View Full Version : They're at it again! Bloody fireworks!!
walpurgis
20-10-2014, 19:51
It's that time of year again. Every night for about a week now we've had loud firework bangs through the evenings. This will carry on and get worse until the end of the first week of November, then it tails off. It's a real nuisance and for a few days at the beginning of next month it will be unbearable!!
Mark Pope
20-10-2014, 20:06
It will be a right royal pain in the arse until the new year around here. I hate the bloody things with a passion.
Apart from the noise nuisance, I have seen first-hand the damage they can do to people when things go wrong, I just wish they'd ban them.
Unfortunately, one of our dogs gets really stressed by them, so we've got the DAP diffusers on in three rooms.
BTH K10A
20-10-2014, 20:23
It's that time of year again. Every night for about a week now we've had loud firework bangs through the evenings. This will carry on and get worse until the end of the first week of November, then it tails off. It's a real nuisance and for a few days at the beginning of next month it will be unbearable!!
Given your location Geoff I assume the Diwali celebrations must be quite something and then followed by the traditional burning of an effigy of Synsei with the associated pyrotechnics lighting the night sky and producing crescendo's of cannon shots.
Time to put on the 1812 Overture :D
Given your location Geoff I assume the Diwali celebrations must be quite something and then followed by the traditional burning of an effigy of Synsei…
They’re burning, Dave?? Hey, I guess he was a bit of a daftee, but he doesn’t deserve that! :eek:
Marco.
walpurgis
20-10-2014, 20:34
I assume the Diwali celebrations must be quite something
Absolutely out of control every year. I thought the sale of deafeningly loud fireworks was banned, but it seems that around here the main object is to make as many huge bangs as you can for as long as you can!!:steam:
Fireworks being used in the street and on every street. Totally illegal, I wish the coppers would go in with the dogs and sort it all out once and for all.
Only 1 decent guy ever got into the Houses of Parliament :eyebrows:
Its not been bad here ...YET; hardly any this year. I'd ban them apart from organised events. you cant have a gun, but hey you can have as much black powder as you can buy:doh:
ah well intermission over/ back to the film.
Audio Al
20-10-2014, 20:38
Its quiet here ( at the moment )
brian2957
20-10-2014, 20:50
Yup , I would ban the sale of fireworks to the public . Why on earth do we allow the sale of explosives every year . These things are dangerous and getting more powerful every year .
Eagle owl
21-10-2014, 05:55
There's somebody who lives near me who I refer to as the 'Firework Nutter' who must spend hundreds and hundreds of pounds each year on the damn things. It usually starts in late October and goes on regularly until the end of November. Also at Christmas and the New Year festivities. Some of his sessions would rival a small professional display and at times there are loud bangs quite late in the evening. :steam:
awkwardbydesign
21-10-2014, 11:28
Yup , I would ban the sale of fireworks to the public . Why on earth do we allow the sale of explosives every year . These things are dangerous and getting more powerful every year .
When we lived in Manchester a local car thief tried to terrorise us (long story), and at one point an "industrial" firework, probably an illegal Chinese one, was put into our camper van. Blew all the windows across the neighbour's garden, punched a big crater in the van floor, and completely wrote it off. Actually we made a profit on the insurance, quite legitimately before you ask, but the effect on my wife was devastating; partly why we now live in Devon. The police were useless, but totalling his house and car by several big blokes with iron bars put a stop to it eventually.
So I would definitely like a bit more policing of street fireworks
Sorry about that I don't know what happened there...should be back to original
Thank fook we don’t get that pish up here, otherwise they’d get a bloody rocket rammed up their Jap’s eye! :trust:
In all seriousness though, in general, you tend to find that folk are less considerate of others in and around big cities than out in the sticks, or in towns and villages. Never in a month of Sundays would you get folk around here being so rudely inconsiderate with fireworks. It’s just not in their nature.
You have my sympathy, Geoff. Ear plugs for Xmas - will that do ya? ;)
Marco.
[Sent to you with love from, quiet-as-a-graveyard Wrexham].
It's like the blitz here after 6pm, must dig out my granddads old ARP helmet... "TURN THAT BLOODY LIGHT OUT!!!" :lol:
Time to get the air gun out at night and ‘pan’ a few windows, me thinks….. ;)
Marco.
Don't tempt me. The same rabble responsible for the fireworks have also been riding stolen motorbikes with no silencers up and down the road for the past few weekends, I've reported this to the police but they don't seem to give a toss. Must buy a Weihrauch Hw100 sometime.
walpurgis
23-10-2014, 19:01
As expected, all hell has let loose.
There have been continuous loud explosions since this afternoon. It's building up in intensity steadily. Some of the bangs are ridiculously loud.
It's just beginning to rain a bit. Hope it pours on the noisy gits.
"Don't panic Mr Mainwaring I have 'em in my sights, they don't like it up 'em you know..." :D
Nothing here this year......so far.:)
BTH K10A
23-10-2014, 19:33
Why am I reminded of Statler and Waldorf ;)
southall-1998
23-10-2014, 21:04
As expected, all hell has let loose.
There have been continuous loud explosions since this afternoon. It's building up in intensity steadily. Some of the bangs are ridiculously loud.
It's just beginning to rain a bit. Hope it pours on the noisy gits.
What do you expect, total silence? Southall will always be Southall!
S.
Yes ban those and the legal begging fest which is trick or treat and f**king Christmas too I say....
walpurgis
23-10-2014, 22:12
Yes ban those and the legal begging fest which is trick or treat and f**king Christmas too I say....
