Oh, Tennessee

So my oldest, his wife and son (now a daughter too) moved to Springhill Tenn 3 years ago. tWife and I have spent a week over the 4th each year coinciding with the grandson's b-day on the 6th. Their newly built subdivision has put on spectacular fireworks display every year. All of the bombs are set off by individual homeowners. I'm talking probably 200k worth of fireworks in this neighborhood. Back to that in a second.

We flew out of flint and the "fireworks" started early. A women flying home tried to go through security without a mask. The TSA agent said" you have to wear a mask" She said " I don't wear masks" He said, "you do if you want to get on the plane" So reluctantly, she accepted it and put it on. Only to throw it down the second she got through. She was given a new one before boarding and put it on. Anyway, on the plane she went BALLISTIC. She refused to wear the mask and was confronted by flight attendants. She stood up and started screaming at everyone that did. About 200 f-bombs and multiple SHEEPLES! She was arrested when we landed. Any guess as to what brand of hat she was wearing?

Fast forward to July 4th and the fireworks. Neighbor across the street has an arsenal. While years' past have been crazy, he promotes this years event on the neighbor facebook page as "Wild on Wheeler!" ( the name of the street and sub). Some of the comments on the page express concerns. Every thing from personal injury to property damage. He turned off the comments and set on with his plan and he set up early. Complete with giant table, huge American flags and, of course, a giant MAGA flag. He had a couple of long guns on his table for good measure. Things start out ok until a misfired mortar comes directly at the house next door to us and explodes. We get what
amounts to a giant flash bang and some small shrapnel. No injuries but everyone (especially the grandkids )is freaked out .My son wants to go fight the guy and I have to talk him off the ledge and literally hold him back. Um, "dude he has guns and we don't"

Sorry for the crazy long post but I needed to write a journal.

Tennessee? More like Buttgers, amirite?

duffy munn wrote:So my oldest, his wife and son (now a daughter too) moved to Springhill Tenn 3 years ago. tWife and I have spent a week over the 4th each year coinciding with the grandson's b-day on the 6th. Their newly built subdivision has put on spectacular fireworks display every year. All of the bombs are set off by individual homeowners. I'm talking probably 200k worth of fireworks in this neighborhood. Back to that in a second.

We flew out of flint and the "fireworks" started early. A women flying home tried to go through security without a mask. The TSA agent said" you have to wear a mask" She said " I don't wear masks" He said, "you do if you want to get on the plane" So reluctantly, she accepted it and put it on. Only to throw it down the second she got through. She was given a new one before boarding and put it on. Anyway, on the plane she went BALLISTIC. She refused to wear the mask and was confronted by flight attendants. She stood up and started screaming at everyone that did. About 200 f-bombs and multiple SHEEPLES! She was arrested when we landed. Any guess as to what brand of hat she was wearing?

Fast forward to July 4th and the fireworks. Neighbor across the street has an arsenal. While years' past have been crazy, he promotes this years event on the neighbor facebook page as "Wild on Wheeler!" ( the name of the street and sub). Some of the comments on the page express concerns. Every thing from personal injury to property damage. He turned off the comments and set on with his plan and he set up early. Complete with giant table, huge American flags and, of course, a giant MAGA flag. He had a couple of long guns on his table for good measure. Things start out ok until a misfired mortar comes directly at the house next door to us and explodes. We get what
amounts to a giant flash bang and some small shrapnel. No injuries but everyone (especially the grandkids )is freaked out .My son wants to go fight the guy and I have to talk him off the ledge and literally hold him back. Um, "dude he has guns and we don't"

Sorry for the crazy long post but I needed to write a journal.

Holy shit, people are assholes. Yeah, the guy sounds like a dick.

DWags wrote:

duffy munn wrote:So my oldest, his wife and son (now a daughter too) moved to Springhill Tenn 3 years ago. tWife and I have spent a week over the 4th each year coinciding with the grandson's b-day on the 6th. Their newly built subdivision has put on spectacular fireworks display every year. All of the bombs are set off by individual homeowners. I'm talking probably 200k worth of fireworks in this neighborhood. Back to that in a second.

