{"id":49991,"date":"2022-01-01T18:35:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T18:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49991"},"modified":"2022-01-01T18:36:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T18:36:02","slug":"fireworks-prohibition-where-not-here-apparently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49991","title":{"rendered":"Fireworks ban? Where? Not here &#8230; apparently"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/4c2c16ee8e20b.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22878\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/4c2c16ee8e20b.image_-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/4c2c16ee8e20b.image_-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/4c2c16ee8e20b.image_.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I awoke this morning believing I would suffer from sleep deprivation. To my pleasant surprise, it wasn&#8217;t so. Why the fear of being a zombie on this first day of the new year?<\/p>\n<p>Because last night in our Princeton, Texas, neighborhood my bride and I &#8212; along with Toby the Puppy &#8212; were treated to a serenade of rockets bursting in air.<\/p>\n<p>Which begs the question: I could swear I read somewhere that fireworks are forbidden inside the Princeton city limits, not to mention in our neighborhood, which is managed by a homeowners&#8217; association. I mean, if the city ain&#8217;t gonna bust ya for blasting &#8217;em, the HOA surely would do so. Right?<\/p>\n<p>Not even close.<\/p>\n<p>We turned in early last night, not wanting to watch the foolishness at Times Square in NYC. I had hoped for a good night&#8217;s sleep. Didn&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n<p>Our neighbors decided to blast away. Our puppy has quite a fear of loud noises, which means he hates the sound of fireworks. I don&#8217;t share that fear, but I do like to sleep when it&#8217;s time to turn in.<\/p>\n<p>Well &#8230; that was then. The good news is that I did wake up this morning. The alternative was, shall we say, not acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>To my neighbors out there who are disposed to blasting those damn fireworks, I just ask them to respect the wishes of those who live nearby who don&#8217;t care to join you in the revelry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I awoke this morning believing I would suffer from sleep deprivation. To my pleasant surprise, it wasn&#8217;t so. Why the fear of being a zombie on this first day of the new year? 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