Comments on: Turn left! Woo! Yeah!

by: fernandogranada

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:37:28 +0100

Me and my neighbor were just preparing to do a little research about medical terminology, implantation cramping and happy birthday cards. We got to grab a book from our local library but I think I learned more from this post. I'm very glad to see such fantastic information being shared freely out there.

by: kocollins

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:50:35 +0100

This video takes place just a couple of miles from my house in Vancouver Washington. I made that same drive the last two years. BlackJack fireworks has been in that location for as long as I can remember. A few years ago a TNT fireworks stand popped up. Both places hire high school kids to wave signs and confuse customers.

by: Rave

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:32:16 +0100

I thought we had a bunch of repressive laws in England. At the moment it's a piece of cake to buy whatever kind of fireworks you like here, though I daresay that in a couple of years the government will mandate that you need a bloody ID card.

No real chance of forest fires here though, especially since we set most of our fireworks off on Guy Fawkes Day (November 5th).

by: Ubertakter

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:32:27 +0100

Where I live (Southeast U.S) it's typically illegal to possess or "shoot" fireworks in a municipality (city), but not "out in the county", that being outside the city limits. Occasionally, such as last year, fireworks will be banned everywhere due to drought.

As previously stated, the fireworks stands tend to spring up a week or two before the 4 July holiday or before New Year's.

And an unrelated side note: there is not much difference in spelling between poses, posses, and possess. Ah, english, how I love thee.

by: arteitle

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:00:29 +0100

11: It can be confusing, what with fifty states, each with their own complete set of state laws. It springs from the fact that when the country was founded, the individual states considered themselves largely autonomous, even to the point of printing their own currency. Fortunately for everyday purposes, laws are pretty much the same from state to state. Nobody looks up the minor differences in traffic laws, for instance, when they drive from one state to another. But there are some bizarre exceptions: for example, in two states (Oregon and New Jersey) it's illegal for a customer to pump his own gasoline; all of the stations are "full service", meaning an attendant comes out and fills up your tank for you. No doubt this has caused much confusion for out-of-state visitors.

by: Changes

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:57:03 +0100

Don't take it the wrong way, but I'm happy I don't live in the USA. Not that it's necessarily a bad country, but I get the feeling that it has so very many contrasting laws that I'd probably go insane just trying to figure out what of the things I like (be it fireworks or, well, anything else) I can do.

by: dabrett

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:21:04 +0100

In the ACT they've been changing the laws pretty much every year about when exactly you're able to set fireworks off and buy them. I understood that they could be purchased in the week before the Queen's Birthday long weekend (at least that was the case last year)- but adamthebastard might be right now.
There's still some sabre-rattling going on about banning them altogether though- the RSPCA get very cranky about it and the current government seems to listen to them on this issue (unless it's a quid pro quo deal for keeping quiet about the kangaroo cull).
Me, cynical? Never!

by: bmorey

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:33:43 +0100

I just got back from two weeks in Arkansas and Texas. There are indeed fireworks shops just about everywhere along the highways. Most of them are, however, what you would classifiy as a tin shack.

by: xuth

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:48:37 +0100

arteitle: having grown up in Ohio and being, um, interested in the issue, I found that the politics in Ohio around the fireworks stores is as bad as politics anywhere. At one point it was illegal both to sell and to use most fireworks in OH. A group of two or (or maybe three, it's been a while since I looked at this) entities managed to convince the state legislature to allow a small number of licenses to sell fireworks (despite them still being illegal to use) that went to these specific entities. Further provisions of the law says that licenses can't be sold to anyone other than the current license holders until a specific date. So these couple of entities continue to have what amounts to a state sponsored monopoly on fireworks.

by: adamthebastard

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:25:36 +0100

Fireworks can only (legally) be bought in the ACT on the queen's birthday weekend by a resident of the ACT and only if they agree to let them off at their ACT residence. I can't remember if I paid for the license last time so I doubt there was any significant cost involved.

There is always a bunch of vans and sign's on scout halls that crop up around the Q's b'day weekend offering to sell fireworks. We have very few permanent fireworks shops now days because they can only operate 3 days a year.

If you drive through Fyshwick (an industrial suburb) you can spot a the few remaining places I think. Most of them have phone numbers on the windows if you want to chat to the owners and get for information on the laws involved. They are usually _quite_ helpful. I haven't checked the online yellow pages yet so there might be numbers there as well.