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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: omega3000 on 29 October 2014, 14:50:27
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Soon be time to lock all the pets indoors and all the idiots letting fireworks off in the streets :(
Looking in a shop window today from the car and see : 5 small rockets for £12 :o :o :o
I dont know how folk afford to let them off at that price ::) Firework displays are good but still think they should be banned to the public to buy :y
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Bloody spoilsport.
cant beat chucking bangers in post boxes.. I had a fun youff. 8)
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Ban em!
Displays only. The public use stuff is pathetic. Go to a proper display imo. Cheaper, less irritating to neighbours. Safer. And you get a better experience.
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Large Chinese airbomb repeaters,put in grumpy peoples front gardens is fun too ::) :D
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Emptying the magazines of two blank firing Beretta semi automatics next to Benazir Bhutos Surrey retreat on a Wednesday lunchtime was quite entertaining as I recall ::)
Retired to the pub opposite to watch the ensuing chaos ;D
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Ban em!
Displays only. The public use stuff is pathetic. Go to a proper display imo. Cheaper, less irritating to neighbours. Safer. And you get a better experience.
He said, clearly failing to appreciate the point of Guy Fawke's night. ::)
But yes, the publically available stuff is a bit tame. Agricultural crow scarers are much more entertaining. 8)
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Has somebody remembered to ban Byron from buying napalm for the OOF celebrations this year?
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Ban them, pets hate them the dogs sit in the corner shaking non stop, old and young service men/women get reminded of wars and the dick heads that think that they are toys. Go to a display.
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Ban them, pets hate them the dogs sit in the corner shaking non stop, old and young service men/women get reminded of wars and the dick heads that think that they are toys. Go to a display.
Wear beige and read the guardian :)
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My mate lived in Uganda in the 1990's and the Ex-Pats at the Kampala Rugby Club got a load of fireworks one New Years Eve, but didn't think to notify the authorities. ::) Or maybe didn't want to pay the authorities! ;)
Anyway, they had their firework display and nearly set off a regional war, as everyone thought an invasion was underway!! :o ;D
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No i dont read the papers or wear beige im 27 for god sake and i have a bit of respect for people being as i have been on 2 tours with 42 commando and had 2 mates killed, as 4 the animals anyone who owns a pet will no what there like with fireworks
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Bloody spoilsport.
cant beat chucking bangers in post boxes.. I had a fun youff. 8)
Bangers into a piece of copper pipe, fuse end into sealed end, make a Banger Gun........ :y :y
I do remember shooting my brother on the bum and melting his nylon underpants, I did get into trouble for that......... ::) ::) :D
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Ban em!
Displays only. The public use stuff is pathetic. Go to a proper display imo. Cheaper, less irritating to neighbours. Safer. And you get a better experience.
He said, clearly failing to appreciate the point of Guy Fawke's night. ::)
But yes, the publically available stuff is a bit tame. Agricultural crow scarers are much more entertaining. 8)
Untwined from the rope . Fuse time of a split second!! ;D ;D
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Ban em!
Displays only. The public use stuff is pathetic. Go to a proper display imo. Cheaper, less irritating to neighbours. Safer. And you get a better experience.
He said, clearly failing to appreciate the point of Guy Fawke's night. ::)
But yes, the publically available stuff is a bit tame. Agricultural crow scarers are much more entertaining. 8)
Untwined from the rope . Fuse time of a split second!! ;D ;D
Not necessarily.. Just discretely hang the rope up down the back of the garden, light the end and watch and wait. ;)
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Has somebody remembered to ban Byron from buying napalm for the OOF celebrations this year?
