Thread: Happy 4th July

Originally Posted by Norton

Unlike your mediocre home countries we have all that and more. Ain't it grand. Diversity is the spice of life.

Overleaf ...

Isn't Tom (TC) one your yours?

Originally Posted by David48atTD

I lived there for 6 months as was warmly greeted and accepted by all who I met.

^Honeymoon period. I felt the same about my first six months in Thailand.

I do love my country (USA), but I still see the problems here.

Anyway, glad you enjoyed your time here. And I feel the same about L.A.

America, love it or leave it! I haven't left yet and that says a lot right there.

The best 4th of july celebration I recall was in 1976. She was 200 years old. I was just a pup riding in the back of my old mans 1926 model T ford. We were throwing out candy to the folks watching the parade then we parked in fireman's park and later on we watched the fireworks.

PS. I have that tune on a 45, also have Snoopy vs the Red Barron. My old man had them on the old Rockola Juke box. Reminds me of Happy Days. Cheers to all us seppos out there. Happy 4th of July.

a resounding success for Trump and his tanks

...^FOD...

Originally Posted by David48atTD

My OP was a piss take, of course.

Thank you David for the well wishes...but which OP?

Originally Posted by tomcat

...^FOD...

FOT you precious queenn, have another Chardonay

Originally Posted by SKkin

Thank you David for the well wishes...but which OP?

Bugger, I thought we were in my thread with the truck, flag, bible and a shotgun.

My bad

Yup Folks, Happy Fourth, let's celebrate...



Ohio man fatally struck in chest by exploding firework in front of neighborhood children

ALEX LASKER, AOL.COM Jul 5th 2019 1:49PM

Floyd Temple, 61, was setting off an array of fireworks around 12:30 a.m. in his front yard when a large mortar tipped over and exploded, striking him in the chest and killing him instantly, according to Sterling Rahe, a spokesman for the Toledo Fire & Rescue Department.

Police responding to a call about someone lighting fireworks in the neighborhood arrived to find rescue crews who had already declared Temple dead at the scene.

Neighbor Rick Tuggle told WTOL-TV that multiple children were watching Temple's fireworks display when the accident took place.

"It went off and his chest exploded, and [the kids] ran over to my house and told me about it," he recalled. "They're probably traumatized right now. They were sitting right there on the stairs when it happened. One of my kids was sitting right there on those stairs."

Setting off fireworks is illegal in Ohio and can be grounds for arrest, Lt. Kevan Toney, spokesman for the Toledo Police Department, told the Blade.

"Our biggest concern is the safety of the residents in Toledo," he said.

An estimated 9,100 fireworks-related injuries were treated in U.S. hospitals over the course of 2018, with at least five fatalities caused by the explosives, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Of those injuries, the CPSC found that an estimated 5,600 occurred in the one-month period between June 22 and July 22. Nearly half were to individuals younger than 20 years old.

The commission has provided a list of tips and additional resources to help prevent fireworks-related injuries and deaths.

^ What I'll never understand is why are they legal to sell but not to set off? Fireworks selling stands pop up all over the land just before the 4th.

Crazy...

Originally Posted by bowie

Ohio man fatally struck in chest by exploding firework in front of neighborhood children

Should have gone to Yaso rocket festival for advanced safety training.

Originally Posted by SKkin

Fireworks selling stands

Nobody is disturbed by the fact that the happy US day is celebrated under the fireworks from China?

Originally Posted by Klondyke

Nobody is disturbed by the fact that the happy US day is celebrated under the fireworks from China?

Well, they did 'invent' gunpowder

An estimated 9,100 fireworks-related injuries were treated in U.S. hospitals over the course of 2018, with at least five fatalities caused by the explosives, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Well, they did 'invent' gunpowder

So, thanks to Trump's war on the Chinese imports, it will reduce the fatalities...

If you blokes had stayed in the commonwealth you'd all be dining on Bombay curry and japatis instead of Tacos.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

If you blokes had stayed in the commonwealth you'd all be dying from eating Bombay curry and japatis instead of licking Tacos.

FTFY.

Few beers at the American 4th July event today in Bang Na. Bit wet but good fun.

^Pics?

Only 3 more days before we get more of these.


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