07-04-2013, 05:13 AM
Happy Independence Day to Grimm Forum's American members!
Have a great holiday!
Have a great holiday!
07-04-2013, 05:13 AM
Happy Independence Day to Grimm Forum's American members!
Have a great holiday!
07-04-2013, 09:48 AM
Happy 4 July,even if I'm from the USA
Time to ask something I´ve long wanted know: Can you explain a European woman,how a typical Independence Day looks like?Are there parades? Gives the President a speech? Is there something special to eat,how to thanksgiving? I know the historical stuff. But in school you don´t learn the modern to celebrate this day.
Ding dong the witch is back
07-04-2013, 12:31 PM
(07-04-2013, 09:48 AM)FräuleinWunderlich Wrote: Happy 4 July,even if I'm from the USA I wish you a wonderful independance day, too! Enjoy yourselves! @ Fräulein Wunderlich I think they have lots of firework. Like we do on New Years eve.
07-04-2013, 12:37 PM
Happy Independence Day! Yes, fireworks are a very common thing to launch on the Fourth of July.
"I am not that big and I am done with the bad."
(07-04-2013, 09:48 AM)FräuleinWunderlich Wrote: Happy 4 July,even if I'm from the USA It varies according to your location, age, family etc. Parades are a big thing on 4th of july. maybe not as big a deal the NYC Thanksgiving parade or the New Years Eve Rose Bowl Parade. But every town has a parade. Even villages have a parade of some sort. I'm sure there are speeches but everyone is mostly intent on having a good time - much less somber than veteran's day or memorial day. Picnics and barbecues are the typical venues. Hot dogs , hamburgers, potato salad , cole slaw, beer , potato chips, apple pie , and ice cream are the typical menu items. Since for most people this is a 4 day weekend right in the middle of the summer - picnic areas, camping grounds, lakes, swimming pools, boating areas, and concert grounds are all filled up. Oh, and the housewives all to to the mall for the big 4th of July sales. And every city and major town has a big fireworks display. Here is a very nice example of a big one in NYC. Sorry about the cheesy music. And if you want to see something else. Last year in San Diego they had a malfunction and a whole fireworks show went off simultaneously. Big Bay Boom! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndVhgq1yHdA
07-04-2013, 11:53 PM
That sounds awesome, except for those who work in those malls
The San Diego "Big Bang" - video is fun! Isn't it dangerous to have fireworks everywhere when the risk of bush fire is that high as it is now? There where 19 firemen killed in Arizona recently because of bush fire, doesn't that have consequences on fireworks being allowed or not?
07-05-2013, 11:47 AM
First, they take a lot of precautions with the fireworks. and in some areas, during droughts they are cancelled. Probably the most dangerous ones are the ones in small towns that aren't all that professional. but i think over the years those have becoming scarce. Although there are occasionally injuries, I've never heard of legitimate fireworks burning anything down.
That being said, there are many amateurs with fireworks on July 4. Some of them shoot off illegally obtained fireworks. and some of them get drunk before hand. I haven't looked it up but I'm sure if i did there would be a scary number of firework related injuries on the 4th of July. As far as 4th of July sales go.... There are a lot of holidays ( i think there are 12) that are "federally mandated". and when i was growing up, everything was closed on those days. The big sales came on the day after. At some point ( without me noticing too much,) the laws protecting non-union workers were loosened. Now, only christmas day is sort of "sacred". And it does sort of suck for the retail and restaurant workers - I hope they at least get paid time and a half.
07-05-2013, 12:20 PM
(07-05-2013, 11:47 AM)Lou Wrote: That being said, there are many amateurs with fireworks on July 4. Some of them shoot off illegally obtained fireworks. and some of them get drunk before hand. I haven't looked it up but I'm sure if i did there would be a scary number of firework related injuries on the 4th of July. Poor firefighters,police and paramedics! (07-05-2013, 11:47 AM)Lou Wrote: As far as 4th of July sales go.... There are a lot of holidays ( i think there are 12) that are "federally mandated". and when i was growing up, everything was closed on those days. The big sales came on the day after. At some point ( without me noticing too much,) the laws protecting non-union workers were loosened. Now, only christmas day is sort of "sacred". And it does sort of suck for the retail and restaurant workers - I hope they at least get paid time and a half.Sounds as if it were the same in each country. When I was a kid, in Germany the stores was closed on Sundays and during the week they closed at 8.00pm( sometimes even earlier). Now we have at least on Sunday where you can go shopping and food stores are opened until 12pm. Sometimes I ask myself what that says about our society.
Ding dong the witch is back
As a person who gets all of the Hollidays off I have hardly thought about it. But I have read some articles about the eroding power of the worker - especially in retail and restaurants.
On the flip side - when i was younger it was just about impossible for me to go to a bank without taking a few hours off of work. And i only could cash checks at the grocery store and only for $25 above. I was always out of cash. Now i can go to a bank on Saturdays - plus they are open past 3 on weekdays. of course ATMS and the internet have made most of those things moot anyway. Did I jinx this? A small town in california has a fireworks malfunction and 28 are injured. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio...s/2490989/ Got me curious so i googled it. Only a handful of people actually die from fireworks each year. There is something like 9000 injuries, many of them serious. But it turns out - 9000 injuries a year is pretty safe. Last year more than 50,000 people were injured cleaning their aquariums. |
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