WEBVTT - Neighborhood Firework War

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<v Speaker 1>All right, it's Mojo in the morning. I got to

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<v Speaker 1>go on record that I do complain about this every

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<v Speaker 1>single year. I always forget where I live. I live

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<v Speaker 1>in a town called West Bloomfield, Michigan, and for some reason,

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<v Speaker 1>the people that I live by have expendable income to

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<v Speaker 1>go out and waste money on things called fireworks. I

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<v Speaker 1>am not kidding you. For the last week or so

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<v Speaker 1>week and a half, I have been every single night

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<v Speaker 1>trying to lay my head to sleep at nine thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>ten o'clock, ten thirty, eleven o'clock, eleven thirty, and I

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<v Speaker 1>cannot fall asleep because all I hear is put boom

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<v Speaker 1>boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>coming from all over the place. It's coming from the east,

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<v Speaker 1>it's coming from the west, it's coming from the north,

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<v Speaker 1>it's coming from the south. It's all over Waterford's even

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<v Speaker 1>popping them off Commerce Township's got a couple of them

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<v Speaker 1>going off Orchard Lake.

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<v Speaker 2>Big.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's gotten to a point now where I am tired,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm going to say this to you. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>going to listen to you complain that the shell station

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<v Speaker 1>at Hiller in Commerce Road has four dollars and forty

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<v Speaker 1>five cent gas.

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<v Speaker 2>Because if you can blow.

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<v Speaker 1>Off fireworks in the sky that probably are costing you,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, we gotta be or let's say fifty

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<v Speaker 1>bucks a box, you know, or whatever it is, and

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<v Speaker 1>then maybe they who knows how much they get, how

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<v Speaker 1>many they get. Then you shouldn't complain about the high

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<v Speaker 1>prices of gas, because I'm telling you it has gotten

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<v Speaker 1>to be insane. I don't know. Call me up and

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<v Speaker 1>tell me how much money you spend on these fireworks.

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<v Speaker 3>I am always blown away pun intended by the dollar

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<v Speaker 3>amount that people spend on fireworks, like I can't wrap

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<v Speaker 3>my brain around spending, you know, two thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one of those people do have. It's one of.

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<v Speaker 1>Those things where you would say, Okay, well, maybe it's

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<v Speaker 1>the lakes or the communities firing off. It's not because

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<v Speaker 1>I know when they're doing theirs, and those are always

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<v Speaker 1>done right, They are always done ten oh three read

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<v Speaker 1>they light them off in by ten fifteen or ten twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>they're completely done. These ones are just random.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I would much rather have the early fireworks

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<v Speaker 4>than the post July four, fireworks because to me, that

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<v Speaker 4>like July fourth, okay fifth, if you ask some leftovers,

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<v Speaker 4>get them out the way. When it starts getting later

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<v Speaker 4>in the and you're still blowing, I got a jot along.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this is my by way, this is actual slash,

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<v Speaker 1>this is this is live right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is life.

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<v Speaker 1>West one, I think I think that you have to

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<v Speaker 1>look at the law. But I think the law is

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<v Speaker 1>it's July first to sometime a right, but so it

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<v Speaker 1>ends not so it's not even last.

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<v Speaker 5>Night they were so loud.

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<v Speaker 3>Somebody was doing them around my house and West kept going,

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<v Speaker 3>is it thundering? Like is there a thunderstorm? I'm like, no,

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<v Speaker 3>it's freaking fireworks.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually Actually, you know what I did last night? I

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<v Speaker 1>yelled at lukecause Luke's room is right above our room.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm like, Luke, what are you doing up there?

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<v Speaker 2>And Chelsea goes.

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<v Speaker 1>Chelsea goes, I think he's sleeping right now, like it was,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was because it's sounded like it was that

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<v Speaker 1>close in my u my house.

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<v Speaker 2>Shout out, what's his name? Remember?

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<v Speaker 6>Pat?

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<v Speaker 4>I met him like through here at Exotic.

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<v Speaker 1>Pat who used to own Entertainment Express limousines.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, so Pat I met him through here in that year.

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<v Speaker 4>I was like, you know what, I want to be

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<v Speaker 4>the firework provider for my family. The most I spen

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<v Speaker 4>it was seven hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 5>I remember, Yeah, I had.

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<v Speaker 4>I had a lot of fireworks, but that was that's

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<v Speaker 4>my He's still own. It's like in Dearborn or Dearborn Heights, right,

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<v Speaker 4>like you still got it. But I'm planning to go

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<v Speaker 4>this year. I want to do it again.

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<v Speaker 6>All of these are illegal because it says you can't

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<v Speaker 6>start until June twenty ninth through July fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what, I'm calling the Policecy Michigan.

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<v Speaker 2>What's going on? Olga?

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<v Speaker 7>Hi?

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<v Speaker 5>First time time?

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<v Speaker 2>Hold on, Olga, hold on real quick. I'm watching. I'm watching. Ooh,

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on? I'm sorry? What were you going to say?

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<v Speaker 7>No, I was just calling to agree with you that

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<v Speaker 7>West Boomfield is the absolute worst for the fireworks. Like

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<v Speaker 7>every single night, the kids keep waking up, the dog

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<v Speaker 7>keeps just going crazy, I mean awful.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't get me started on the dogs. I thank god

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<v Speaker 1>my one dog's death now because he is the worst

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<v Speaker 1>out of all of them, because he was petrified he'd

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<v Speaker 1>be shaking and they would never want to go outside

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<v Speaker 1>to go pee.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta sedatum. Yeah, yeah, we're in West Bloomfield, are

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<v Speaker 2>you allga?