Due to being somewhat shell-shocked concussed in the aftermath, I don't seem to remember actually buying any :-\
... and it was Lazydocker's cocktail concoction that caused the carnage got outa control ... no wonder that he had it away on his toes a bit sharpish. Ain't heard from him since ... either ::)
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Spelt Rockets in the front and back garden >:( next door were letting off bangers and rockets and they have 2 cats >:( Our 2 cats were fretting all night :'( Inconsiderate oppsers especially having pets of their own >:( >:( >:(
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Tonight the night to lock up the pets ::) Asda were selling 4 rockets for £20 , people queueing up for them :( Slung the spent rockets over next doors hedge , just watching him pick them up before he can mow his lawn :P :P
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The dog's just been sick everywhere, shaking like a leaf.
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Ban em!
Displays only. The public use stuff is pathetic. Go to a proper display imo. Cheaper, less irritating to neighbours. Safer. And you get a better experience.
Agreed,but that said when I was younger and more foolish we had a hell of a laugh with a jape me and my mates did. we where in a cow field armed with bangers called booms which where lather large ( and because of that to the best of my memory where subsequently banned) There was four of us that came across a freshly deposited cow pat which was still steaming :D me and my mate held down another of the gang face down with his arms and legs spread out whist the other of the team inserted three of the fore mentioned bangers into the cow pooh he lit the fuses and we held the victim until the last second when we "legged it" 8) however the the poor guy did not have the time to stand up and run from the area that would be covered by dispersed cow pooh ;D It was like a morter shell on the battle of the Somme it went every where, and he was covered in cow sh*t. That said he took in good heart and is still a good mate :y
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The dog's just been sick everywhere, shaking like a leaf.
Bet the new build is too ;D ;D
sounds like the first night of the gulf war here.. And there is no money about they tell us
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We have got a big, 7 1/2 stone German Sheppard and i've spent the last few days cuddling him when the oppsers start >:(
Poor bugger can't stop shaking with every bang and won't even go out for a slash until after 2 in the morning when its all calmed down :(
Don't get me wrong here, when my kids was young we had a bloody big fireworks party ever year BUT NOWDAYS, it starts around the end of October and doesn't stop until well after new year which is just taking the piss imo >:( >:(
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We have got a big, 7 1/2 stone German Sheppard and i've spent the last few days cuddling him when the oppsers start >:(
Poor bugger can't stop shaking with every bang and won't even go out for a slash until after 2 in the morning when its all calmed down :(
Don't get me wrong here, when my kids was young we had a bloody big fireworks party ever year BUT NOWDAYS, it starts around the end of October and doesn't stop until well after new year which is just taking the piss imo >:( >:(
Way before that. gets on my pip.. Bleeding things
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I've ordered wifey to bed with HER dog so I can watch the football in peace.
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Its quite nice to live somewhere where I'm not having to duck low-flung fireworks as I bike home... Only thing is the Gastrodog, despite being a Staffy, is scared of her own barks. So fireworks and her REALLY don't mix...
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Hopefully that's it :-\ until New Year's Eve :y.
Bonzo, our eldest Lab curls up in his bed at the slightest bang and is very nervy, he has epilepsy and yes last night he had a fit so is out of sorts today. :(
Mocca our young bitch isn't bothered in the least :y
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Spoke too soon. :( :( >:(
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Spoke too soon. :( :( >:(
Dog-shaped missile?
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Seems people don't underrsand fireworks night is November 5th...
Couldn't of got a better night for it either here anyway, But oh no they have to have them of the following Saturday from Nov 5th even though it's pi$$ing down ::)
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I can hear the display going on a few villages away, five miles away :o
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After howling winds and horizontal rain earlier today, it cleared up to a still moonlight light for a spectacular fireworks display off the end of the seawall and a huge bonfire on the beach! 8) :y
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I reckon our cat is either extremely clever or, extremely thick?? 'er indoors' has X Factor on the T.V. Everybody and his dog is letting off fireworks out the front. The cat is sitting behind the blinds watching the fireworks..... 'Lesser of 2 evils huh'. ;)
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my poor pooch is going bonkers with the damn things. bonfire night turns into bonfire month around here. >:(
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Same here, quite a few last night, loads around tonight.......... ::) ::)
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Annoyingly, due to the Freetard nature of modern society, the local Scout group have stopped doing the big display in town, as they weren't making any money on it, because of all the Freetards standing outside the venue to watch, rather than pay the measly tenner :'(. Its a bloody charity FFS.
