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It's that time of the year....
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23/06/2006 21:46:46
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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>http://www.spiritof76fireworks.com/
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>Just got my shipment of "the good stuff" (aka, recreational WMDs).
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>Christmas in July...God Bless America.
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>The directions for lighting the fireworks are in Chinese. Translated, they read….
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>“Step #1: Light fuse”
>“Step #2: Run like hell”

Here we have the - watchamacallit... some call it fun - right now, 23.June. It is called "San Juan" (Saint John), and is supposed to be a tradition, for celebrating the "coldest day of the year".

See my pictures from 2003 - every year, the visibility is severely impaired by large amounts of smoke - in recent years, mostly from fireworks.

http://www.geocities.com/hilmarz/sanjuan/sanjuan.htm

Apart from fireworks, and bonfires, which have diminished in recent years, the tradition also includes barbecues. No major smoke problem here; I just mention it for completeness sake.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
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