Fireworks?

[Hal9000_]

Who watched or lit some off last night?

 

[phrodeau]

Gandalf did a good show. Had a bald eagle with an Uncle Sam hat on it.

 

[Hal9000_]

Gandalf did a good show. Had a bald eagle with an Uncle Sam hat on it.

I watched the Macys thing on TV in the AC.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Fireworks are racist and a celebration of slavery and oppression that only Nazis enjoy using or observing them.

 

[Hal9000_]

Fireworks are racist and a celebration of slavery and oppression that only Nazis enjoy using or observing them.

Did slaves fight in the revolutionary war?

I don't remember ever reading that any did.

 

[silver gurl]

Yep. On a lake. Every house seemed to have them going off. Lasted about two hours

 

[Hal9000_]

Yep. On a lake. Every house seemed to have them going off. Lasted about two hours

I've been on a boat on a lake for a fireworks display before. Good times.

 

[InsightRiot]

Did slaves fight in the revolutionary war?

I don't remember ever reading that any did.

There are several stories about African slaves and freed men fighting in the revolutionary war.

There were even African slave owners.

Of course, no one knows anything anymore.

 

[silver gurl]

I've been on a boat on a lake for a fireworks display before. Good times.

Yes, it’s a good place to be

 

[InsightRiot]

I watched this year.
I was told the fireworks were less harmful to the environment. They didn't seem any less magnificent than usual.

 

[Hal9000_]

There are several stories about African slaves and freed men fighting in the revolutionary war.

There were even African slave owners.

Of course, no one knows anything anymore.

Actually the Brits would pull people off the streets and throw them on ships to go fight. Not technically "slaves"...but still.

 

[InsightRiot]

Actually the Brits would pull people off the streets and throw them on ships to go fight. Not technically "slaves"...but still.

Yeah, and then the Irish came over here and the same thing happened to them during the civil war.

 

[Hal9000_]

Yeah, and then the Irish came over here and the same thing happened to them during the civil war.

Actually:

"On November 12, 1775, General George Washington decreed in his orders that “neither negroes, boys unable to bear arms, nor old men” could enlist in the Continental Army."

However:

"While the patriots battled for freedom from Great Britain, upwards of 20,000 runaway slaves declared their own personal independence and fought on the side of the British."

https://www.history.com/news/the-ex-slaves-who-fought-with-the-british

History is indeed interesting.

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

I had sex. Does that count?

 

[Hal9000_]

I had sex. Does that count?

Only if you achieved bursting in air.

 

[Dribble]

History is indeed interesting.

Oh jesus....you just gave Donald more of a reason to hate Democrats

 

[Hal9000_]

Oh jesus....you just gave Donald more of a reason to hate Democrats

Slaves DID however, handle baggage at the airports.

 

[adrina]

I did not. I watched a bit of the neighbor's. That was more than enough.

 

[Liar]

On a bog standard Thursday? Nah.

 

[KeithD]

I watched the Macys thing on TV in the AC.

Ditto.

 

[Hal9000_]

Ditto.

Of course all around me was booming and banging all night.

 

[adrina]

The neighbors started up with some a bit ago but they must have blown their wad as it's all quiet on the eastern front now.

 

[Hal9000_]

The neighbors started up with some a bit ago but they must have blown their wad as it's all quiet on the eastern front now.

Pretty quiet tonight. A few mortar shells earlier.

 

[adrina]

Pretty quiet tonight. A few mortar shells earlier.

They went until midnight last night. I don't mind the lack of explosions. Or the plastic debris I'll be pulling out of my flower beds so they could experience their 5 seconds of "oooh aaah".

 

[Hal9000_]

They went until midnight last night. I don't mind the lack of explosions. Or the plastic debris I'll be pulling out of my flower beds so they could experience their 5 seconds of "oooh aaah".

They're back at it again. No debris. Big mortar shells. Some must be 100 bucks a piece.