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Shutting it down for the weekend. Wherever you are, have a great Independence Day.
The request: We have a lot of folks around here who aren't too far removed from a time and a place where explosions and pyrotechnics meant real danger.
I know some people might be thinking that's BS. Joe loves to blow stuff up, right?
True enough. But this is different.
If you're going all out with your bottle rockets, firecrackers and M-80s, and somebody asks you to take it easy, give 'em a break.
They've earned it.

