Laurence Wilson Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 We live in a house with a thatched roof; next door live in a house with a thatched roof; half the houses in this village have thatched roofs and the ******** behind us have a bonfire and are letting off fireworks above our house ❗ ❗ NOT HAPPY Peardrop Edited by - Peardrop on 3 Nov 2003 20:30:43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowly Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 This is simple, Just get onto your roof with a hose and stand damping down your roof until the party is over, stop complaining killjoy 😬 Owner of H979 FNH The Wombat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 call the FD and tell em the effers have set thing alight....that's bound to stop it... or get a hose and mist 'em Steve B Big Black Beast^3 SV VHPD Join us on the USA 2005 tour......HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper nut Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Simple, dont live in hickville 😬 You're only suppose to blow the blo*dy doors off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Normuss Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 I bet you smoke in your house 🤔 Burning incendries in your own home, how safe is that 😬 😬 Seek forgiveness, not permission. 1700 X-Flow. The sweet sound of carbs!!! Look out, I'm armed and dangerous!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbarella Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 Steve_B has the right idea. Tell the stupid 🙆🏻's that you are protecting your property and turn the hose on them. On Wednesday there will be a huge firework display about half a mile from the house organised by Portsmouth CC. Over the last few nights there have been various garden bonfire parties. One cat has taken up residence under some shelves in the kitchen, on hearing any loud noise or seeing flashes from fireworks the other runs for a tiny space in the spare room between some boxes and the wall. They are TERRIFIED. However I don't suppose any amount of pressure from the RSPCA/PDSA etc would persuade the PCC to stop this display or move it to somewhere that the noise will scare as few animals as possible. I was thinking of a barge moored offshore in the Solent. Your entertainment is not justified if it hurts someone or something else. Se7en's - the most fun you can have with clothes on Barbarella here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Woods Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 I hate fireworks being on sale to the general public *mad* This nanny state wont let us (eg) buy more than 32 paracetemol tablets at a time in case it makes us sick yet its perfectly ok to go and buy a bl**dy great explosive device and endanger the lives and property of other people with it. . Yet doing 34mph in a 30 limit on empty roads in the middle of the night is a crime worthy of being hung drawn and quartered I'm not overly keen on organised fireworks either, as Sharon & I were set on fire a few years ago by a rocket which misfired fortunately without injury and they paid for the damage to our clothing. In todays claim for everything culture we could probably have made quite a bit of cash from it but we werent quite so moneygrabbing back then Rant over, i feel much better now Edit :- i did a search on fireworks on the BBC news page and the results are startling - see here Nick P8MRA - Red and Black 1.6K supersport Edited by - Nick Woods on 4 Nov 2003 09:27:34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 Oh dear ☹️ I love fireworks, and the noisier the better... ...but... whereas I think it is not unreasonable to expect people to keep their pets in for one night of the year, it *is* annoying that fireworks are spread over such a wide period these days. Out newly aquired former stray (who has only just been allowed to start staying overnight from this previous w/e) disappeared for the whole of yesterday and really quite worried us. [political rant]I see that the government (ha!) has jumped on another bandwagon and is likely to further restrict firework sales from small shops due to a couple of yobby happenings during the last week. Blair jerks his knees so hard and so often, it wouldn't surprise me if he was once the minister for silly walks[/political rant] Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Crudders Posted November 4, 2003 Area Representative Share Posted November 4, 2003 It's a bit more than "a couple of yobby happenings" in my neck of the woods Myles ☹️ Fireworks are going off 24 hours a day and phone boxes, letter boxes, bins, even Anne Widdicombe apparently are being targetted by these mischievous little scamps. Don't you find it odd that we're increasingly isolated from risk and danger in virtually every walk of life, but we (and rather more worryingly, our children) are able to buy explosives over the counter It was dangerous enough when I was a kid, when 'bangers' really should have been called 'phutters', but the Chinese fireworks available these days are HUGE BANG! Haaaaar Haaaaar, wot a larf! Well I haven't had an uninterrupted night's sleep for weeks and I'm not bloody laughing Angry of Sidcup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Crudders - I agree and that is a shame. 