We flew out of flint and the "fireworks" started early. A women flying home tried to go through security without a mask. The TSA agent said" you have to wear a mask" She said " I don't wear masks" He said, "you do if you want to get on the plane" So reluctantly, she accepted it and put it on. Only to throw it down the second she got through. She was given a new one before boarding and put it on. Anyway, on the plane she went BALLISTIC. She refused to wear the mask and was confronted by flight attendants. She stood up and started screaming at everyone that did. About 200 f-bombs and multiple SHEEPLES! She was arrested when we landed. Any guess as to what brand of hat she was wearing?

Fast forward to July 4th and the fireworks. Neighbor across the street has an arsenal. While years' past have been crazy, he promotes this years event on the neighbor facebook page as "Wild on Wheeler!" ( the name of the street and sub). Some of the comments on the page express concerns. Every thing from personal injury to property damage. He turned off the comments and set on with his plan and he set up early. Complete with giant table, huge American flags and, of course, a giant MAGA flag. He had a couple of long guns on his table for good measure. Things start out ok until a misfired mortar comes directly at the house next door to us and explodes. We get what
amounts to a giant flash bang and some small shrapnel. No injuries but everyone (especially the grandkids )is freaked out .My son wants to go fight the guy and I have to talk him off the ledge and literally hold him back. Um, "dude he has guns and we don't"

Sorry for the crazy long post but I needed to write a journal.

Holy shit, people are assholes. Yeah, the guy sounds like a dick.

In my many visits to Tennessee I've found most people to be very friendly and polite. Especially the neighbors who stop and say hello. My grandson received dozens of birthday cards from the neighbors. Unfortunately, crazy anti-mask maga chick and explosives guy give everyone a bad name.

One of my siblings lives in a Nashville suburb.  

She is an MSU grad with a Packaging degree who went back to school at 50 to get another undergrad in Medical technology and a masters in Medical IT that got her a job at Vanderbilt.

She and her husband left WI for the job with Vanderbilt and as she say’s it was “out of the frying pan, into the fire” when it comes to political craziness when they moved.

The anti-COVID vaccine cause is as virulent as the anti-Biden and anything having to do with Democrats.  She has middle management at Vanderbilt Hospital’s IT complain about having to wear masks at bi-monthly meetings (almost all have been working from home since March 2020) and think the ACA (Obamacare) is a socialist plot.

But when my sibling points out that a significant portion of their hospital revenues come from that “socialist” program and many of them still have their over 18 children covered with their Vanderbilt provided healthcare they want to switch subjects and want to talk about Antifa.

Basically, most of the state believes n the GOP’s alternate facts reality.

Man it's almost like you could just look at this thread/board as the same coin but a different side

CORNER BLITZ wrote:Man it's almost like you could just look at this thread/board as the same coin but a different side

I really didn't intend to make this thread political and wouldn't have if the crazy bitch on the plane wasn't wearing a MAGA hat and fireworks dude wasn't flying a MAGA flag.

duffy munn wrote:

CORNER BLITZ wrote:Man it's almost like you could just look at this thread/board as the same coin but a different side

I really didn't intend to make this thread political and wouldn't have if the crazy bitch on the plane wasn't wearing a MAGA hat and fireworks dude wasn't flying a MAGA flag.

Not every time, but very often when you mix regular old people and booze and fireworks you get accidents. 

You talked 200k worth of fireworks and neighborhoods...that's literally bound to have fuck ups....but maga hat so that dudes evil and terrible cause he has different political thoughts. He's prolly racist and bigoted and sexist and homophobic too, your kid should move to a more tolerant area

duffy munn wrote:

CORNER BLITZ wrote:Man it's almost like you could just look at this thread/board as the same coin but a different side

I really didn't intend to make this thread political and wouldn't have if the crazy bitch on the plane wasn't wearing a MAGA hat and fireworks dude wasn't flying a MAGA flag.

This thread was obviously politically motivated. Rhetorical question but, why didn't you post it in tBin?

