I hate the 4th of July - Page 2

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-02-2007, 04:33 AM

I like the fwish-boom-"Aaaahhhhh" more than the hotdogs. A dry evening air is also the way to have it. Fobble, I suspect you live in too humid a place. [Well, Texas, yeah. Steamy air and those clumsy-flying kamikaze June bugs still hanging around in early July.] Come to Nevada. Come to California -- we're having a drought, so humidity's well down. Come to the high plains states, come to the mountains.

There you will have a happy Fourth and minimum bugslapping owing to a minimum of bugs.

glatt · 07-02-2007, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Telefunken

The red hot dogs found in Maine are about the best.

yup

Cloud · 07-02-2007, 07:56 AM

lotta hot dog lovers here!

I almost never do anything for 4th. Too hot. Although I lived in Park City, Utah, for a while, and they had a consciously quaint celebration, including a flapjack breakfast, parade, activities, and then--yeah, fireworks over the golf course.

Fireworks at a distance are very cool. Fireworks up close, in kid's hands, in backyard, are NOT COOL! As I can personally attest to.

Griff · 07-02-2007, 07:58 AM

I have zero interest in fireworks, but I do like some white hots.

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-04-2007, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

. . . I do like some white hots.

Whut dem?

DanaC · 07-04-2007, 04:02 AM

I hate fireworks. Every November we have Guy Falkes Night and there're are big firework displays everywhere.....and little displays in peoples' gardens....and kids letting fireworks off at night for about a fortnight either side. Drives my dog demented.

Aliantha · 07-04-2007, 04:04 AM

I hate hotdogs.

DucksNuts · 07-04-2007, 04:26 AM

I like hotdogs and fireworks

The beauty of most of Australia is that fireworks are illegal (except in the ACT) unless you have a special permit.....so its usually a special event and very well supervised....of course, you will get some yobbos letting them off willy nilly....but its never been bad where I have lived.

Saturday I am taking the boys to the Monster Truck Bonanza...they will have a HUGE fireworks display and I will enjoy it...I would enjoy it more from the distance of my house....but will enjoy it anyways

Aliantha · 07-04-2007, 04:33 AM

One of my cousins got some fireworks for new years 2000. Only two of the blokes managed to get burned that night. That was mostly thanks to the fact that they were pissed at the time.

Sundae · 07-04-2007, 06:02 AM

Ah Dana you old misery - you don't even have a sleeping baby to back you up, unlike Clod. Although if they upset Pilau I spose it counts.

I'm not sure how I would feel about summer fireworks - it would probably be raining if we had a July display here. But winter fireworks are the dogs'.

Nothing like a village firework display, with a huge bonfire on the village green. All the pubs selling pints in plastic cups outside, and unidentifiable charred things in buns that you buy just because you can (and your Mum always made you bring your own when you were a kid). Face roasting and back freezing, everyone trying to work out which way the wind is blowing so you can stand out of the smoke, but it seems to come from every direction at once. Numb feet in boots, sparklers held in gloves, a freezing fog coming down, half the residents complaining that the other half probably didn't even contribute in the door-to-door collection for the event, and look - I know for a fact those people have come over from [insert next village]

And then the display - a couple dozen individual fireworks, that somehow, in that setting, seem to beat the professional displays hands down. All the adults saying OOOH and AAAAH in a tongue in cheek way, some poor little jessie of a boy crying and annoying his Dad. And the chance that at any point a firework could shoot off sideways into the crowd. Or under a car - which made me laugh both pairs of socks off - residents had all been asked to move their cars by the police, so it was ILLEGALLY parked. It wasn't damaged though.

I love it.

Happy 4th to you all anyway.

Griff · 07-04-2007, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Whut dem?

wiki
Red Hots and White Hots are the two most popular local variations. While Red Hots are "normal" hot dogs, White Hots are plumper. These unique dogs are similar to German bockwurst and were first made[citation needed] by Zweigle's of Rochester. These are often served in a natural casing similar to a sausage. These white hot dogs are sometimes known as coneys. They are also known in the Syracuse area where Heid's of Liverpool is one of the oldest hot dog restaurants in the nation, opened in 1886. Heid's allows only mustard as a topping for their flat-grilled sausages. Products from Syracuse manufacturer Hofmann's Sausage Company are the local favorites in Central New York, with enough customer loyalty to severely hurt Heid's business[13] when a dispute with Hofmann[14] prompted the Heid's franchise to switch to a Buffalo supplier for several years. Unlike Zweigle's white hots, Hoffman's white "snappys" use veal as well as pork. There is also a Red Hot variant served throughout the Adirondacks produced by Glazier Packing Company of Potsdam, that is cased in a red-dyed natural sheep casing. A "Glazier" is typically offered on a menu as an alternative to a regular hot dog, usually for a small additional charge. "Michigans" are hot dogs with a meaty sauce - more like "Sloppy Joe" than chili (no chili-oregano-cumin). The Michigan is served in a buttered-grilled Frankfurt loaf (bun with no crust on the sides). Michigan hot dog

Our grocery store, Wegmans, has a store brand white hot that is a good representive. There is a Coney Island Hots in Scranton that I used to frequent. hmmm... just around the corner from the Fencing Exchange, I'm thinking side trip.

btw on these lovelies no catsup. Stick with mustard, onions, and chile.

elSicomoro · 07-04-2007, 09:59 AM

I was going to bbq today, but my mother-in-law is saving me the work...she's bbq'ing at her house.

