tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post3877477472328306171..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: It’s That Time Of Year AgainStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-43981320167326235572009-10-25T12:08:13.049+01:002009-10-25T12:08:13.049+01:00Laura: and more firemen!Laura: and more firemen!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-75008432854272351142009-10-25T11:59:18.087+01:002009-10-25T11:59:18.087+01:00As per last year, I couldn't agree more. More ...As per last year, I couldn't agree more. More noise abatement officers at once please!The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-7046365426551352222009-10-21T20:59:43.779+02:002009-10-21T20:59:43.779+02:00Valerie: excellent points and ones that cannot be ...Valerie: excellent points and ones that cannot be refuted by the "It's only a bit of fun" brigade. In my opinion even one injury is too high a price to pay. Let's make firworks safe by making them organized and properly licensed in their usage not just their sale.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-68939625736954136122009-10-21T20:53:38.948+02:002009-10-21T20:53:38.948+02:00Fireworks are evil, and so are the people who use ...Fireworks are evil, and so are the people who use them. As a victim of burns I was in hospital when the victims of fireworks were brought in. It has been my oft quoted theory that it should be mandatory for all parents to visit a Burns Unit and see the horrors suffered by babies, toddlers, and adults. Even the smell of burnt flesh is enough to put anyone evening striking a match. I'm glad you posted this Steve, more needs to be said and done about the subject. Let's face it, it's really playing with fire... the explosive variety, and no-one is imune when flames lick their ankles.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-1223991905240802742009-10-21T20:06:09.493+02:002009-10-21T20:06:09.493+02:00FF: I'm sold. Viva la France!FF: I'm sold. Viva la France!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-5143704202346848452009-10-21T18:30:24.953+02:002009-10-21T18:30:24.953+02:00One of the best things here at this time of year i...One of the best things here at this time of year is that there is no November 5th. Of course the French do have fireworks at various fete days but they begin about 11pm and are over by 11.15. It really is a different world out hereFrench Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-67910346580876514832009-10-21T08:09:49.837+02:002009-10-21T08:09:49.837+02:00Clippy Mat: bangers in the wheelie bins? Good grie...Clippy Mat: bangers in the wheelie bins? Good grief. This proves my point and then some!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-45230060747753500192009-10-21T00:43:04.425+02:002009-10-21T00:43:04.425+02:00agree.
formal fireworks displays definitely and a...agree.<br />formal fireworks displays definitely and a law against being a public nuisance and just chucking them about the streets willy nilly. when i stayed with my ma in law in the uk around bonfire night a few years ago, the kids on the estate were putting bangers in the wheelie bins and the place sounded like a war zone. <br />frightened the sh*te outta me!<br />;-)Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-5384585588893866132009-10-20T18:05:32.069+02:002009-10-20T18:05:32.069+02:00Gypsy: good to have you in the campaign tent - I&#...Gypsy: good to have you in the campaign tent - I've often thought Australia was very forward thinking and this confirms it! Three cheers for Oz!<br /><br />Nota Bene: you 'ooligan! ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-54262628592460125412009-10-20T14:41:48.186+02:002009-10-20T14:41:48.186+02:00Oh oh oh. I love fireworks. They are as natural ...Oh oh oh. I love fireworks. They are as natural as snow on Christmas day. As a thuggish youth I remember our shared house having a rocket battle with the house next door. How grown up were we? At school there was the apocryphal story of the lad who filled his pockets full of fireworks, only for them to explode.<br /><br />The ones you buy in the shops simply go phut and fizzle a bit...but I can't quite come to agree to only allowing organised displays....and if they were banned, we'd miss out on this salutory lesson:<br /><br />http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4648728374681737954#Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-49490787921778485172009-10-20T14:14:47.694+02:002009-10-20T14:14:47.694+02:00Fireworks were banned in Australia years ago altho...Fireworks were banned in Australia years ago although people somehow still get hold of them. I remember when I was in High School, being terrified because kids were throwing firecrackers at everyone as they walked to school. I have always been scared of them so it was the happiest day of my life when they were banned. I know I'm a real kill joy but there are always the well organised displays on special occasions like New Years Eve for those who need their fix.Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185485331789471194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-20457234052593920532009-10-20T13:47:45.585+02:002009-10-20T13:47:45.585+02:00Meva: "Everyone likes a spectacle; but no-one...Meva: "Everyone likes a spectacle; but no-one needs a spectacle that involves pain/suffering/paramedics" - now that I want printed on a T-shirt or spread across posters 16ft wide on the sides of buildings. Absolutely.<br /><br />Owen: I must admit the story of your timer delays implicating the 'rough kids up the road' while you sat innocently watching television had me in hysterics. And you're dead right. Anyone who likes blowing up things that much should either join the army or present Top Gear.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-40462807520924253782009-10-20T13:41:04.065+02:002009-10-20T13:41:04.065+02:00Anyone for bangers and mash ???
