Fireworks

[mallardisme]

[xiØn]

My house will go boom once again on New Years.

[Desert Dweller]

You should experience New Years in Hawaii.  The Chinese, which make up a big part of the local population, love their fireworks.  Mostly it's the Black Cat type firecrackers that go off - by the billions.  It's amazing - the smoke settles over the island like a fog.  Each year the news stations advise people with respiratory problems to stay indoors.  The next day, the streets are littered and inch thick with tiny bits of paper. 

[Sam]

Sounds like the neighborhood I grew IP in in NE Phoenix.   Except none of us were Chinese. 

[Desert Dweller]

Or when I worked in south Phoenix before they came up with Shannon's law.  You had to make sure your car was in the garage or carport or else it had a good chance of getting damage from falling bullets.

[mallardisme]

I was in a 'fun' part of LA one year. I always went to bed early on New Year's because I had to be at the Rose Parade at 4:30am. I woke up to the sound of fireworks....

No... It was a barage of gunshots of every type from every direction. That was a unique evening...

Santa Monica Blvd and Western was always a fun area anyhow. LOL

[Sam]

Or when I worked in south Phoenix before they came up with Shannon's law.  You had to make sure your car was in the garage or carport or else it had a good chance of getting damage from falling bullets.

I used to have friends that lived near 35th Ave & McDowell.  They had quite a few parties and I went there for more than one NYE bash.  We always stayed under their carport around midnight!   

[CopaDave]

I remember doing the NYE party at a friend's place in the area of 16th St and Oak.  It was fine until some idiot opened up with a M-60 a couple of streets over...on full auto.  This was back in the early 90s.

Morons.