Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
One guy stated at 9:30 and kept a steady stream blowing up until a little after 11:00. Have not bought fireworks myself for many years, but I imagine that had to be pretty expensive these days.
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MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
The firefight did not keep me from getting to sleep. Fortunately my current dog does not get nearly as upset as my last two when thunder and fireworks are occurring. Of course, while the last two did not especially like the yard maintenance equipment they did not attack the weed whacker when I was using it and thus I was not laughing so hard that it interfered with the chores.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
All fireworks are banned in our territory and the surrounding state of NSW with the exception of approved licensed displays. The sale of fireworks is also banned. 
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Yes, they periodically do that here, too, It never works and they give up. Which, given that we are talking abut the 4th of July, is pretty funny.
at6
1st Sergeant
Butt wipes were launching rather large illegal fireworks here until 2AM. My poor bark angels were terrified to the point of vomiting up their dinners. Too bad they [ Butt wipes] didn't have a major malfunction as they were doing it.
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MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
The electric window mechanism on my 97 Celica fell apart. I have had to replace it twice when the motor quit, first in 2008 and then in 2014. But this time it still works or would if it was all together, but the screws that hold the motor and the reel together simply fell off and it dismantled itself. Driving around with the window partially up was most unpleasant since you could neither use the air cond or get the WD-40 breeze. Getting the mechanism out of the door was the usual nightmare - it is much harder to do with the window down, and it fell down when I got home.
Based on looking at pictures of intact units I THINK can reassemble it. Or looks like I can buy the whole thing, new, for $75 plus shipping.
I am leaning toward doing both.
Based on looking at pictures of intact units I THINK can reassemble it. Or looks like I can buy the whole thing, new, for $75 plus shipping.
I am leaning toward doing both.
at6
1st Sergeant
If you can access it, try to remove and rebuild it although a new replacement could still be a better option. I still prefer the old hand crank mechanism which is why I drive "old" cars.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
There is a croak fest going on in the US and elsewhere, but very few if any "authorities" seem to be interested.
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
Today, on the way home from work, I saw city workers tearing up the freshly laid concrete sidewalks they had just laid near my house. It just astounds me how often this happens. Is it poor planning? Incompetence? Or did they have to use up some money in the budget or risk having their slice of the pie reduced next year?
ARTESH
Chief Master Sergeant
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
No, I doubt that. Unless the company doing the work is owned by the city planner's cousin, and is grossly overcharging for the work.
Not like that has never happened.
No, a better example would be when the city declared Nicollet Island to be a city park, used eminent domain to force the property owners out, then allocated the properties via lottery to those willing to maintain the historic homes, for the princely sum of $1 a year leases. Then many of the homes ended up going to people with connections to the city leadership.
Not like that has never happened.
No, a better example would be when the city declared Nicollet Island to be a city park, used eminent domain to force the property owners out, then allocated the properties via lottery to those willing to maintain the historic homes, for the princely sum of $1 a year leases. Then many of the homes ended up going to people with connections to the city leadership.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Happened here, too. That's when they found out they put the new sidewalks over the sewer pipe. A few years earlier I called them to report sewage coming up in my front yard. They replied, "Can't be the sewer! It's out under the street! Must be your line to the sewer!" And I pointed out that I was not on their sewer line; my house has a septic tank. But that lesson learned did not stop them a few years later from putting the new sidewalk right over the sewer line.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Same stuff happens in my neck of the woods, too. It's comforting to know some traditions still remain.
special ed
2nd Lieutenant
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A fellow I worked with had rural property he inherited. One day when he checked to see how high the weeds had grown, he found a state asphalt plant on it. It seems the velum map was flopped and the plant should have been on the other side of the road. Being a nice guy, the arrangement he made was that the state lease the land for 99 years at $1per year and when finished, return the land to original condition while maintaining the property for the 99 years, whether in use as an asphalt plant or not. His grandchildren are set for life as the asphalt was used for paving the new streets in the area.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
I think I already mentioned the case of an airline pilot who lived West of Miami. The Army came in and bought some of his property for a Nike missile site. When the system was shut down in the 70's they stripped the missile gear out and left the buildings. He finally srated storing stuff in the buildings. After a number of years he decided he would reacquire the property and went down to the country records office to see which agency owned it. Turned out the Army had never bothered with changing any titles and he already legally owned it.
Normally such surplus Federal real property is transferred to the General Services Admin, which then makes it available to Federal, State, and local governments before listing it for sale. In Western Oklahoma there is a high school with its own Atas F missile silo.
Normally such surplus Federal real property is transferred to the General Services Admin, which then makes it available to Federal, State, and local governments before listing it for sale. In Western Oklahoma there is a high school with its own Atas F missile silo.
ARTESH
Chief Master Sergeant
Here is the Iran's National Museum of Cinema, I have so many beautiful memories from there... With my friends... The nights we spent out of our homes ... Awaken till morning itself... Seating next to water which was flowing in that little canal ...
So sad ...
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
Sore upper back, painful to breath in deeply. To add insult to injury being told "youI look like hell"by a co-worker.. Thanks for letting me know, I would have never realized it otherwise. Do they think you don't know you look like hell when you feel like hell?
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
I generally would say that if I felt like hell, I must be improving then...
at6
1st Sergeant
On the bright side, they didn't say that you looked like sh!t.
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
Oh, they've used that one too, to which my reply is "You should should see things from my point of view"