Ah yes. A man on my wavelength! :)
By the way. it's been mayhem here for hours. Indoors with the telly turned up and the racket still intrudes badly. Bastards! :steam:
The dog likes it though, daft bugger. Keeps begging to go in the garden to look and listen to it all. Trots up and down and bounces about with his tail in the air when there's a big bang. He definitely enjoys it. (he's a rescued, re-homed pooch who's history I don't know. But I've a feeling he could be used to gunfire, maybe)
We have two cats and they're not at all keen on it and cling to us like glue when its all going off.
MikeMusic
24-10-2014, 09:30
I'm really glad to say we've had nothing (yet)
A delight.
Mark Pope
24-10-2014, 14:28
We have two cats and they're not at all keen on it and cling to us like glue when its all going off.
Have you tried Zylkene (http://www.zylkenepet.co.uk)? We have just started to dose up our 4-year-old Samoyed bitch and it does appear to help. It works on cats too by all accounts.
We also use a DAP diffuser. DAP stands for Dog Appeasing Pheremone and it's supposed to mimic the pheromones given off by lactating bitches which calms puppies.
There is, I believe ,an equivalent for cats. Also have a look at http://www.vetuk.co.uk or http://www.dorwest.co.uk
On Dorwest's home page, they have Firework Combi packs which may be worth a look.
The Barbarian
24-10-2014, 14:30
All the pudding heads must have fleed our area this year
Mark Pope
24-10-2014, 14:35
Yes ban those and the legal begging fest which is trick or treat....
Turn it around on the little bastards. I did that a few years ago. They came to the door and said 'Trick or treat?' So I yelled 'TRICK' and drenched them with water from a plant sprayer set to fire a jet of water! :lol:
brian2957
24-10-2014, 15:14
Did you have any windows left at the end of the night Mark :lol:
Seriously though all they seem to want these days is money . If you give them fruit they either throw it away , throw it at peoples windows or at buses and cars up this way . I used to be a bus driver and at this time of year we were pelted with fruit , fireworks and snowballs . Not necessarily in that order :rolleyes: The little darlings put a bottle sideways , put the rocket inside , lit the fuse , and pointed it towards the bus. One of my colleagues had his eyes damaged by a laser pen and had to retire through ill health :(
Mark Pope
24-10-2014, 15:46
No problems. They were too shocked and anyway I think they were shit scared of me...
Another lot that came around were given a treat - I told them to close their eyes and then popped raw chillis in their mouths and told them to chew :lol:
All good, harmless fun...Can you still get laxative chocolate?
I know here I'd put a bottle sideways...The laser pen is well beyond the pale. I hope the oiks were caught and punished (but I doubt it).
Yes ban those and the legal begging fest which is trick or treat and f**king Christmas too I say....
Stop it Grinch
Still a deathly silence around here......everyone must be skint:lol:
Heard a few distant rumblings last night but I'd had a Vindaloo
walpurgis
24-10-2014, 19:16
Still plenty going on here. Not quite as ridiculous as last night so far, but I'd not be surprised if it gets worse.
It'll be the Woolwich ferry depth charging the Thames for rogue rusky subs... :lol:
You can be fined up to £5,000 and/or imprisoned for up to 6 months for selling or using fireworks illegally. You could also get an on-the-spot fine of £90
You must not set off fireworks between 11pm and 7am. The exceptions are:
Bonfire Night, when the cut off is midnight
New Year’s Eve, Diwali and Chinese New Year, when the cut off is 1am
. ...I wonder if it has been used?
Have you tried Zylkene (http://www.zylkenepet.co.uk)? We have just started to dose up our 4-year-old Samoyed bitch and it does appear to help. It works on cats too by all accounts.
We also use a DAP diffuser. DAP stands for Dog Appeasing Pheremone and it's supposed to mimic the pheromones given off by lactating bitches which calms puppies.
There is, I believe ,an equivalent for cats. Also have a look at http://www.vetuk.co.uk or http://www.dorwest.co.uk
On Dorwest's home page, they have Firework Combi packs which may be worth a look.
Turn it around on the little bastards. I did that a few years ago. They came to the door and said 'Trick or treat?' So I yelled 'TRICK' and drenched them with water from a plant sprayer set to fire a jet of water! :lol:
I bought a fairly terrifying evil clown wrestlers mask in Mexico a couple of years ago. Last time I answered the door wearing it the kids ran like hell.
BTW the cat peheromone stuff is feliway...I've not used it and probably won't as I'll just make sure they have my nap and a favourite blanket to hide in. Also the TV at decent volume drowns most of it out on the night. The problem is the random unexpected booms when they are outside doing their thing which send them fleeing indoors to cower.
walpurgis
26-10-2014, 12:37
The fireworks are quiet at the moment, but the whole area is in 'lockdown', due to some religious shindig. Access through much of the town is totally blocked by traffic due to the bulk of the population driving around tooting their horns, all as part of the 'fun'. Main roads are unusable and there are road closures and diversions in place.
http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/li/traffic.detail.8005381/
No doubt the fireworks will kick off again later. Looks like it could rain though, with luck!
The only tbings stirring here are a few brass monkeys with tears in their eyes looking for shelter from the force 10 breeze
southall-1998
26-10-2014, 17:12
The fireworks are quiet at the moment, but the whole area is in 'lockdown', due to some religious shindig. Access through much of the town is totally blocked by traffic due to the bulk of the population driving around tooting their horns, all as part of the 'fun'. Main roads are unusable and there are road closures and diversions in place.
http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/li/traffic.detail.8005381/
No doubt the fireworks will kick off again later. Looks like it could rain though, with luck!
