make it. The toughest part is being humble I think. Not every time but most times.

They are all back.
Probably 15-20 vehicles deep on a .33 acre lot.
I love it. MIL does not.

Sounds like "fun for the whole family"!
John Candy in Summer Rental:

https://youtu.be/a35jyiUk6L8

Maybe it's Karma for being such a dick to KJLivin?

[pdub]

I get along with JKLivin types in person.

They sound fun as hell.
They must have an annual cornhole tournament bc they play from noon to sundown.

And everyone here goes to bed at like 9 and that’s when they start the fireworks so I’ll be out on the porch enjoying probably a 2k display.

[pdub]

The Patriot is on.
It’s not very good ( barely any historical accuracy attempts - the British didn’t fucking lock the doors to a church and burn women and children alive ) but it’s one of the last revolutionary war movies they put any money into.
Would love another attempt at something serious.

( Turn and John Adams good series )

Give me a movie like Lincoln but for Washington. Directed by Spielberg.

[TDub]

horseshoes is so so much better than cornhole

[KUTradition]

i liked John Adams

i could see a Paul Revere focused biopic as well

[pdub]

Hm.
Yea.
You dont need the whole cornhole board, you just need the posts and horseshoes.

I do like the better knockout chances of cornhole though. Better team sport.

[pdub]

i liked John Adams

i could see a Paul Revere focused biopic as well

It was the very best of that time period in the last what forever years?

[Shirley]

horseshoes is so so much better than cornhole

^^^

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

horseshoes is so so much better than cornhole

^^^

Shuffleboard > Horseshoes and cornhole?
Curling > Shuffleboard > Horseshoes and cornhole?

[defixione]

i could see a Paul Revere focused biopic as well

Do you think this clip would be a small part of it?
https://youtu.be/IP8G4clUJBY