Victor Laury wrote
>I hate the 4th. No, I'm not a commie, an Anarchist or any kind of
>discontent.
>Tonight I spend the 4th as I do each year, on fire watch. As the community
>living below my hill prepares for it's orgy of incendiary devices, I sit on
>what could be described as a pyre ready for the match. July in southern
>California is about as dry as it can get and still the mentality that
>fireworks are a good thing exists, Well, that's just F'n great. To me, it's
>the same mentality of the mob that burns the city because their team wins
>the field.
>
>So tonight, there will be the rockets red glare and a hail of hot lead at
>the end of it's skyward trajectory.
Victor, Victor, Victor,
I feel your pain. Though the locals are loading up on ordinance as
we speak, our fire danger is (incrementally) less than the SoCal brush at
this point. Cover the roadster, and hose down the cover, wear a helmet
while outside. It will be over soon until New Years'
MarcT.
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