There was no fireworks here in Torquay, as expected!
When are you planning to move out from Southall??
S.
walpurgis
26-10-2014, 18:23
When are you planning to move out from Southall??
S.
I'd sooner everybody else moved out! :D
southall-1998
29-10-2014, 01:58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAcyjew2Atg
Snap, crackle and pop!
S.
walpurgis
30-10-2014, 10:32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAcyjew2Atg
Snap, crackle and pop!
S.
Exactly!! (thanks Shane)
For those who don't know what it's been like here for the last few days (and to an extent the last couple of weeks) this shows it all.
Crazy! ...think I heard a couple last night but been weirdly quiet this year
Nothing at all here in 'Little Warsaw'
I'm guessing the Polish are far to smart to waste their money on fireworks.
Someone had a firework party tonight up the street a bit so not too noisy but looks like people are getting itchy fingers now
Nothing at all here in 'Little Warsaw'
I'm guessing the Polish are far to smart to waste their money on fireworks.
Lots of Poles in my area Martin; damn near as many in the shops as Brits. Always found them decent folk for the most part, but, yes they are money smart.
think the Ruskies are using cover of Fawkes night to attack....sure I saw a couple of Novator Sizzlers go by me windae :eyebrows:
archiesdad
05-11-2014, 19:52
been banging and popping here since six, pity it's dry rain. Might have kept them indoors, dog's been lying at the top of the stairs for an hour, we've stopped mollycoddling him it seems better to turn up the volume on the telly and let lie quiet.
Mark Pope
06-11-2014, 08:35
It was a bit like the battle of the Somme at around here last night, with some flipping' big bangs at 10:30PM. No consideration at all for parents with wee (and not so wee) ones. Our youngest dog wasn't at all happy, though much better for being on Skullcap and Valerian plus Zylkene.
I don't have a problem with people wanting to celebrate Guy Fawkes' day, but I detest the constant random explosions between the middle of October until new year.
I would love to see the sale of fireworks banned to the general public and only allow properly organised professional displays.
Had to give the wife a sedative after a rocket hit her window and scared the bejesus out of her. The setting of of explosives in builr up areas is crazy and how it is still allowed is beyond me.
Oddly enough yesterday evening was quieter than many of the days leading up to it. Apart from the window shaking reports from the hefty mortars employed in our local organised display, which began at 7:15pm and lasted for just 15 minutes, the rest of the evening was only punctuated by minor skirmishes and these were all done and dusted by about 9pm :)
They'd just started tonight then the promised rain arrived :lol:
I wonder what fireworks people do when it rains? Go inside and log on to fireworks forums?
Few going off here still as it is only drizzling but it is sporadic and a fair distance away.
Eagle owl
09-11-2014, 17:54
The firework nutter's out there letting off his bangers etc, that's now five nights in a row, he's :mental: I reckon. :(
Guy down the road a bit has just finished(for now) a 1 hr extravaganza of high powered bangs......moronic asshole woke me up:steam:
You gotta get some payback, bruv…………………
Marco.
The rockets are going bang again :doh: different guy this time.... think i'll say hello:rolleyes:
walpurgis
12-11-2014, 19:44
Launch a few air bombs back at them.
(I used to do that to people who's fireworks came near my place)
5 assholes over the other side of the railway in the industrial units. The cops came round the corner and the scarpered. saved me shaking me stick at them:eyebrows:
Nothing whatsoever here, not even a dull phut :lol:
The locals had a small bonfire and firework display on the 5th and that was a couple of hundred yards away so never heard a thing. Bliss.
Eagle owl
25-12-2014, 20:23
It's Christmas Day evening and the 'Firework Nutter' who lives near me is letting his very loud bangers off. I do hope he blows himself up. :mental:
Go over there and shove one up his arse! Sorted :D
Marco.
walpurgis
25-12-2014, 22:13
A few pops and bangs over the last day or two, but not much. Surprised really.
A few pops and bangs over the last day or two…
I thought that was the sprouts? :lol:
Marco.
Eagle owl
28-12-2014, 17:37
Go over there and shove one up his arse! Sorted :D
Marco.
I really would like to do that, he's at it again now. :steam:
Wish I lived nearer you, Geoffrey, as I’d soon sort the fucker out ;)
Marco.
Eagle owl
28-12-2014, 21:03
^^^
Thanks Marco.
Ninanina
30-12-2014, 18:03
Got quite a few fireworks going off round my way at the moment for some reason... I'm sure there will be many more tomorrow night as well
We also get all the ferries, and other boats in the docks, sounding their horns at midnight tomorrow, it's quite a din.. :D even though i'm quite away from the docks it really carries..:)
Dead as a dodo here (as usual). What on earth are these idiots setting fireworks off for anyway? In celebration of what exactly? If it were New Year’s Eve, I could see the point!
If they had a brain, they’d be dangerous :mental: :wanker:
Marco.
walpurgis
30-12-2014, 19:13
Got quite a few fireworks going off round my way at the moment
A few around here too, to no apparent purpose. But the locals do not behave logically anyway (ignorant bunch of shites).
southall-1998
30-12-2014, 19:30
A few around here too, to no apparent purpose. But the locals do not behave logically anyway (ignorant bunch of shites).
Do you treat them like idiots in return? But say, if they interfered with you!
S.
walpurgis
30-12-2014, 19:49
You know what it's like here Shane. I just had a settee and half a bed dumped by my house by the local scumbags. Not amused! :steam:
southall-1998
30-12-2014, 19:50
You know what it's like here Shane. I just had a settee and half a bed dumped by my house by the local scumbags. Not amused! :steam:
Typical! Have you complained about it?