Well, there is no...Anyone for bangers and mash ???<br /><br />Well, there is no shortage of troughs full of idiots on this planet. If a few of them take themselves out by doing stupid things with fireworks, they are perhaps well deserving of the Darwin Award they probably won, or would have won if the Darwin Award people had heard of them. One story comes to mind, a guy got killed in the US somewhere a couple of years ago when one of his big mortar launched fireworks did not go off, and he was looking down the mortar tube to see what was wrong when it fired... playing with fire is dangerous, I think we all get that drilled into our little heads as children. But some folks seem to think they qualify for diplomatic immunity from the fireworks gods, or something like that. If they really want to play with some exciting fireworks, maybe they should head to Somalia and join the pirates... and learn how to set of some of those noisy, horizontally launched things called rocket propelled grenades... apparently those make quite a bang on the side of a ship's hull... I'm with you 99.9 percent on this one... (the other .1 percent is the little boy I was who used to set off M80s and cherry bombs to make a ruckus and blow up some of our toys... but we had figured out how to make time delay fuses out of cigarettes, so we were usually nowhere in the immediate vicinity when these things blew up... sometimes we were even in the house watching TV with the parents when the blast went off, and we listened to the parents griping about those bad kids out there...)<br /><br />Now, I'm just off to finish my mash...<br />:-DOwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-24562548229514597112009-10-20T13:35:28.468+02:002009-10-20T13:35:28.468+02:00When I was a kid fireworks were freely available i...When I was a kid fireworks were freely available in Australia. We used to gather around a bonfire. lock our dogs and cats up, and hope for the best.<br /><br />Now they're regulated and I think that's a good thing. In the bad old days there were always reports of dogs/horses/unpeoples being stuck in the throat with sky rockets or disfigured with whirly-gigs and such-like.<br /><br />Everyone likes a spectacle; but no-one needs a spectacle that involves pain/suffering/paramedics.<br /><br />xxxmevahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006090511428184077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-82197211848479222792009-10-20T10:05:25.151+02:002009-10-20T10:05:25.151+02:00Katie: what are double happies? They sound like a ...Katie: what are double happies? They sound like a utility belt of hand grenades...!<br /><br />AWB: I must admit I may have jumped the gun - I think Mother Of Many may be right and what I heard were Diwali celebrations 'cos it's been quieter since. However, my argument stands just because I'm a curmudgeon. And you're right: there is a keeping up if not exceeding the Jones's element to bonfire night. But I'm also amazed that it's sometimes the poorest families that waste the most money on fireworks. As a consumer product they really are a stupid buy. Why don't we all just throw £50 onto the bonfire and have done with it?<br /><br />Mark: I agree. Sparklers were a waste of time. A poor consolation prize for not having a rocket that could dent the moon. You wave them about. Write your name with them. And are then left holding a strip of glowing metal that's hot enough to meld your gloves to your fingers. Why not just let kids play with hot pokers instead?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-8576319102601591082009-10-20T09:49:04.933+02:002009-10-20T09:49:04.933+02:00And can you remember those ridiculous sparklers yo...And can you remember those ridiculous sparklers you had as a kid? I never understood those; you stand round twirling a stick and watch it burn down to a glowing, skin charring amber glow, then toss it away. Always a disappointment somehow.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-74943901487495734942009-10-20T09:10:19.219+02:002009-10-20T09:10:19.219+02:00It does seem a bit quieter this year and I haven&#...It does seem a bit quieter this year and I haven't so aware of them in the shops either.....yet.<br /><br />I do think people get competetive with them though.<br /><br />I look around the houses nearby and you can bet your bottom dollar thgat those with the great big 'fuck me' warrior vehicles and the like in their drives will have some kind of ballistic missile system to let off on the night.The Joined up Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797087157041713649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-26133915642086126722009-10-20T08:17:56.894+02:002009-10-20T08:17:56.894+02:00Amanda: 95% would be a great exam result so I'...Amanda: 95% would be a great exam result so I'm happy to have you on board with your 5% of doubts. Just remember the poor little bunnykins!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-8069423634256661482009-10-20T08:13:02.129+02:002009-10-20T08:13:02.129+02:00hey, old banger.
i remember the daze when ya nearl...hey, old banger.<br />i remember the daze when ya nearly blew yer fingers off trying to hold a whole string of double happies. <br />bring it Xskatey katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586048408864521948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-811393732718753972009-10-19T23:55:10.834+02:002009-10-19T23:55:10.834+02:00Over here the sale of fireworks is limited to a sh...Over here the sale of fireworks is limited to a short period of time before 5 November, something like only a week before then that they can go on sale. Doesn't seem to make much difference but people do have to prove they are over 18 to buy them (like there are no idiots over 18!)<br />Our rabbits and cats aren't keen on fireworks and I have to say I only like the pretty ones! <br />I'm probably about 95% with you on this one.The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-59884453328711516982009-10-19T22:00:43.100+02:002009-10-19T22:00:43.100+02:00Tenon_Saw: I am glad I am not alone.Tenon_Saw: I am glad I am not alone.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-64201836551120900532009-10-19T21:46:51.076+02:002009-10-19T21:46:51.076+02:00Steve I am with you 100% on this.Steve I am with you 100% on this.KeyReedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894097012924024789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-59128646723247115182009-10-19T19:41:12.825+02:002009-10-19T19:41:12.825+02:00Gina: poor kid. That can't have been fun at al...Gina: poor kid. That can't have been fun at all. I don't think it's any fun for the elderly at this time of year either... and certainly not for pets. I'm all for having fun - but not when there's a cost involved. And a cost that someone else has to pay.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-77104692245525932042009-10-19T19:37:17.461+02:002009-10-19T19:37:17.461+02:00I haven't heard any yet but then I am not the ...I haven't heard any yet but then I am not the world's most alert person. My house is so noisy anyway! But yes, I do kind of agree - much as I dislike over-regulation and the spoiling of fun generally - and I think it would be better if people had to purchase a licence of some type to buy many fireworks. <br /><br />My youngest used to be petrified of them and would never sleep alone for weeks around 5 Nov. Thankfully he has grown out of that now but it was not a lot of fun at the time for any of us.Ginanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-34387654209515330112009-10-19T19:26:52.153+02:002009-10-19T19:26:52.153+02:00Ally: that's a good point but I'm bloodymi...Ally: that's a good point but I'm bloodyminded enough to stick to my argument. Fireworks are evil! They should be burnt at the stake! No wait... that's what they do anyway... oh poo!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com