CORNER BLITZ wrote:

duffy munn wrote:

I really didn't intend to make this thread political and wouldn't have if the crazy bitch on the plane wasn't wearing a MAGA hat and fireworks dude wasn't flying a MAGA flag.

Not every time, but very often when you mix regular old people and booze and fireworks you get accidents. 

You talked 200k worth of fireworks and neighborhoods...that's literally bound to have fuck ups....but maga hat so that dudes evil and terrible cause he has different political thoughts. He's prolly racist and bigoted and sexist and homophobic too, your kid should move to a more tolerant area

Ok. I don't think the fireworks accident had anything to do with political beliefs. But I do think the "Wild on Wheeler" campaign was political. As in get to Wheeler it's gonna be wild. It raised concern but he ignored it. Sound familiar?

As for crazy plane lady.....c'mon.

The Pantry wrote:

duffy munn wrote:

I really didn't intend to make this thread political and wouldn't have if the crazy bitch on the plane wasn't wearing a MAGA hat and fireworks dude wasn't flying a MAGA flag.

This thread was obviously politically motivated.  Rhetorical question but, why didn't you post it in tBin?

You have zero credibility to ask anyone questions about a forum you avoid and are scared of.....all the while posting all of your political thoughts exclusively on the main board.

kingstonlake wrote:

The Pantry wrote:
This thread was obviously politically motivated.  Rhetorical question but, why didn't you post it in tBin?

You have zero credibility to ask questions about a forum you're scared of.....all the while posting all of your political thoughts exclusively on the main board.

I'm surprised it took Pantry so long.

kingstonlake wrote:

The Pantry wrote:
This thread was obviously politically motivated.  Rhetorical question but, why didn't you post it in tBin?

You have zero credibility to ask anyone questions about a forum you avoid and are scared of.....all the while posting all of your political thoughts exclusively on the main board.

tBin? Scared...no. Waste of time...yes.

This board should be renamed Spartan Swilleft.

I didn't know the 2nd Saturday of the month was Butt Hurt Saturday until now

The Pantry wrote:

kingstonlake wrote:

You have zero credibility to ask anyone questions about a forum you avoid and are scared of.....all the while posting all of your political thoughts exclusively on the main board.

tBin? Scared...no. Waste of time...yes.

This board should be renamed Spartan Swilleft.

Yeah just slightly left of Jewish space lasers, bad math, and insurrection.

kingstonlake wrote:

The Pantry wrote:tBin? Scared...no. Waste of time...yes.

This board should be renamed Spartan Swilleft.

Yeah just slightly left of Jewish space lasers, bad math, and insurrection.

Pantry will be fine. Trump will be back in August and all will be good will the slightly right of center.

CORNER BLITZ wrote:

duffy munn wrote:

I really didn't intend to make this thread political and wouldn't have if the crazy bitch on the plane wasn't wearing a MAGA hat and fireworks dude wasn't flying a MAGA flag.

Not every time, but very often when you mix regular old people and booze and fireworks you get accidents. 

You talked 200k worth of fireworks and neighborhoods...that's literally bound to have fuck ups....but maga hat so that dudes evil and terrible cause he has different political thoughts. He's prolly racist and bigoted and sexist and homophobic too, your kid should move to a more tolerant area

If you're wearing that hat in 2021, then it's probably true. Racism, sexism, and bigotry are not "different political views." Thinking health care should be left to the market or provided by the state is an example of different political views.

People still flying trump flags and wearing his gear deserve everything they get. Fuck em. And fuck this thread too. TO THE BIN BITCHES!!

Rocinante wrote:People still flying trump flags and wearing his gear deserve everything they get. Fuck em. And fuck this thread too. TO THE BIN BITCHES!!

I always feel like that win over Tennessee in the Elite Eight is overlooked. It doesn't get much play when we discuss big MSU wins in the Tournament. I think it was a one point game.