S.
You know what it's like here Shane. I just had a settee and half a bed dumped by my house by the local scumbags. Not amused! :steam:
Surely you weren’t just sitting there watching them doing it, Geoff?
Marco.
southall-1998
30-12-2014, 20:08
Surely you weren’t just sitting there watching them doing it, Geoff?
Marco.
I'd be very surprised, Marco, Geoff is no timid daddy :)
S.
walpurgis
30-12-2014, 20:11
Surely you weren’t just sitting there watching them doing it, Geoff?
Marco.
No. The buggers do it at night usually. I have chased a few off in the past.
Ninanina
30-12-2014, 20:15
You know what it's like here Shane. I just had a settee and half a bed dumped by my house by the local scumbags. Not amused! :steam:
The latest thing to be dumped near me is a large foil tray which looks like it once had a turkey cooking on it... with all the trimmings too... nice...not :doh:
Last thing to be dumped was a settee, of sorts...
I think that all cities have this problem...little scumbags !
No. The buggers do it at night usually. I have chased a few off in the past.
Utter vermin… Any chance of getting some CCTV put in?
It would be fun tracking the fuckers down ;)
Marco.
Ninanina
30-12-2014, 20:24
Utter vermin… Any chance of getting some CCTV put in?
It would be fun tracking the fuckers down ;)
Marco.
I thought about putting some CCTV up but apparently it is illegal to do so.. so the vermin gets away with it.. nightmare :(
walpurgis
30-12-2014, 20:39
The area is covered by CCTV, but as it happens at night and they turn up on foot carrying their crap, there's no way of seeing exactly who they are or which house they've come from (they all live in the adjacent road).
There are constant problems with these arseholes coming onto the private estate here and parking anywhere they like. All over the residential footway for instance. I've had no end of confrontations and the landowner is a waste of time. Sooner or later there'll be big trouble. Just give me one excuse!
Ninanina
30-12-2014, 20:43
Sooner or later there'll be big trouble. Just give me one excuse!
Go get them Geoff.. :D:D
Ninanina
30-12-2014, 21:19
Colin has actually seen someone dump their bed mattress near to him but when he contacted the local council they want his name and address details so, of course, as he didn't want his car damaged or a brick through his window he didn't want to give his details so the scumbags get away with it...
The UK always seems to protect those that do the wrong thing and the innocent people get a rough deal, as is usual in our country at the moment.. it's all wrong and the vermin always get away with their antics... this country has lost it's way somewhere don't you think?? makes me mad...:mental:
I won't mention the nationality of the scumbags that dumped the mattress... but they are certainly not British citizens...nuff said.. !!
Sooner or later there'll be big trouble. Just give me one excuse!
Zero tolerance, baby! :guns: :guns: :guns: :guns: :guns:
Marco.
walpurgis
30-12-2014, 22:21
Zero tolerance, baby! :guns: :guns: :guns: :guns: :guns:
Marco.
Yup. I'll be out there in my Viking outfit swinging the BIG axe around!! :eek:
Ninanina
30-12-2014, 22:24
Yup. I'll be out there in my Viking outfit swinging the BIG axe around!! :eek:
:rfl:
Yup. I'll be out there in my Viking outfit swinging the BIG axe around!! :eek:
Will you need your big helmet, too? ;)
Marco.
walpurgis
30-12-2014, 23:08
Will you need your big helmet, too? ;)
Marco.
That is with me at all times. (you never know when it may be handy) :eyebrows:
Ninanina
30-12-2014, 23:21
That is with me at all times. (you never know when it may be handy) :eyebrows:
Like this one?
walpurgis
30-12-2014, 23:25
Like this one?
Er. Not quite. It's more 'organic' looking. ;)
walpurgis
06-11-2015, 00:18
Time I revived this thread. Can't let Audio Al monopolise.
A few bangs and pops tonight. Enough for the dog to beg to go out into the garden. He loves firework bangs and sizzles, unlike most pooches, daft animal. I suspect he may have been taken shooting in his earlier years. He's a re-homed dog that I suspect may have been from a farm.
I dare say the weekend will 'bring it all on' unfortunately. Hope it pisses down! :D
'Doolally' is next Wednesday. Around here that means mayhem. Fireworks let off everywhere, including in the streets, which is a serious breach of the law that is never enforced. If they come near my place, there'll be 'problems'!
walpurgis
07-11-2015, 22:35
They're making up for the wet November 5th tonight. There's been a non stop firework racket all evening. Don't suppose it'll ease off until after midnight.
Yes weve had it all last night and tonight. The big display was on earlier which I can see the result for re rockets for free was on earlier. Dont mind that as its properly done and orginised to be constant, and is far enough away to be not too loud (about 2 miles away)
Yes weve had it all last night and tonight. The big display was on earlier which I can see the result for re rockets for free was on earlier. Dont mind that as its properly done and orginised to be constant, and is far enough away to be not too loud (about 2 miles away)
(just noticed that was post no 14,000 :doh: I really must get a grip and die;)
Quite a few here tonight, went out and there is a lot of smoke in the air. Stopped now though.
Really can't understand why anyone can be arsed with it. I suppose if you have young children but otherwise I'd rather be doing what I am which is sat in the warm with a Guinness and watching Magnum Force.
Quite a few here tonight, went out and there is a lot of smoke in the air. Stopped now though.
Really can't understand why anyone can be arsed with it. I suppose if you have young children but otherwise I'd rather be doing what I am which is sat in the warm with a Guinness and watching Magnum Force.
Yes I agree .
