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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8582  
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or are people spending less money on fireworks this year?\
Brendan |
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5th Nov 2011 10:01pm |
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| Dave-H Member Since: 08 Feb 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1507  
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Been quieter on the build up til today .... but shedloads atm, like a warzone lol Guns and Landrovers .... anything else is irrelevant.
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5th Nov 2011 10:08pm |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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With nine dogs and six guests dogs the less the better
Yer I know grump grump grump  |
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5th Nov 2011 10:10pm |
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| VRO Member Since: 08 Apr 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 26  
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My poor dog has been terrified all evening and they are still going off round here
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5th Nov 2011 10:30pm |
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| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189 
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thought i was in a war zone earler.....
 BM52 |
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5th Nov 2011 10:46pm |
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| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731  
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Fireworks not allowed here unless New Years Eve... so we usually buy double and save half for next year's Guy Fawkes. We've kept the tradition and had Bonfire Night in our (pretty big) garden near Munich for the last 14 years and invited pretty much everyone we know. The German neighbours love it, particularly the cider my sons and I make - our elderly lady-neighbour gets pis*ed every year
So far no police problems with our half-hour firework tirades 
Thought it would be good to take a year off this year - seems very quiet  Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
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5th Nov 2011 11:39pm |
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| warren Member Since: 14 Oct 2009 Location: East Lancs. Posts: 903 
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Seems to be quite a few dirty takeways round here with hand written 'fireworks sold here' notes stuck in the window...
I know what you mean though, doesn't seem to be as much fuss this year as before |
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6th Nov 2011 12:51am |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5062 
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My dogs love the fireworks - they come and watch them with me...more fireworks the better - bring them on, i personally like the commercial ones - £20 a rocket in the garage 1 left for maximum firework pleasure Mike
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6th Nov 2011 4:10pm |
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| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731
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Funnily enough my aunt (88 years and still going strong
 ) who lives in Colchester phoned me today and also said it was unusually quiet. She thought people didn't have as much money to spend this year... could she be right? Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
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6th Nov 2011 4:35pm |
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| rossy Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Co. Roscommon Posts: 1296  
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since moving to Ireland from the UK 5 years ago one great thing here is that fireworks are illegal for Health + Safety reasons except for organised displays. My father in law recently retired from the London Fire Service and you don't want to know the huge number of injuries these bloody things cause especially to children. They are too dangerous to be on general sale to the public because they too frequently get into the hands of stupid people. On me soapbox admittedly but when you see kids losing eyes and fingers due to reckless and stupid parents it ain't funny
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6th Nov 2011 5:18pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8582
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One of the guys in the lockups went to an organised firework display at local rugby club. £3 for adults, £2 for kids.
Bonfire sort of fenced off so no one got any warmth from him. At end of the firework display (not bad was comment) some bright spark decided to get rid of the spent fireworks by throwing box on bonfire. Guess what? Not all the fireworks in the box were spent! Various rockets etc went straight at the crowd. Luckily no one was hurt. I guess Health and Safety can not really cope with the idiots of this world! Brendan |
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6th Nov 2011 5:47pm |
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| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731
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The one we do for the Munich Ex-Pats is very careful and responsible ("retentive" is the word that springs to mind )
p.s. NEVER go into Munich City Centre on New Year's Eve - what with the horizontal rockets and exploding Beer glasses its like a  war zone  Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
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6th Nov 2011 6:20pm |
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| pouf Member Since: 05 Aug 2010 Location: Athens Posts: 456  
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more that Chios island at Easter??
&feature=related www.newfoundland.gr |
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6th Nov 2011 7:19pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5062
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A sad sad world - fireworks for the public should never be made illegal - but then many things that are shouldn't be...yes they are dangerous, but so is walking across a railway line when a train is coming. Mike |
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6th Nov 2011 8:29pm |
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