What are your plans for the Fourth of July?

[smirkymonkey]

I mean, besides starting a Civil War.

Tell us where you are going, what you are having to eat and what you really think of fireworks!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

1. Not sure, but it'll include

drinking brown liquor! 🥃

[GoneOffShore]

2. Go down the pub for a pint.

Avoid the news.

Try not to think about the weather that we'll be facing when we return to Philadelphia.

And if anyone asks me where I'm from, the answer will be Canada.

[SamKnause]

3. I will be at home alone in the air conditioning.

I am making meatloaf and all the fixings tomorrow.

I will be eating leftovers on the 4th.

I am out of cannabis and that sucks major.

[smirkymonkey]

9. I'm thinking that might be my plan as well.

I can't deal with this heat. Besides, I don't really like crowds. However, I don't know if I am feeling ambitious enough to cook a big meal. Will probably just do a fruit and cheese plate or something.

[hermetic]

4. If the shooting isn't too bad around here

I'll BBQ some ribs and fry up some purple potatoes I got at the Farmer's Market Saturday. Yum. And some of these.. I'll be able to see the local fireworks display from my patio, so that's a plus.

[Siwsan]

5. Probably weed the flower beds and hope for rain

The forecast is for 90 degrees, so maybe after the weeding and before the hoped for rain I'll drink a Shandy, or two, in the shade of my maple tree.

[fierywoman]

33. Every weed I pull out I pretend is a Trump voter who's come over to us. Makes weeding fun.

[Siwsan]

35. Ok, that's funny because I do the same thing!!

And don't even ask what I'm visualizing when I grab the pruning sheers!!

[fierywoman]

38. ROFLMAO!

[eppur_se_muova]

6. I plan to visit Effigy, if I can ever find it with Google Maps.

I heard they're planning to burn 45 there.

[Golden Raisin]

7. Quietly weeping for the rapid demise

and daily destruction under Trump and his complicit Republicans of the Republic, the Constitution, Law and Order and even a semblance of decency or class.

[jpak]

8. Guns and Liquor

And Fightin'

But mostly Guns and Liquor.

Freedumb!

[smirkymonkey]

10. Great combination!

It's a day for going all out!

[jpak]

11. Hold my beer...

Y'all watch this....

[smirkymonkey]

12. *snort*

I see a Darwin Award in your future!

[Freddie]

13. It's my husband's birthday

He'll be 60. Actually we never do much entertaining (or drinking) on the 4th because we play in a community concert band and have our towns big July 4 band concert and fireworks shindig. Tons of patriotic music. I love playing in the band but the patriotic crap turns my stomach anymore.

[MountainMama]

39. I hear ya...

I play in a band as well. Last week at rehearsal, the director pulled out the national anthem and I just couldn't play it. I faked my way through it.

[jmowreader]

14. I can't go anywhere until after the parade

Strangely enough, I have the Fourth off this year - it falls on a Wednesday, which is one of my days off.

However, I live on the city's parade route...so it's either get out of the fart sack at 3 am so I can get out of town before they close the streets, or stay in place until 11 am when the parade ends.

I may drive to Wallace and walk the Pulaski Trail - three miles up the side of a mountain to an abandoned mine opening.

[Dulcinea]

15. Running in my 23rd Peachtree Road Race.

My daughter the track star will run in her 3rd. She blows me off the course! After that our family is invited to a pool party at a friend's, followed by fireworks. I love fireworks! The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays, along with Thanksgiving!

https://www.atlantatrackclub.org/Peachtree

[Hoyt]

28. Impressive -- 23. Used to ride my bike a good distance to watch, but too hot running (well, probably

walking in my case) and they start way to early nowadays. Have a good run.

[Phentex]

41. My family is doing this too!

I will try not to die. Each year, I think I might die but so far I have manged to live. I am a weirdo who hopes for rain because it's much cooler.

Good luck!

[Dulcinea]

43. Same to you!

No, you won't die. Stay hydrated & pace yourself! Unless you can run a 10K in 35 minutes or less, the Peachtree is an event. You're doing it for the shirt!

