July 4th is coming up, and what would the holiday be without fireworks?
Fireworks have been part of the festivities for as long as i can remember, and lots of people really get into the pops and explosions in the sky.
I am not one of those people.
I never got into fireworks, even as a kid, and as an adult, I can really and truly live without them.
Growing up in Rochdale Village, South Jamica, Queens in the mid-1960s and early 1970s, fireworks were all over the place--
Illegally, of course, but we all knew who to get those M80s and ashcans from if we wanted them, and I guess i simply didn't want them.
I wasn't even into sparklers and punks, the milder forms of fireworks.
I just never got what all the fuss was about.
But what is the holiday without fireworks?
I guess it wouldn't be the same.
The problem is that a lot of people don't leave it to the experts when it comes to fireworks, and each and every year, you hear about people suffering horrible injuries from their mishandling of firecrackers.
But again, what would July 4th be without all of this noise?
And what would July 4th be without barbecues?
Well, my family and I didn't have any July 4th barbecues during the past few years due to a variety of unfortunate circumstances
But this year--in a new apartment with a terrace--my son, my wife and I are going to have a small barbecue.
Hot dogs and hamburgers, chicken for my wife, and whatever else we decide to cook will be on our electric grill, and I know it is going to be great!
I just love to barbecue, and now that I have used the electric grill three or four times, I am getting into the groove, learning more about barbecuing on an electric grill each and every time.
So I will be grilling on Independence Day, our nation's 249th birthday.
I can live without fireworks, but there is nothing like a great hot dog off the grill on the holiday.
I can't wait!
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