But for a minute I thought you wrote Magnum PI ;)
(just noticed that was post no 14,000 :doh:) I really must get a grip and die;)
Oh garrulous you! Me, I'm struggling to reach 12,000 posts. When I do, I'll resign from AoS!
Apropos November 5th - well in past years it has started the Saturday before, and continued each night until the weekend after. This year most of the celebration was done on the Friday and Saturday (6th and 7th).
And despite all the Halloween junk for sale in the shops, this year there seemed to be very little activity: I didn't see any 'trick or treating' around here (thank goodness - awful American import! :doh:).
What's "Happy" about Halloween or Fireworks Night. Please don't greet me with a Happy Halloween etc. No doubt there are greetings cards for this load of horse.....:rolleyes:
What's "Happy" about Halloween or Fireworks Night. Please don't greet me with a Happy Halloween etc. No doubt there are greetings cards for this load of horse.....:rolleyes:
only one good man got into parliament.....GUY FAWKES:eek:
One of my so called neighbours had a fireworks party tonight. went on for 2 bloody hrs with constant banging :eyebrows: I never even got invited
walpurgis
08-11-2015, 23:53
Quite a few here tonight. Less than last night though, but quite a few idiots driving around town blasting car horns for some reason. Next week will be worse. The Indians have their Doolally thing. It'll be noise every night until about a week after. No sense of proportion or consideration. There'll even be firework parties in the road and the racket will go on until about 2am. If anybody thinks I'm exaggerating, I'll be taking some video!
One of my so called neighbours had a fireworks party tonight. went on for 2 bloody hrs with constant banging...
Some tarts were gettin' pummelled, and you didn't get a slice of the action, eh? :bonk: :eyebrows:
Marco.
Totally inconsiderate. I could at least have watched the action
PaulStewart
09-11-2015, 01:12
Years ago I had a retriever/Irish setter cross who was trained ss a gun dog and bloody good he was too. On November the fifth he had no fear of the bangs at all, however he wanered roud the park with me with a really puzzeled expresion. You could almost hear him thinking, "Feck me the're rotten shots, all these bangs and they've hit feckln' nothin'". :lol:
walpurgis
09-11-2015, 10:51
Years ago I had a retriever/Irish setter cross who was trained ss a gun dog and bloody good he was too. On November the fifth he had no fear of the bangs at all, however he wanered roud the park with me with a really puzzeled expresion. You could almost hear him thinking, "Feck me the're rotten shots, all these bangs and they've hit feckln' nothin'". :lol:
That's just like my dog Paul. He's a re-homed pooch who's past I don't know, but I reckon he was used to guns. When he hears fireworks, he prances at the back door wanting to be let out, then runs up and down the garden looking at the sky and enjoying the bangs.
walpurgis
11-11-2015, 00:05
It's just after midnight and I'm still listening to loud fireworks. If I knew exactly where the ignorant scum were I'd drive round and show them some fireworks of the personal kind!! :steam:
Tomorrow will be worse no doubt. :rolleyes:
been silent tonight around here..hoping they've ran out of money
Is it STILL going on where you guys are? All that pish finished here on bonfire night! Total silence since......
I think folk round your way need taught some manners ;)
Marco.
Was nice day but now bucketing down. That will stop any possible restarting of hostilities
walpurgis
11-11-2015, 18:27
Is it STILL going on where you guys are?
Marco.
They've been at it with a vengeance for about an hour and it's building up steadily. By 9.00 or 10.00 it will be deafening. Ridiculous!! Same every year for the last twenty five years. It will go on until maybe 1.30 in the morning. I thought there was some sort of control on loud fireworks, but obviously not around here. With a bit of luck a few of the ignorant buggers will blow themselves up!
Go round there with one of those 'Supersoaker' water guns, and put a wee dampener on their 'fun'...... ;)
Marco.
walpurgis
11-11-2015, 21:14
Video clip from a short while ago. You won't see much, but there's plenty of noise.
View My Video (http://tinypic.com/r/98944m/9)
Noisy buggers. you wonder where they get all the money to waste.... when rain went off the fireworks started again here. must have restocked lol
walpurgis
11-11-2015, 23:02
Yeah. It's now 11pm and the racket is worse than ever! Mind you, if somebody was roaming the streets with a shotgun and taking a few of the bastids out, nobody would notice!!
Yeah. It's now 11pm and the racket is worse than ever! Mind you, if somebody was roaming the streets with a shotgun and taking a few of the bastids out, nobody would notice!!
now there's a thought :)
Video clip from a short while ago. You won't see much, but there's plenty of noise.
View My Video (http://tinypic.com/r/98944m/9)
Jeez, it's probably quieter in Beirut! :eek:
Couldn't handle that.....
Marco.
southall-1998
11-11-2015, 23:13
Video clip from a short while ago. You won't see much, but there's plenty of noise.
View My Video (http://tinypic.com/r/98944m/9)
Oh man, I miss Southall :D
S.
brian2957
11-11-2015, 23:14
Bloody hell:eek: Where do the halfwits get the money from ?
walpurgis
11-11-2015, 23:32
Bloody hell:eek: Where do the halfwits get the money from ?
Dunno, but they must spend a fortune.
Still at it now!
southall-1998
12-11-2015, 00:14
Old Fart Alert lol
The man is set in his ways, Mike :)
S.
walpurgis
12-11-2015, 00:14
Old Fart Alert lol
Cheeky git! ;)
walpurgis
12-11-2015, 00:15
The man is set in his ways, Mike :)
S.