[bottomofthehill]

16. Going to the concert at the US Capitol

Live on the West Front. It’s usually a pretty good concert with something for everyone, below from PBS

The country’s longest-running live national July 4 TV tradition will feature all-star musical performances by: multi-platinum selling music legend Jimmy Buffett with the Broadway cast of the new musical Escape To Margaritaville, making their first stop after Broadway at the U.S. Capitol before launching a national tour; ‘America’s Band,” the iconic multi-platinum selling music legends The Beach Boys; three-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling artist Pentatonix; multi-platinum pop singer and songwriter Andy Grammer; theatrical icon and one of Broadway’s greatest triple-threat talents Chita Rivera; legendary Motown stars The Temptations; acclaimed multi-platinum country music singer-songwriter and winner of the iHeartRadio Music Award for Best New Country Artist Luke Combs; country music star and American Idol alum Lauren Alaina; 12-time Grammy Award-winner and gospel legend CeCe Winans; internationally acclaimed Grammy award winning violinist Joshua Bell; and The Voice Season 14 finalist Kyla Jade; with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly.

[bottomofthehill]

17. Great fireworks display too

[mnhtnbb]

56. Sounds like a good concert this year. I might watch on TV in my air conditioned apartment.

[bottomofthehill]

63. There was even a good crowd at the rehearsal last night

[DFW]

18. No fireworks here at all, just another ordinary workday here

But I have been invited by Amerika-Haus Rheinland, a bi-cultural organization, for an informal evening of cookouts, discussions, etc. with German officials and the US Consul-General down in Köln (Cologne), so I'm going.

Originally, my wife was going to come with me, but she can't, so I am taking a German friend who used to be Station Chief for West German Radio News in Moscow for 5 years. He is very interested in the USA but has never been there. I can't stay long, though, as I have to be at the Düsseldorf airport at 6:00 the next morning.

(California Peggy or LM, if either of you see this, it's who we had dinner with at the ArabesQ).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Tell him hello from us!

I'm sorry your wife can't be there. I know she would have enjoyed it.

[DFW]

21. She was disappointed, too

But she is a volunteer board member of the Save The Children initiative here, and they had an important strategy meeting planned for this time slot months ago, and she had completely forgotten it. As it is, she is still up north with her mom, trying desperately to find her some round-the-clock care. She was planning to come back this evening, but just can't get everything set up, so she is staying to tomorrow early afternoon, and then hoping she doesn't run into enough traffic to make her late for the meeting.

I am meeting some people from the Ukraine tomorrow morning, but should be done in plenty of time to meet our friend in Köln and get to the venue. I had to clear him, but when they heard who he was, it took all of maybe 3 minutes (now you KNOW the government wasn't involved!).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. I can believe the government wasn't involved in that, lol!

Please tell your lovely wife how sorry I am to hear what she's dealing with. It's a tough place to be, for sure. I hope all will work out for her and her mom.

[DFW]

36. She was a social worker for decades

She'll figure it out. I just hope she manages before we are to leave for the States. That would be one sad start to a vacation watching those first few sunsets without her.

[vercetti2021]

20. Work

I'm working from 6 AM to 8 PM tomorrow. I need the holiday overtime and it's a double.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

22. Nowhere, nothing special, hang around the house and try to get some cleaning done. NT

[yellowdogintexas]

47. which is what I should try to do.

There is the chance we may connect with my husband's brother and his family. We owe him a churn full of vanilla ice cream from his birthday and tomorrow would be a good day to make it

[Aristus]

23. Stay home and do chores.

There's nothing else worth doing right now.

[geardaddy]

25. going to stay at a hotel downtown

and relax, swim and maybe go to the fireworks.

[PasadenaTrudy]

26. Keeping my dog calm

will be the main priority. Netflix and chill, avoiding people...the usual.

[smirkymonkey]

27. Sounds like a good plan.

4th of July is kind of like the summer version of New Year's Eve for me - too many people out, especially too many drunk people and too many transportation issues. I'd rather stay home and watch movies too!

[Girard442]

29. Hanging out with close friends. Probably skipping any fireworks or other major events.

If I hear Lee Greenwood's "Proud to be an American" playing, some proctologists might be called to the ER to remove MAGA hats.