GRR Spartan wrote:I didn't know the 2nd Saturday of the month was Butt Hurt Saturday until now

Rocinante wrote:People still flying trump flags and wearing his gear deserve everything they get. Fuck em. And fuck this thread too. TO THE BIN BITCHES!!

I shared the stories here because I thought it would be interesting. While events should not have surprised me, they did.

I get why you think the thread sucks and if a mod wants to move it I have no problem with that.

The Pantry wrote:

kingstonlake wrote:

You have zero credibility to ask anyone questions about a forum you avoid and are scared of.....all the while posting all of your political thoughts exclusively on the main board.

tBin? Scared...no. Waste of time...yes.

This board should be renamed Spartan Swilleft.

Pantry that is…. Just terrible. You gotta workshop that man. Just off the top of my head- Crooked Swill, Lyin Swill, Sleepy Swill. I dunno think about it we can do better

Kork Koupons was pretty good.

Snowflake Swill

We do fireworks more years than not, but I will never use mortars (tubes) again. There have been a few misfires/failures and it only took 2 for me to ban them from personal use.

I actually enjoy the multi-shot boxes the best. There's a duration, inherently safer and some are quite entertaining.

SawGreen wrote:We do fireworks more years than not, but I will never use mortars (tubes) again. There have been a few misfires/failures and it only took 2 for me to ban them from personal use.

I actually enjoy the multi-shot boxes the best. There's a duration, inherently safer and some are quite entertaining.

We our saving our mortars and mortar bombs for the coming Canadian invasion. We can quickly deploy them along the trench lines we dug out a couple years ago. Oh wait, this is about fireworks. My bad.

SawGreen wrote:We do fireworks more years than not, but I will never use mortars (tubes) again. There have been a few misfires/failures and it only took 2 for me to ban them from personal use.

I actually enjoy the multi-shot boxes the best. There's a duration, inherently safer and some are quite entertaining.

Didn’t a mortar kill the hockey goalie?

DWags wrote:

SawGreen wrote:We do fireworks more years than not, but I will never use mortars (tubes) again. There have been a few misfires/failures and it only took 2 for me to ban them from personal use.

I actually enjoy the multi-shot boxes the best. There's a duration, inherently safer and some are quite entertaining.

Didn’t a mortar kill the hockey goalie?

Yep. Hit him right in the chest

Indoor fireworks are the bomb.

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Turtleneck wrote:

SawGreen wrote:We do fireworks more years than not, but I will never use mortars (tubes) again. There have been a few misfires/failures and it only took 2 for me to ban them from personal use.

I actually enjoy the multi-shot boxes the best. There's a duration, inherently safer and some are quite entertaining.

We our saving our mortars and mortar bombs for the coming Canadian invasion. We can quickly deploy them along the trench lines we dug out a couple years ago. Oh wait, this is about fireworks. My bad.

I welcome the land of maple syrup and outrageous kindness as our overlords... nationalized health care please.

DWags wrote:

SawGreen wrote:We do fireworks more years than not, but I will never use mortars (tubes) again. There have been a few misfires/failures and it only took 2 for me to ban them from personal use.

I actually enjoy the multi-shot boxes the best. There's a duration, inherently safer and some are quite entertaining.

Didn’t a mortar kill the hockey goalie?

How did the Tennessee thread go to suggesting titles for country ballads?

AvgMSUJoe wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

We our saving our mortars and mortar bombs for the coming Canadian invasion. We can quickly deploy them along the trench lines we dug out a couple years ago. Oh wait, this is about fireworks. My bad.

I welcome the land of maple syrup and outrageous kindness as our overlords... nationalized health care please.

You're going to love punting on third down.

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Turtleneck wrote:[tw]1415023788777934850?s=21[/tw]

The GOP, dragging us back to 1950 one step at a time.

Jake from State Farm wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:[tw]1415023788777934850?s=21[/tw]

The GOP, dragging us back to 1950 one step at a time.

Freedumb

Is she from Tennessee?

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Turtleneck wrote:Is she from Tennessee?

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No, she’s from Nashville.

If republicans in TN have their way, it won't even matter how young your cousin is when you marry her.

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