24 hours flash bangs are a no no. I think the sale of f/works should be limited to 18+ yrs - a driving lic. (photo) or passport should be used as proof of age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 FIRE 😳 Supercheese R250 Caterham pictures here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Quite agree. Once a year, or even a few displays spread over a week is enough. Round me, every weekend in summer sees someone having a birthday party that culminates in a re-creation of the battle of Jutland over their lawn at midnight. Wakes everyone up, scares every dog and cat in the neighbourhood and leaves a trail of spent ordnance over the surrounding area. We seem to have avoided the worst excesses of the fireworks-as-bazookas epidemic, but Imeantersay, what's the sense in letting people buy this dangerous stuff over the counter when I have to sign a legal waiver to buy a burger cooked medium rare?!?! I still like big, well organised displays at the appropriate time, though. In summary: keep it special, keep it to November 5th and let the pros do it. Meldrew speaks. I thank you. 😬 Vote for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 you've been had Meldrew.. Mr Davis being pesky again! and I think they did listen to you.. I belive there is a law in place now restricting fireworks to certain times of day & the year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Agreed, I don't believe they should be on sale to anybody other than licensed people who use them for public displays only and where the appropriate safety measures can be taken. And we have to stop our 2 cats from going out to watch fireworks as they both love 'em 😬 They will sit on the window sill for hours watching them. I swear you can hear them going OooooOOOOOooohhh........AaaaaaaAAAAaaahhhh 😬 😬 😬 Brent 2.3 DURATEC SV. Gad these things are expensive ❗ Edited by - BRENT CHISWICK on 3 Nov 2004 09:05:44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Quite so, Neil. Still, nothing like a good rant first thing in the morning to set me in the mood for the day. I feel better already. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Pah. I have a display most years for friends and family at my house, either for a joint birthday party for me and Miss Mav, or to celebrate Guy Fawkes. I have Large Single ignition cakes, that last for anywhere between 30 second and 3 minutes per cake. My Display usually lasts for 30 - 40 minutes, and I invite all of the neighbours, so they can't complain about the noise, the pets, or even just not being aware. I ensure that all of the people who attend are safe behind an 8 foot brick wall, that itself is over 20m friom where the fireworks are let off. A fire extinguisher, bucket of sand and a hose pipe are all set up and ready for use, should they ever bee needed (not so far and I've been doing this for the last 6 years or so... I do object to fireworks being sold to minors, and object ot Sparkelers completely, regardless of who they are to be used by. I enjoy fireworks at all times of the year, wether they be at a professional display, or a a celebration, so long as they are used in a controlled environment and are not accessable to minors / unresponsible people. Perhaps my views will change when I become an old fuddy duddy *tongue* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Oh, and I agree with Peardrops original point, they must be used in a sensible environment. I'd never dream of letting off fireworks in an area where there were loads of thatched roofs etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Hear, hear! I prefer market towns with plenty of greenhouses Evenin' all! Keep BC free and open for ALL. Membership No. 43xx Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buda Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 mav, I'm still shaking after your last display, I can't go out anymore, just in case is true about the 8ft wall though, mind you I hid behind the house because there was no room left behind the wall 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisb Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Flashes and bangs, that'll be the exhaust gasket leaking on the x-flow again 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 so Mav, is this years display on this w/e??? I might be passing chester on friday evening or sunday evening.. But anyway, all this safety smafety stuff is sooooo boring. I remember when at university 6 of us crowded into the 10' by 15' garden, and proceeded to launch fireworks by using 2 bricks to hold up a drain pipe and then lighting blue touch paper, stuffing the firework up the pipe and carefully stepping over the bonfire to get as far away as possible (about 5 '). far more fun!! no idea where half the fireworks went, but hey the beer was good!! 😬 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debert Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 BANG *idea* *idea* 😬 *idea* *idea* At last - The insurance company have got their finger out 😬 See the old Barbarella here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossybee Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I'd never dream of letting off............in an area where there were loads of thatched roofs etc... Wish Paul D could take heed Sssssssssssssssssssssssssscottish Sssssssssssssssssssssupersnot!!! here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Tis thin plastic that needs to be kept out of my way and of course Rossssssssssss I expect that you sell your f8rts rather than give them away for everyone to enjoy 😬 Supercheese R250 Caterham pictures here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossybee Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 But of course - if someones willing to pay, why let it go (no pun intended) for free? Sssssssssssssssssssssssssscottish Sssssssssssssssssssssupersnot!!! here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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