Cheeky git No.2! ;)
Lol, glad it was taken in spirit intended, [emoji4] [emoji111]
Here's another 'old fart' alert:
I'd ban the whole thing completely, apart from organised professional displays, meaning that high street shops wouldn't be allowed to sell fireworks, therefore making private displays (or the setting off of fireworks in unauthorised areas, illegal), thus making anyone caught doing so liable for prosecution.
<Sorted> Geoff can now get to sleep at night!
:exactly:
Marco.
Here's another 'old fart' alert:
I'd ban the whole thing completely, apart from organised professional displays, meaning that high street shops wouldn't be allowed to sell fireworks, therefore making private displays (or the setting off of fireworks in unauthorised areas, illegal), thus making anyone caught doing so liable for prosecution.
<Sorted> Geoff can now get to sleep at night!
:exactly:
Marco.
ah dammit, is there a lower age limit for this forum, if so I better check the rules :lol:
Nah only kidding, Marco, I totally agree, having spent over 30 years ( on Operational side ) in the Fire Service and had to deal with Nov 5th and more so the run up to it, I can't believe they still sell explosives over the counter, get your weekly shop and add in a few bombs :scratch:, great!
Organised display only is the way to go.
walpurgis
12-11-2015, 10:04
Organised display only is the way to go.
Wouldn't work here. They have 'their own' firework importers and shops here and bring in illegal fireworks as it is. Ban whatever you like, but the rules would just be ingnored. Same as the rules and laws for everything else are.
You'll have seen the carnage and horrendous injuries it can cause then, Mike, when fireworks are put into the wrong hands?
Sales of fireworks to the general public should've been banned YEARS ago. Back as early as the 60s and 70s, when my dad had his fish and chip restaurant in Glasgow, and also sold all manner of different things, including cigarettes and sweets, etc, he refused to sell fireworks, especially to the local community.
He was offered them numerous times by reps (from Astra, Standard, etc - remember them?) and would've made a significant profit from it, but declined on the grounds of not wanting someone potentially getting maimed for life on his conscience, having bought the fireworks responsible from his shop. Some things are rather more important than money....
Retail outlets these days selling them should take note!!
Marco.
Wouldn't work here. They have 'their own' firework importers and shops here and bring in illegal fireworks as it is. Ban whatever you like, but the rules would just be ingnored. Same as the rules and laws for everything else are.
Geoff, all it would take is someone (such as you) to phone the Police whenever they heard/saw fireworks being used illegally (such as they would be if they were banned, as proposed). The Police then come out and fine/lock up those responsible, the same as they'd do with any other crime being committed.
And yes, I'd impose instant fines on those caught using fireworks illegally. They'd soon get the message then.
Simples! :)
Marco.
walpurgis
12-11-2015, 10:48
Unfortunately policing around here is minimal and a blind eye is turned to much of what goes on. Wouldn't want to be seen as picking on sensitive sections of 'the community' now would they? Everywhere you look, there is blatant disregard for any kind of conformity.
I hear ya, but it could be enforced if they wanted to. Is that really what it's like living in London? It sounds more like a ghetto than a place for normal, well-adjusted people to live! :eek:
Marco.
walpurgis
12-11-2015, 11:00
Is that really what it's like living in London?
Marco.
Yes. London is not the only place though. Many of what were decent towns are now just cesspits. This area is bad enough, but there are parts of London and other cities no normal person walks about in at night.
Thank fook I'm well out of that stuff, here in North Wales. I've never liked life in big cities. Even when I lived in Glasgow, it was in a quiet suburb on the south side, miles away from the lunacy. You can't put a price on a quiet life!
I honestly feel sorry that you're somewhat trapped there, Geoff :(
Marco.
PaulStewart
12-11-2015, 13:31
The problem is where you live Geoff, Guy Fawkes night this year fell just before Divali, the Hindu and Sikh festival of lights, which is celebrated with 5 days of fireworks. Add to that the yahoos, who let them off anyway and the fact that Southall being the heart of the London Hindu and Sikh population.... Face it you're gonna have noise, as you know I'm just south of you by the river and we can hear it echoing from your way, Hounslow and Slough, but at least it's in the distance for us.
The problem is where you live Geoff, Guy Fawkes night this year fell just before Divali, the Hindu and Sikh festival of lights, which is celebrated with 5 days of fireworks. Add to that the yahoos, who let them off anyway and the fact that Southall being the heart of the London Hindu and Sikh population.... Face it you're gonna have noise, as you know I'm just south of you by the river and we can hear it echoing from your way, Hounslow and Slough, but at least it's in the distance for us.
Well got no chance of a ban especially where race and religion is concerned, authorities wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.
Earplugs or vacation only solution.
If GF night (or weekend, if it happens that way) falls outside of any religious/cultural festivals in London (or any other big city), then what excuse do the chavs/oiks have for setting off fireworks outside of that period?
BAN them, I say, or launch a rocket up their arses!!! You could certainly make a nice bonfire from all the fag packets and scratch cards they'll bought, collectively, over a year! :lol:
Marco.
walpurgis
12-11-2015, 14:37
The problem is where you live Geoff
Don't I know it Paul. If I had my way. I'd stack all their fireworks, sit them on top and toss a match in. It didn't let up until approaching 2am last night!!
Btw, I should state that I'm not against the SAFE and CONSIDERATE (that last word is very important) use of fireworks, at appropriate times, although I'd prefer to see more organised public professional displays taking place locally throughout the country, to replace the need for private ones, simply the INCONSIDERATE idiots, such as Geoff is having to deal with, who let these things off at 'silly o'clock' in the morning, for no good reason.
