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                     It sounds like a war zone out there …
                                        
Happy New Year!

And the neighbors around here are definitely in a celebratory mood as it
sounds like they're shooting .45s right outside the window, although I think
they're fireworks that are a bit more powerful than an M-80 [1]. It actually
sounds like there are more fireworks being shot off now than on the Fourth
[2], which always reminds me of this:

[Picture of fireworks exploding at ground level; caption: Amateurs: There's a
reason professions exist.] [3]

It's something to keep in mind when working with fireworks [4] … 

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-80_(explosive)
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2009/07/04.1
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2010/01/01/amateurs.jpg
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2003/07/04.2

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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