crobro
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OT: Fireworks/Firecrackers in Vancouver on halloween
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For the record, it’s a tradition in other parts of BC as well. Firecrackers on Halloween were definitely a thing on the island, where I grew up.
- Aug 28, 2011
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He's trying to pander to the average demographic listening to sports AM radio. My boss has been bitching about last nights fireworks all day.
This City has way bigger issues than 16 year olds lighting fireworks.
This City has way bigger issues than 16 year olds lighting fireworks.
One day a year, it's not a big deal. Think it's actually decreasing from prior years.
Used to be that the few days leading up to Hallowe'en you could hear firecrackers going off from 7pm - 10pm on and off. That didn't happen this year.
Think teens are opting not to spend their money on that stuff anymore. But, that's just my guess based on my area and how few firecrackers went off in the past 72 hours.
Used to be that the few days leading up to Hallowe'en you could hear firecrackers going off from 7pm - 10pm on and off. That didn't happen this year.
Think teens are opting not to spend their money on that stuff anymore. But, that's just my guess based on my area and how few firecrackers went off in the past 72 hours.
I don't know.. its dangerous and wasteful. I didn't enjoy dodging roman candles on the way to the gym last night.
On the otherhand...I sure enjoyed it when I was 16
On the otherhand...I sure enjoyed it when I was 16
krutovsdonut
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for those who are young, halloween fireworks today comes from guy fawkes day fireworks that used to happen a few day later. that's why fireworks were always for sale around halloween. eventually, the two things merged and guy fawkes got forgotten.
guy fawkes is a long british tradition whereas the british did not celebrate halloween with costumes or candy until the 1990s.
guy fawkes is a long british tradition whereas the british did not celebrate halloween with costumes or candy until the 1990s.
Billy Kvcmu
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krutovsdonut
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so it's for a good cause. all those kids firing off roman candles are memorializing the time britain hanged guy at the stake for trying to blow up parliament and restore an absolute monarchy.
krutovsdonut
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can you get real firecrackers in vancouver anymore? when i was kid, those bricks were serious business.
Sekeres seems like a pompous prick who’s greatest thrill in life is completing crossword puzzles.
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krutovsdonut
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Josepho
i want the bartkowski thread back
Actual nice fireworks are cool. Used to love spending every Canada day standing on top of my house looking off at them.
The flocks of suburban white kids lighting off firecrackers never really had an appeal to me.
The flocks of suburban white kids lighting off firecrackers never really had an appeal to me.
Legally? I’m not sure, I think they made bottle rockets and Roman candles illegal. Really strong firecrackers like M80s were definitely illegal when I was in high school but we all had them anyway.
krutovsdonut
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i'm long before your time i suspect. i lived in town and we were not exactly a flock of white kids but we lit off lots of fireworks.
Billy Kvcmu
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My memory for fire cracker as a kid was a an entire village full of smokes, noises and a shit ton of red paper scraps on the ground afterward
Hansen
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Neighbours would always just burn a man at the stake, was only noisy for a few minutes vs all night
Crazy traditions these days keeping all the people awake
EpochLink
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Talking about fireworks in "bricks" brings back a weird taste of nostalgia
My best friend used to get bricks in the states and sold them to our entire school. The neighborhood streets were littered with red wrappers. Absolutely littered like a confetti parade. I can see why people get upset about the noise at 2 am but it's nothing like I remember.
rypper
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I don't live in the city but I definitely could do without given with how much it traumatizes my dog every year.
Also who cares that he's a transplant from another province. He's been here for 12 years. At what point do we stop holding that over his head or people in similar situations?
Also who cares that he's a transplant from another province. He's been here for 12 years. At what point do we stop holding that over his head or people in similar situations?