When you're living in a community *anywhere*, it's simply a matter of common courtesy to respect the right of other people living there to some peace and quiet (and sleep), and not just rather selfishly prioritising what it is YOU want to do!
The 'I'm all right, Jack, bugger you' attitude, prevalent these days, is one of the major reasons why our society is in the state that it's in!!
:exactly:
Marco.
brian2957
12-11-2015, 16:20
Thank fook I'm well out of that stuff, here in North Wales. I've never liked life in big cities. Even when I lived in Glasgow, it was in a quiet suburb on the south side, miles away from the lunacy. You can't put a price on a quiet life!
I honestly feel sorry that you're somewhat trapped there, Geoff :(
Marco.
Agreed , I would never live in a big city . I live within a 20 drive to Glasgow and a 40 minute drive to Edinburgh . That's near enough for me . I value my quiet life well away from the big cities which I tend to visit 5 or 6 times a year :)
Same here, Brian. I can get almost anything I need in Wrexham. If not, I'm 20 mins away from Chester, 40 mins away from Liverpool, and 50 mins away from Manchester. Not to mention 10 mins away from beautiful countryside (total tranquility) and 30 mins away from the seaside....
Life's good in North Wales! :sheep: :cool:
Marco.
In a nice quiet spot myself. Couple of mins from motorway but nowhere near it or much else.. Its not a through road either as such so no real traffic probs or stray pedestrians . crime is very low too..can leave your doors open tbh. I can get to anywhere in central scotland of note in an hr.
You're in a nice wee spot there, mate. Ideal for your needs :)
Btw, for 'alfer' (A.K.A Brian Hayter, of South Birmingham), 'elsewhere' (also known on pfm as 'whatsnext'), the Indians don't have to celebrate Diwali at 2am in the morning - they can do it up until a more sociable hour, and consider other people, not just themselves!
Although, I suspect it's not the Indians letting off fireworks at that time, but the brainless and idiotic chavs/oiks/losers with nothing else better to do, who should be spending their money instead on trying to find a job (and getting a life).
Marco.
walpurgis
12-11-2015, 17:06
can leave your doors open tbh.
Try that here and all your stuff would vanish as soon as you turned your back and then you'd find twenty scumbags moved in!
I've often (mistakenly) done that (and also with the car) here, with no issues at all. In saying that, we've got CCTV installed around the full perimeter of our property, so no 'bad boys' would get away... :eyebrows:
Returning to fireworks, we've got families with young children living right across from us, all of which without exception celebrated Guy Fawkes night, on Guy Fawkes night (not days after the event), lit a few rockets, etc, and respectfully ensured that it was all over before 10pm: it's called being brought up to be civil, and having the courtesy not to just think about yourself.
Now if some Indian people lived across the road, and simply because it was Diwali, were letting fireworks off at 2am in the morning, then I can assure you it wouldn't just be me knocking on their door to complain, but the whole neighbourhood, and most likely the Police!! And they would soon stop, I can assure you ;)
Why can't such courtesy be shown towards others by people living in London? The problem is too many immigrants aren't integrating properly with British citizens, into our towns and cities, and in turn are creating ghettos, where 'mob mentality' rules, and the authorities are not willing enough to do something about it!
Marco.
brian2957
12-11-2015, 19:30
No chance of moving Geoff ?
walpurgis
12-11-2015, 20:05
No chance of moving Geoff ?
Been wanting to for years Brian. Circumstance have not been right. It's on the horizon, but a way off yet.
brian2957
12-11-2015, 20:20
We all deserve a bit of peace and quiet in our lives Geoff . The saying '' An Englishmans home is his castle '' has real meaning for me . Our home should be a haven from all the shit that happens ''out there '' including loud noise created by things like fireworks . I hope you find a more peaceful place sooner rather than later mate .
We all deserve a bit of peace and quiet in our lives Geoff . The saying '' An Englishmans home is his castle '' has real meaning for me . Our home should be a haven from all the shit that happens ''out there '' including loud noise created by things like fireworks . I hope you find a more peaceful place sooner rather than later mate .
or in our position a Scotsman:eyebrows:
brian2957
12-11-2015, 20:35
It's a basic right of any human being Grant :)
It's a basic right of any human being Grant :)
Damn right, and councils need to be empowered to do what it takes to make sure it is. The reason the govt dont bother is they all stay in places where its not a problem. If the MPS stayed in Southall they would soon put a stop to it
brian2957
12-11-2015, 20:41
:exactly:
You'll have seen the carnage and horrendous injuries it can cause then, Mike, when fireworks are put into the wrong hands?
Sales of fireworks to the general public should've been banned YEARS ago. Back as early as the 60s and 70s, when my dad had his fish and chip restaurant in Glasgow, and also sold all manner of different things, including cigarettes and sweets, etc, he refused to sell fireworks, especially to the local community.
He was offered them numerous times by reps (from Astra, Standard, etc - remember them?) and would've made a significant profit from it, but declined on the grounds of not wanting someone potentially getting maimed for life on his conscience, having bought the fireworks responsible from his shop. Some things are rather more important than money....
Retail outlets these days selling them should take note!!
Marco.
Would it not be fair to say that fish & chips, cigarettes and sweets have done far more damage to the nation's health over the years than fireworks ?
walpurgis
14-11-2015, 18:11
Would it not be fair to say that fish & chips, cigarettes and sweets have done far more damage to the nation's health over the years than fireworks ?
I've never seen anyone blow their fingers off or keep half of London awake at night with a Mars Bar, fag or snack! Not a realistic parallel really.
