>>Every year, for the festivity of St. John, Bolivians fill the air with large amounts of smoke.
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>>See my pictures at
http://www.geocities.com/hilmarz/sanjuan/sanjuan.htm.
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>Neat, Hilmar.
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>One might surmise that residents get enough smoke just then to make any smoking ban meaningless.
Well, when I get out of my house, the night after San Juan (St. John), the air is filled with the smell of the fireworks. I live 5 km. from the center; closer to the center it gets worse. You can see only a few blocks away.
And most dogs try to hide wherever they can. The explosions make them
very nervous.
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)