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<v Speaker 7>I'm on Drake between fourteen and fifteen or fifteen and sixteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, all right, cool, all right? Well, has the cannon

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<v Speaker 2>struck you? No?

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<v Speaker 1>The neighbor with the cannon. I actually kind of like

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<v Speaker 1>because he only does it three times a year. He

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<v Speaker 1>does it fourth of July or no. He guys a

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<v Speaker 1>Memorial Day forth of July and Labor Day.

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<v Speaker 5>So he gives everybody a warning.

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<v Speaker 2>Two day he gives a warning shot. Yeah, Sean, what's

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<v Speaker 2>going on? Sean?

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<v Speaker 8>Hey, the reason why they're doing that. You gotta find

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<v Speaker 8>the garage guy.

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<v Speaker 2>There's always that one.

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<v Speaker 1>Guy that has the garage full of fireworks and he

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<v Speaker 1>sell him a dime a dozen.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, that's interesting. I never know that works like. He's

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<v Speaker 2>always that one guy. For some reason.

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<v Speaker 1>He goes out and he finds fireworks, and you go

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<v Speaker 1>in the garage and he's loaded with fireworks.

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<v Speaker 2>The walls are loaded and dime a dozen.

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<v Speaker 1>Go ahead and get him, and now you got all

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<v Speaker 1>day from two hundred bucks. Don't smoke in that guy's garage, right,

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<v Speaker 1>it would be a bad idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Do not do that. Do not do that. Big explosions,

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<v Speaker 2>the fireworks, the big explosions. Thank you for the call.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate it. Favion is on with us right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi Favion, Hey, how you good? Good buddy? What's going on?

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<v Speaker 7>So? When I turned eighteen, I spent about two thousand

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<v Speaker 7>dollars with some fireworks.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, eighteen?

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<v Speaker 5>How fast did you go through those?

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<v Speaker 9>Uh? They took a long time.

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<v Speaker 8>I had enough for like two days.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you light each one individually?

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<v Speaker 6>Like?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you the guy?

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<v Speaker 1>And then has to have to like run, Yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not lighting off fireworks ever since the weather guy uh

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<v Speaker 1>here in town lost his eyeball, you know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Dave Rex rock yours friends and the family, right, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>got the finals. Yeah he deserved it. No, he's a

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<v Speaker 2>good man.

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<v Speaker 5>That was sad, that's sad story.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but that's I guarantee he's not lighting fireworks off anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>What's going on?

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<v Speaker 5>Jay?

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<v Speaker 2>Hi? J? What's up?

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<v Speaker 6>Hi this? T J?

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<v Speaker 5>How are you well?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, TJ. We got to make sure I put

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<v Speaker 2>that in differently. What's going on? T J?

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<v Speaker 5>I think I live in the area where you live at.

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<v Speaker 6>I live off Square Lake in Middle Belt, Okay, and

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<v Speaker 6>they are going off the hand and Lake Long Time Lake,

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<v Speaker 6>Georgia Lake, all the lakes got fireworks and I'm tired over.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, get ready because it's it's only just begun, TJ.

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<v Speaker 1>You're going to be tired for a while. Now, what

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<v Speaker 1>do you do TJ? For a living?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay? This woman's got to get to work.

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<v Speaker 1>Not everybody's off right. I wonder what they do, but TJ,

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder what they all do for a living? Like

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder what all these people that spend.

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<v Speaker 5>All this did you guys see, I'm just reading. I

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<v Speaker 5>want to know what do they do?

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<v Speaker 6>They liquor store of the gas.

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<v Speaker 1>It's that's funny.

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<v Speaker 2>What were you say?

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<v Speaker 9>So, I'm just reading a story that's like breaking right

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<v Speaker 9>now that Michigan officials say that more than seventeen thousand

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<v Speaker 9>pounds of illegal fireworks and explosives were just taken off

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<v Speaker 9>the streets during a multi phase investigation estimated to be

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<v Speaker 9>worth more than two hundred thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>The story coming out of Garden City counterfeit fireworks.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think.

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<v Speaker 5>About counterfeit illegal.

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<v Speaker 2>What do they? What are they? How are they are legal?

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<v Speaker 3>They're overloaded explosive devices that were marked as consumer fireworks

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<v Speaker 3>and they were just so they were like not they

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<v Speaker 3>were professional grain, which requires special licensing and special storage,

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<v Speaker 3>and people were just.

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<v Speaker 5>Had them at their houses. They got to be kept

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<v Speaker 5>at a certain temperature some priorage.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh got it, they're extra Like.

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<v Speaker 5>We look at some of these. That's all fireworks. Oh

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<v Speaker 5>my god, somebody just had that in their garage.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me see it one more time. I think looks

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<v Speaker 2>like it looks like a flower pot with creator.

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<v Speaker 1>Hold on, Ali, your neighbor spends ten grand on fireworks?

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<v Speaker 2>What?

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<v Speaker 8>Yes, I swear?

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<v Speaker 2>Does he do? Yeah? What does he do for a living? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a it's a she.

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<v Speaker 8>She she used to work for a DT down in Port.

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<v Speaker 7>You're on.

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<v Speaker 8>I won't send the location, but it's so crazy that

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<v Speaker 8>they we block off both sides of the road and

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<v Speaker 8>we don't allow cars. The cops got called before, and

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<v Speaker 8>there's like, I want to say, twenty pallets of fireworks

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<v Speaker 8>that are just ready to go.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you like this?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Oh I love it? Really?

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<v Speaker 1>You you're not picking up You're not you're not picking

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<v Speaker 1>up wrappers in your yard,