On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 19:36:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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> "Somebody" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> >> But I'm having a good day. Opened a packet of olives and found not only
> >> a high proportion of lupini beans in there but also a bit of a green
> >> bean.
> >>
> >> My Boston Baked Beans seem on the right track now that I have cooked down
> >> the liquid. I also turned the crock up to high and left the lid off just
> >> while I took a shower. I know you aren't really supposed to do that but
> >> it did seem to evaporate the last bit of liquid that I couldn't fish out
> >> of there.
> >
> > I heard loud booms all over here this evening. I don't really get what is
> > so exciting about loud noises, and how much do people pay for these
> > things? And how many people will be at the emergency room tonight because
> > of them.
>
> Not many fireworks here at all but a few. I think people just can't afford
> them.
>
You couldn't prove it at my house tonight. Usually they are off in
the distance but this year a couple of them seemed to practically be
in my backyard. I still hear them going off, but they are at the
distance I expect them to be and some of those booms are m80's.

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