Fireworks - Thursday 5th Nov - watch out!

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[XAP]Bob wrote:I came home one year to find my cats with their back legs on the back of a chair and their front legs on the middle window frame - watching the fireworks out of the window ;)

(Bottom half of the window was frosted glass)


[emoji23] My springer spaniel goes out into the garden and watches the show.
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Only worried about fireworks on Nov 5th? You are lucky. The local idiots have been letting 'em off for over a fortnight, and I don't expect to get any peace until about 3am New Year's morning.

Riding over empty cardboard tubes isn't really a problem. It's the ones flying towards you from the giggling moron running up a side alley you have to watch out for :x
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Also i would be less concerned about what might be under some leaves (don't ride into a thick heap) but the actual leaves themselves esp the crushed mashed and flattened ones on corners as they can be slippery....
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7pm Bonfire Night.

Not one single firework have we heard here.
Usually by today, we'd have heard lots and lots and lots, but not a single one.
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Mick F wrote:7pm Bonfire Night.

Not one single firework have we heard here.
Usually by today, we'd have heard lots and lots and lots, but not a single one.


Nothing here either, dogs asleep, all is calm.

Probably be mental on Saturday though

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Mick F wrote:7pm Bonfire Night.

Not one single firework have we heard here.
Usually by today, we'd have heard lots and lots and lots, but not a single one.

nothing here either , could be something to do with the pouring rain and mist though !
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Smelt some smoke drifting along the M5 from the rugby club as I left work and heard a few fireworks when I got into central Bristol and that was my firework night excitement.
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Hiya All,

So glad it was a quiet one last night!

Took on board riding advice from the forum from the last couple of weeks
Looking forward to riding over spent firework cartridges in the coming next few weeks 8)


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Just after 9pm on Friday 6th November.
We can hear bangs every now and again.

Why are fireworks for sale to the general public?
Should they not be banned?
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Mick F wrote:Just after 9pm on Friday 6th November.
We can hear bangs every now and again.

Why are fireworks for sale to the general public?
Should they not be banned?

Went to local Morrissons supermarket today and they have a dedicated fireworks stall set-up by the entrance (inside the shop). People must still be buying them.

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If fireworks weren't on sale to the public, people would be making their own and they'd be much more disruptive.
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Neilo wrote:
Mick F wrote:7pm Bonfire Night.

Not one single firework have we heard here.
Usually by today, we'd have heard lots and lots and lots, but not a single one.


Nothing here either, dogs asleep, all is calm.

Probably be mental on Saturday though

Neil


Not mental at all :D

3 or 4 bangs all night, one small growl from one of the dogs

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Just new years eve fireworks to look forward to now ! :D :mrgreen:
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