[MFM008]

30. None

Nothing. This is the second July 4 the 8 of us have skipped on.
We feel there is nothing to celebrate at this time.

[47of74]

67. Same here

I didn't do much of anything today. Didn't really feel like celebrating.

[Yonnie3]

31. We have three events "we" are working.

Since I'm retired (sort of) and not scheduled to work, I will possibly end up being called to be a runner to deal with missing and broken stuff. That means sober and available for calls and texts.

No special food is planned and it is too damn hot outside to do much. TJ gets off work at 7:30 tomorrow morning which makes the day difficult. A drive up to a hill overlooking the city where we would be able to see fireworks at multiple locations is a possibility.

That's it. Boring aren't I.

[Iggo]

32. It's fuckin' Wednesday.

So...nothin'.

[ghostsinthemachine]

34. High Sierra music festival

In line waiting to get in. About a 2 hr drive after packing.anotther year fireworks free.

[Frustratedlady]

37. I'm going to get caught up tomorrow from the hours I've spent on the phone, today!

I was trying to rectify an error on my Medicare record where they were still listing my auto insurance company as the primary insurer after an accident in 2015. I have been on the phone since 11:00 with them and if they thanked me once for my patience, they did it 137 times. My left ear is burning and I still have ONE MORE CALL to finish the process.

WOW!

Happy Fourth of July to all the DUrs. Meet you at the Civil War.

NOTE: One saving grace during my marathon calls to Medicare is that I was able to spend time reading the Civil War love letters home. There is a lot of talent with Democrats. Some of those are classics. If you haven't read them, do so. They will give you a chuckle.

[yellowdogintexas]

48. so is there a whole thread of Civil War 2 love letters?

I have seen a few scattered here and there

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

50. There's a hilarious Twitter thread.

Check #SecondCivilWarLetters. Comedy gold! Here's an example:

Link to tweet

[mahatmakanejeeves]

71. Thanks for the tip.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/SecondCivilWarLetters

I was away from computers for 36 hours. I got so much done.

[HipChick]

40. Fly my Union Jack..

and have a nice British pub lunch..

[Phentex]

42. Peachtree Road Race 10K...

followed by 2 aleve, a hot bath, a nap and then a dinner of bratwurst and hot dogs.

I love fireworks and may go to a neighborhood nearby to watch but I am usually too wiped out and I like to stay with my dogs in case they are upset.

[Dave Starsky]

44. Mrs. Starsky and I are going to see that Mr. Rogers movie.

We can't think of any better way to celebrate the Fourth than by honoring one of our greatest Americans by seeing the movie made about him.

Plus, the theater is air-conditioned.

[smirkymonkey]

45. You will have to check back in and give us a review!

Being in a cool movie theater sounds like a good way to spend the holiday!

[Dave Starsky]

69. It was excellent.

I watched another documentary about him a while back, hosted by Michael Keaton (who got his start in show biz working for Mr. Rogers), and so I was familiar with much of the material already. But this film had a lot of footage I had never seen before, along with insightful interviews with his family and coworkers. It dealt more with his philosophies and what shaped him rather than the nuts and bolts of making his shows.

This movie does make you weep, in parts. You really see how far we've fallen as a society, but it reminds you that if a Fred Rogers came along once, we can all be that way again.

[smirkymonkey]

70. Thank you! I would really like to see it.

I'm glad you enjoyed the film!

[ailsagirl]

46. Enjoying a relaxing day off work

No fireworks, just reading and catching up on overdue chores

Heaven!

[yellowdogintexas]

49. Possibly go over to Red, Hot and Blue for some good BBQ

It is the one place in FW where I can find BBQ like we ate back in KY on the 4th. Also Red, Hot and Blue has the absolute finest potato salad I have ever eaten; I even like it better than my own; and the best fried okra in town.

On the other hand, I may make enchiladas.

[doc03]

51. Go on early morning bicycle ride and go to outdoor concert to hear symphony

play and watch fireworks in the evening..

