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PeonForHer -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/5/2014 6:31:38 PM)
quote: The problem with you Brits is that you fail to understand that fire is fun. Oooh, that looked like fun! Nearest I've come to it is buying some salpetre, charcoal and sulphur from separate chemists (ho yes, I was careful) and making some of my own fireworks for Nov 5th .... that was pretty good, though.

PeonForHer -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/5/2014 6:35:22 PM)
quote: Don't they remember on Guy Faulk's day? Guy Fawkes, November 5th, is when we do most of our fireworks stuff, yes. Very black history behind it, though.

BamaD -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/5/2014 6:39:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer quote: Don't they remember on Guy Faulk's day? Guy Fawkes, November 5th, is when we do most of our fireworks stuff, yes. Very black history behind it, though. Thanks for the polite spelling correction. Yes I know, he tried to blow up Parliament. Parliament was not amused.

dryhump -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/5/2014 6:42:09 PM)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs for the libs, and not some, but all.....this is what you are hoping for, whether you know it or not.

PeonForHer -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/5/2014 6:45:12 PM)
quote: Thanks for the polite spelling correction. I'm not entirely sure that spelling was standardised back then. I think 'Fawkes' is the most common, though. Doesn't matter, whatever.

PeonForHer -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/5/2014 6:46:53 PM)
quote: Yes I know, he tried to blow up Parliament. Parliament was not amused. Not so much now, but when I was a kid, people would burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire. Not nice, really.

thompsonx -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/5/2014 7:48:01 PM)
Yes, Gettysburg was uncommonly well researched. If he is talking about the part of the battle I think he is it was a pivotal moment in the battle. Custer's attack on stuarts flank is what settled the battle and nothing else. Had stuart continued as the anvil,the charge would have been the sufficient hammer. And gettysburg would have been a southern victory. If the dog had not stopped to take a shit he would have caught the rabit.

Lucylastic -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/5/2014 10:23:41 PM)
anyone would think britain never has fireworks

BamaD -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/5/2014 11:32:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer quote: Yes I know, he tried to blow up Parliament. Parliament was not amused. Not so much now, but when I was a kid, people would burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire. Not nice, really. True but celebrating it shows a sense of humor.

Marc2b -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/6/2014 3:39:05 PM)
quote: anyone would think britain never has fireworks Oh, I don't doubt that they have them . . . they just don't know how to properly have fun with them.

PeonForHer -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/6/2014 5:03:42 PM)
Some fireworks went off here in Bristol near to where I live on July 4th, actually. A lot of American students live in various university hostels nearby - that could be the explanation. We have various events in which fireworks are used here. The Suspension Bridge is closed off to be used as a 'launch base'. Pretty spectacular.

PeonForHer -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/6/2014 5:09:57 PM)
NM - I got the wrong end of the stick.

FieryOpal -> RE: Happy 4th of July! (7/7/2014 5:00:55 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady How about the fact that the battles of Gettysburg and Antetm were part of the CIVIL WAR not the REVOLUTION. It's called normal thread drift... ...and this is about celebrating patriotism. Long Live Our True Patriots who have fought for our country's independence and continued independence.

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