Fireworks are illegal for you and me in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County. So people just go to Jefferson County and St. Charles County to buy them, and as long as you don't cause any trouble, the City cops at least will look the other way.

TheMercenary · 07-04-2007, 10:07 AM

I am at work but I am eating 2 brauts with kruat for lunch today.

monster · 07-04-2007, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I am at work but I am eating 2 brats with kraut for lunch today.

Clodfobble · 07-04-2007, 12:13 PM

Are those your little sausages, monster? They're adorable!

07-02-2007, 04:33 AM	#16
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I like the fwish-boom-"Aaaahhhhh" more than the hotdogs. A dry evening air is also the way to have it. Fobble, I suspect you live in too humid a place. [Well, Texas, yeah. Steamy air and those clumsy-flying kamikaze June bugs still hanging around in early July.] Come to Nevada. Come to California -- we're having a drought, so humidity's well down. Come to the high plains states, come to the mountains. There you will have a happy Fourth and minimum bugslapping owing to a minimum of bugs. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

07-02-2007, 07:56 AM	#18
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	lotta hot dog lovers here! I almost never do anything for 4th. Too hot. Although I lived in Park City, Utah, for a while, and they had a consciously quaint celebration, including a flapjack breakfast, parade, activities, and then--yeah, fireworks over the golf course. Fireworks at a distance are very cool. Fireworks up close, in kid's hands, in backyard, are NOT COOL! As I can personally attest to. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-02-2007, 07:58 AM	#19
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I have zero interest in fireworks, but I do like some white hots. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-04-2007, 04:04 AM	#22
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I hate hotdogs. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-04-2007, 04:33 AM	#24
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	One of my cousins got some fireworks for new years 2000. Only two of the blokes managed to get burned that night. That was mostly thanks to the fact that they were pissed at the time. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-04-2007, 04:02 AM	#21
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I hate fireworks. Every November we have Guy Falkes Night and there're are big firework displays everywhere.....and little displays in peoples' gardens....and kids letting fireworks off at night for about a fortnight either side. Drives my dog demented.

07-04-2007, 04:26 AM	#23
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I like hotdogs and fireworks The beauty of most of Australia is that fireworks are illegal (except in the ACT) unless you have a special permit.....so its usually a special event and very well supervised....of course, you will get some yobbos letting them off willy nilly....but its never been bad where I have lived. Saturday I am taking the boys to the Monster Truck Bonanza...they will have a HUGE fireworks display and I will enjoy it...I would enjoy it more from the distance of my house....but will enjoy it anyways

07-04-2007, 06:02 AM	#25
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Ah Dana you old misery - you don't even have a sleeping baby to back you up, unlike Clod. Although if they upset Pilau I spose it counts. I'm not sure how I would feel about summer fireworks - it would probably be raining if we had a July display here. But winter fireworks are the dogs'. Nothing like a village firework display, with a huge bonfire on the village green. All the pubs selling pints in plastic cups outside, and unidentifiable charred things in buns that you buy just because you can (and your Mum always made you bring your own when you were a kid). Face roasting and back freezing, everyone trying to work out which way the wind is blowing so you can stand out of the smoke, but it seems to come from every direction at once. Numb feet in boots, sparklers held in gloves, a freezing fog coming down, half the residents complaining that the other half probably didn't even contribute in the door-to-door collection for the event, and look - I know for a fact those people have come over from [insert next village] And then the display - a couple dozen individual fireworks, that somehow, in that setting, seem to beat the professional displays hands down. All the adults saying OOOH and AAAAH in a tongue in cheek way, some poor little jessie of a boy crying and annoying his Dad. And the chance that at any point a firework could shoot off sideways into the crowd. Or under a car - which made me laugh both pairs of socks off - residents had all been asked to move their cars by the police, so it was ILLEGALLY parked. It wasn't damaged though. I love it. Happy 4th to you all anyway. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

07-04-2007, 09:59 AM	#27
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I was going to bbq today, but my mother-in-law is saving me the work...she's bbq'ing at her house. Fireworks are illegal for you and me in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County. So people just go to Jefferson County and St. Charles County to buy them, and as long as you don't cause any trouble, the City cops at least will look the other way.

07-04-2007, 10:07 AM	#28
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I am at work but I am eating 2 brauts with kruat for lunch today. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-04-2007, 12:13 PM	#30
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Are those your little sausages, monster? They're adorable!

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