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WHY ? FFS WHY ?
Fireworks!
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It is Diwali .
I don't have an issue with it so long as it's over by 11.00
Better than the yanks who live nearby and it's like WW3 way after midnight when all the windows are open
I don't have an issue with it so long as it's over by 11.00
Better than the yanks who live nearby and it's like WW3 way after midnight when all the windows are open
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Possibly got 1 family nearby who may celebrate that, but its not them. Its like " We give £350 million a week to the EU, lets buy fireworks instead"
It's like people have money to burn.
Those of us with pets curse the expansion of firework usage 
Once it was just the 5th and the nearest Saturday.
Now firworks start around late October and carry on into Nov, then at variousbtimes through to the Christmas period and New Year.
And they are no longer Catherines wheels n roman candles. Almost all fireworks now seem to be large rockets of some type or other.
Once it was just the 5th and the nearest Saturday.
Now firworks start around late October and carry on into Nov, then at variousbtimes through to the Christmas period and New Year.
And they are no longer Catherines wheels n roman candles. Almost all fireworks now seem to be large rockets of some type or other.
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Indeed. I detest people moaning about fireworks. More than that I detest the "think of my pets" brigade. I've had pets all my life. None of them have ever batted an eyelid at fireworks going off. Perhaps some folks have "wet wipes" for pets.
What amuses me is that what amounts to "explosives" albeit a very, very low grade Explosive is available to anyone?
These things are if used incorrectly can be and are Dangerous
Where am I coming from? I as a hobby shoot a target rifle, the constraints on Firearms, and ammunition as opposed to "Fireworks" is best described as Chalk and Cheese.
OK the chemicals used in Fireworks are no where as [shall I call it Volatile] as the propellants in Cartridges, never the less given my background in Shooting, I find it astounding that Joe Public can access what in effect are low grade Explosives, all without licenses and security checks?
Ken
These things are if used incorrectly can be and are Dangerous
Where am I coming from? I as a hobby shoot a target rifle, the constraints on Firearms, and ammunition as opposed to "Fireworks" is best described as Chalk and Cheese.
OK the chemicals used in Fireworks are no where as [shall I call it Volatile] as the propellants in Cartridges, never the less given my background in Shooting, I find it astounding that Joe Public can access what in effect are low grade Explosives, all without licenses and security checks?
Ken
I once saw a fully grown adult striking an unprotected vesta near other humans recently. I was shocked.
Hmmmmmmm...vesta packet curries...they were happy days
I have very bad memories of a Vesta Beef curry coming back up, vowed never to eat another one!.
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I have nothing against fireworks when used correctly, i.e, an organized display, or a few in the garden around about November 5th. What I don't agree with is letting them off at any old time of year for no apparent reason. As for grumpy neighbours, well, we seem to have them move in next door on a regular basis, but they never stay long.
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It wasn't the 6 pints of pish that you necked beforehand to blame then?
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Would that not have been 7 pints, a "Party Seven" ?
No, I was stone cold sober.
Body took all the moisture out of it and solid lumps came back up.
Shame really as I used to like them!.