[Glorfindel]

52. Finish packing for a week-long Caribbean vacation

I refuse to check a bag, so packing is an art...getting the most possible stuff into two bags, one for overhead and one for under the seat. I've pretty well got it figured out, though. This will be my first trip out of the US since 2007. I'm really looking forward to it.

[mnhtnbb]

57. Fun! What island? Or a cruise?

I have done two week trips with carry on only. Packing for summer is easier as clothes aren't as bulky. It can be done!

[Glorfindel]

58. Antigua. Not a cruise.

From the looks of things, it's a beautiful little island, perfect for just totally relaxing. Forty of us are going as a group, to celebrate my cousin's 50th wedding anniversary. What's giving me the most trouble packing is a blazer, as we're expected to dress for dinner. I may just wear the damn thing!

[mnhtnbb]

59. Yes to wearing the blazer. You can take it off on the plane and put it on top of luggage

in the overhead bin. Just keep an eye that someone else doesn't bunch it up to shove their stuff in.

Sounds like a great trip. Always fun to go with a group.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

53. Attending a Sci-fi convention for the next 4 days.....

Called CONvergence.

6,000 of my fellow Geeks who like to Cosplay, Game, wear cool costumes, watch unique movies, go to panels, etc.

[HeiressofBickworth]

54. Canning

Daughter and her husband bought four flats raspberries, two flats blackberries and two flats tayberries (a local hybred). I've put up ten jars so far. Probably will do ten more before I go to bed and the rest tomorrow.

I make enough jam that I only need to do it every two years. When my daughter was young (she's 50 now) I used to do a lot of canning. Raspberry, strawberry,peach jams as well as corn, peaches, plums (cousin had a tree), apricots, tomato juice, spaghetti sauce and I don't remember what else. There were shelves full! I was married at the time and I had a full time job. Can't remember why I bothered making my own. The family seems to still like the jam and being retired, I have few demands on my time. They will all be at a cookout tomorrow and I'll have the kitchen to myself!

[Awsi Dooger]

55. Visit the cemetery

Would have been my dad's 85th birthday

I'll walk around the nearby lake a couple of times at roughly 9 PM. Residents always have major fireworks displays above that lake.

Then I'll go back home and recline by the pool listening to more fireworks but not actually seeing many of them.

That has been my standard July 4th fare since my dad died in late 2012

[smirkymonkey]

61. I'm sorry to hear about your dad. It's so sad when someone you love dies on

or around a holiday. It's sad at anytime, but for some reason the fact that other people are celebrating at a time when you are mourning makes it that much more difficult. Be good to yourself today.

[47of74]

66. Sorry for your loss.

The 15th anniversary of my Grandma's passing is tomorrow so I'll probably head up to the cemetery to visit her if not tomorrow then before next Sunday.

[MerryBlooms]

60. Yard and garden work. BBQ ribs, huge salad and angel food cake with berries.

My Manx panics when he hears loud sounds (storms, fireworks, sometimes trucks, he even runs from tinfoil), so there will be lots of cuddling tonight trying to keep him calm. Probably watch a movie...

[femmocrat]

62. Nothing special, just some picnic foods.

It is too hot here to go outside so we're skipping the pool. The kids are coming home this weekend instead. We'll have our celebration then. Happy Fourth of July, DU!

[csziggy]

64. I stayed home alone and streamed TV shows all day

I thought about buying some hamburger meat and cooking one for my dinner, but I had a pizza in the freezer so I got a can of anchovies and treated myself to pizza for the first time in six months.

My husband drove to Panama City to spend the last holiday at his childhood home. His Mom died last year and they are putting the house on the market in the next few weeks. He and his siblings were planning a cookout, packing up stuff, and then going to the bay to watch the fireworks.

I hate fireworks (though we've got our share going off in the neighborhood) and my back wouldn't let me ride the hours in the car or on folding chairs at the old house. Staying home, watching TV, and working on needlework was more soothing.

[smirkymonkey]

65. Happy 4th Everyone!

Hopefully next year, we will have something to celebrate!

[LeftInTX]

68. Went to a pool party...got rained on!!!

But we're in a drought, so it was cool!