[Nautilus]

Great thread title.

[invasuant]

San Diego has had a lot of stress at work lately, you can't blame it

[TobaccoNUE]

It must be hard to find someone who understands explosives in San Diego, what with the military in town.

[Mabeavyledlib]

Hehe, more than likely the city did what they always do and went with the lowest bidder. More often than not cheapest /= best.

[ireleda]

Unfortunately San Diego wasn't the only town with fireworks trouble. I went to see the fireworks in Fairfax City and for some reason they ended the show five minutes early because there was some accident. I'm not sure if anyone got hurt; I hope not.

[sasaderesada]

Sorta brings the whole "dumping money in the ocean" expression to life rather spectacularly.

[carfAball]

Unfortunately San Diego wasn't the only town with fireworks trouble. I went to see the fireworks in Fairfax City and for some reason they ended the show five minutes early because there was some accident. I'm not sure if anyone got hurt; I hope not.

Last year the company doing the fireworks in my neighborhood (which is a much smaller show than downtown or the other big areas) miscalculated how long the fusses should be on the fireworks so they ended up going off too close to the ground. As a result they set the roof of the local high school on fire. :doh:

[PhilipBartew]

Sometimes it ends about as well as if it was. Almost as bad as one of Laz's DIY projects.

[Progniusis]

Hehe, more than likely the city did what they always do and went with the lowest bidder. More often than not cheapest /= best.

Just think, you fly on aircraft built by the lowest bidder.

[Grarypealumma]

I went out to a supposed BBQ place today and found the experience very unsatisfying. They claimed their meat was smoked but when you ask the clerk they "do a smoke finish"; I had no idea what that meant so I asked for more details and basically it means they grill the meat and then put it in a smoker for like 10 minutes before servicing it. I felt ripped off. The reason I brought the subject up is because when they brought me the food there was no determinable smoke ring on it all. WTF? How can there be no smoke ring but they still advertise it as BBQ?