On Fri, 03 Jul 2020 04:57:55 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I got my dates all wrong and thought Fri. was the 4th. Nope. Might go to the
>> store for some lettuce to make a salad. And I'll open a can of baked beans.
>> We are close to being put back on lockdown and there's not much open or to
>> do the way it is. My neighbors normally do a lot of fireworks.
>
>Fireworks are totally illegal in Virginia Beach. Get caught
>and it's a class-1 misdemeanor with fine and up to a year
>in jail. And this is the "land of the free?"

In the Netherlands, "legal" fireworks were always allowed on New
Year's Eve. Each year, people lost fingers, eyes, etc. And pets got
lost, old people got scared etc. I once walked from my house to my
parents' house on New Years Eve. It felt like walking through a war
zone. Now they're starting to ban it more and more. Maybe not so free
is sometimes better.