A cop came by last night just as we were finishing up our fireworks.

[HopeHoops]

We greeted him politely and thanked him for being out keeping things safe. I had my cane and two of my disabled neighbors in wheel chairs were there. Our house is sort of an oasis. The cop liked the appreciation. Patrolling on holidays like that has got to be a horrible shift. It's not something I would want to do. I'd have offered him a beer, but he was on duty.

[Ter]

1. You're lucky not to live in an abusive state

A cop here would have confiscated the fireworks and given us a ticket.

[HopeHoops]

3. Ours were legal in PA. About a half-mile down they were shooting off M-80's IN THE AIR!

He said he'd already spoken to that group. They don't tend to arrest people on the 4th because it would clog up the whole damn station with drunks.

[RagAss]

7. Thanks for the memory.

As a kid back in the sixties we used to shoot off aerial bombs. They were basically an M-80 mortar. You don't see many of those anymore. The best part was my neighbor was a cop and supervised the fireworks hour for the neighborhood. Nothing like growing up in the sixties when most of our dads were WWII vets !

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. Growing up, my neighbor had the best fireworks.

His dad was a cop and would bring them home by the garbage bag.

I know right?

[femmocrat]

2. Wish one would have come here.

I would have kissed his feet!

We only have State Police here and they were to busy to patrol the "sticks" looking for fireworks.

[HopeHoops]

4. A lot of places are moving toward relying on the state police. It's sad.

In PA, almost every township has its own force. They only rely on the state police for backup.

[blueamy66]

5. Nice.

I spent 4 hours at my SIL's mother's house....my entire family are pyromaniacs.....best 4 of July EVAH!

Glad the cop was cool...