So the best we managed to get to this year is the little gathering that our road has.
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The most successful displays locally are massive charity affairs, and are free to attend... they make their money from donations and a percentage from the takings of the fairs and food stalls etc which attend :y
Those displays that charge never do well imho... :-\
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The most successful displays locally are massive charity affairs, and are free to attend... they make their money from donations and a percentage from the takings of the fairs and food stalls etc which attend :y
Those displays that charge never do well imho... :-\
That's how the fireworks/bonfire is done here! :y If everyone had chucked a couple of quid in the collection buckets last night they'd have raised shit loads as there was a big crowd out last night! Any surplus is donated to local charities. :y
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The most successful displays locally are massive charity affairs, and are free to attend... they make their money from donations and a percentage from the takings of the fairs and food stalls etc which attend :y
Those displays that charge never do well imho... :-\
Brakkers isn't a big town, as you know, so burning up £10k of gunpowder needs more than the odd couple of quid that must Freetards won't pay, or 10p off a cuppa.
If they charge a tenner, they need 1000 paying punters (plus whatever they have to pay the school). Last year, I'd say there was less than that, yet the adjacent footie and tennis clubs were packed that night.
Somebody somewhere has to cover costs. That's what the Freetards always fail to understand. And then complain when the service is withdrawn (speaking more generally).
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Was thinking these two as cases in point...
Firstly Cranleigh, the largest village in the UK...
http://www.surreylife.co.uk/home/best_firework_displays_in_surrey_2014_1_2958009
Secondly Chiddingfold...
http://chiddingfoldbonfire.org.uk/
Two examples of how it should be done :y
As for the Tennis and football clubs, they should donate a fair lump of their profits to the Scouts if they deliberately benefit from the Scouts display :-X
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One of the local big displays around here, was charging a tenner per car last year (dunno this year)...and they had police on the gate.....only taxi's allowed to stop at entrance and offload....everyone else in the car park and pay a tenner or drive on by. (I imagine if you arrived by taxi.....groups of upto 4 got charged a tenner :-\)
Last year I did mention to an officer of the law, as I unloaded....that there were several cars parked on the verge about 1/4mile back, causing an obstruction....he thanked me for the info....saying he would get them moved...ffs...some of them had adults and kids in the cars...£10 for a carload ::)
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One of the local big displays around here, was charging a tenner per car last year (dunno this year)...and they had police on the gate.....only taxi's allowed to stop at entrance and offload....everyone else in the car park and pay a tenner or drive on by. (I imagine if you arrived by taxi.....groups of upto 4 got charged a tenner :-\)
Last year I did mention to an officer of the law, as I unloaded....that there were several cars parked on the verge about 1/4mile back, causing an obstruction....he thanked me for the info....saying he would get them moved...ffs...some of them had adults and kids in the cars...£10 for a carload ::)
Bloody Grass! ;D
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One of the local big displays around here, was charging a tenner per car last year (dunno this year)...and they had police on the gate.....only taxi's allowed to stop at entrance and offload....everyone else in the car park and pay a tenner or drive on by. (I imagine if you arrived by taxi.....groups of upto 4 got charged a tenner :-\)
Last year I did mention to an officer of the law, as I unloaded....that there were several cars parked on the verge about 1/4mile back, causing an obstruction....he thanked me for the info....saying he would get them moved...ffs...some of them had adults and kids in the cars...£10 for a carload ::)
Bloody Grass! ;D
;D But to be fair it was on a narrow country lane.....wide enough for 2 cars to pass, but not if cars parked on verge.....so if the parked cars are delaying my journey...as I had to sit and give way to oncoming traffic...then coz they are too tight to pay a tenner, then I will grass em up...coz they are probably the ones that blow their horn at me, for stopping on a main road to drop a customer off and they have to wait to get past.... ;)