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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 989657" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I have always felt that Independence Day should be celebrated on the first Friday in July instead of on the 4th.</p><p></p><p>Other holidays such as Labor and Memorial day are celebrated on a first Monday, and Thanksgiving is celebrated on a Thursday with the following day also being a holiday for most.</p><p></p><p>In addition to the general lameness of a holiday being on a Wednesday, it doesnt get dark up here in early July until almost 10:00 at night so, as in years past, people will be up late lighting off fireworks long past the point where many of us need to be in bed so that we can go to work the following morning. Friday night would be a much better night for that sort of thing than a work night.</p><p></p><p>I wind up getting stuck staying up late on "fire watch" on the 4th of July. Oregon has fairly strict laws about fireworks; bottle rockets, Roman Candles and pretty much anything that shoots up into the air is illegal. The problem is that most people around here simply evade the law by driving up to Vancouver WA (less than 45 minutes away) where the laws are far more lax, and stocking up on hundreds of dollars of the "good stuff" that inevitably winds up landing on my roof or my lawn where I need to be ready with a hose to put out fires. I am not a fan of illegal fireworks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 989657, member: 14668"] I have always felt that Independence Day should be celebrated on the first Friday in July instead of on the 4th. Other holidays such as Labor and Memorial day are celebrated on a first Monday, and Thanksgiving is celebrated on a Thursday with the following day also being a holiday for most. In addition to the general lameness of a holiday being on a Wednesday, it doesnt get dark up here in early July until almost 10:00 at night so, as in years past, people will be up late lighting off fireworks long past the point where many of us need to be in bed so that we can go to work the following morning. Friday night would be a much better night for that sort of thing than a work night. I wind up getting stuck staying up late on "fire watch" on the 4th of July. Oregon has fairly strict laws about fireworks; bottle rockets, Roman Candles and pretty much anything that shoots up into the air is illegal. The problem is that most people around here simply evade the law by driving up to Vancouver WA (less than 45 minutes away) where the laws are far more lax, and stocking up on hundreds of dollars of the "good stuff" that inevitably winds up landing on my roof or my lawn where I need to be ready with a hose to put out fires. I am not a fan of illegal fireworks. [/QUOTE]
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