I lived in west London for 25 years so share the views above on the noise/selfishness issue. What I am challenging is the view that it is ok to sell those other things, particularly cigarettes, but not fireworks. In terms of human health, and cost to the NHS, that is simply not the case.
walpurgis
14-11-2015, 18:31
I don't think anybody was discussing health issues. Just the nuisance of firework noise.
Think the tax more tgan paid for the healthcare tbh but its not the point..
Irrelevant of the dangers and there are many. Just ask fire brigade and a and e etc. The constant noise is the issue. If it was one night it wouldn't be so bad but it can be months. Ive had several rockets hit my windows over the years
walpurgis
14-11-2015, 20:03
They're certainly at it again here tonight. Loads of bangs, booms and whistles.
They're certainly at it again here tonight. Loads of bangs, booms and whistles.
probably celebrating.
Would it not be fair to say that fish & chips, cigarettes and sweets have done far more damage to the nation's health over the years than fireworks ?
So what are you suggesting, Dave - making the above illegal? :scratch:
My dad was simply earning an honest living, following in the family tradition. Are you saying that he shouldn't have sold that stuff, and thus denied himself a living? Yes, I take your point, but at least, unlike many others, he chose not to sell what essentially were dangerous explosives, simply to make more profit.
Marco.
I don't think anybody was discussing health issues. Just the nuisance of firework noise.
Exactly, it was a rather daft point to make, IMO, and nothing to do with the subject in hand.
Marco.
probably celebrating.
"Celebrating" what now, FFS? Half-price tracksuits at Lidl? :D
Marco.
Exactly, it was a rather daft point to make, IMO, and nothing to do with the subject in hand.
Marco.
You made the point that your father was being noble and altruistic in not selling fireworks - on health/safety grounds - a view you are perfectly entitled to hold. I did not say/imply. he was a bad man, nor suggest that he wasn't entitled to sell whatever he liked so long as it was legal. My view is that cigarettes are far more dangerous and do/have done much more damage than fireworks. Happy to leave it there...
A point I accept, of course, but one which has little in connection with the thread topic :)
Marco.
When I was seven, I won a big box of fireworks in a raffle at my school (to this day, it's the only thing I ever have won). I took it home all by myself. I could also buy my dad's ciggies over the counter at about the same age.
Well, you were a very naughty boy! :spank:
Seriously though, whoever sold you those cigs should've been reported and prosecuted, as it would've been obvious to anyone without a white stick that you were underage. Was it an 'asian mini market' that sold you them?
The one next door to my dad's chippy was guilty of that all the time. Trouble is, the authorities always turned a blind eye, for fear of being accused of playing the racist card..... :rolleyes:
Marco.
Well, you were a very naughty boy! :spank:
Seriously though, whoever sold you those cigs should've been reported and prosecuted, as it would've been obvious to anyone without a white stick that you were underage. Was it an 'asian mini market' that sold you them?
The one next door to my dad's chippy was guilty of that all the time. Trouble is, the authorities always turned a blind eye, for fear of being accused of playing the racist card..... :rolleyes:
Marco.
There were no Asian mini markets round our way back then; it was the local post office/sweetshop that sold them. I guess they knew who I was and that the ciggies were for my dad. Though (or perhaps because) both my parents were heavy smokers, I never smoked myself.
Cool, and understood. We had such shops (asian mini markets) round our way from the early 70s, but we also had a local post office/sweet shop, like you. It was always the former, however, that tended to, shall we say, 'do anything they could for a sale'... ;)
Marco.
I used to get pipe tobacco for my dad when I was a nipper. St Bruno ready rubbed. There was never any issue and the proprietors of the shop were indigenous personnel.
I suppose a little kid isn't going to smoke a pipe but I'm sure if it had been ciggies they would still have sold them to me. Common sense was used in those days.
walpurgis
25-11-2015, 22:37
Dunno what the reason is, but there have been loud fireworks going off all evening and they're still at it! Thought we'd finished with all that crap. It's coming from all around, so it's probably some kind of religious nonsense.
They're just low-life, inconsiderate scum, Geoff. There's no other appropriate description!
Marco.
walpurgis
25-11-2015, 23:38
They're just low-life, inconsiderate scum, Geoff. There's no other appropriate description!
Marco.
Come the day. There'll be some very firm disciplining handed down. :mad:
southall-1998
26-12-2015, 20:35
Some big fireworks going off here.
S.
walpurgis
26-12-2015, 20:37
Had a few here tonight too.
southall-1998
26-12-2015, 20:39
Had a few here tonight too.
Go out there and throw yer socks at them, Geoff!!
:)
S.
Steady on now, I'm not sure that anyone quite deserves that fate! :eyebrows:
Marco.
walpurgis
26-12-2015, 21:48
Go out there and throw yer socks at them, Geoff!!
:)
S.
Yeah. You don't want to get hit by one. It'd take an hour or two to peel it off yer face! :eek:
southall-1998
26-12-2015, 21:52
:D
S.
Yeah. You don't want to get hit by one. It'd take an hour or two to peel it off yer face! :eek:
Aye, and the skin would come off with it! :D
Marco.
walpurgis
31-12-2015, 22:43
Yes. Fireworks again. They've been at it since it got dark and it's getting noisier. Any excuse around this way.
Been a few big flurries here too, all from the same place I think.
Aye, we're getting a few pops going off here too, and it's not just my arse! Happy New Year everyone :D
Marco.
walpurgis
01-01-2016, 00:15
Same to you and Del Marco. And everybody else. Loads of firework racket here now. West London, what would you expect? :)
narabdela
01-01-2016, 00:40
Spectacular firework display from London on the box, but seriously, seriously shite musical accompaniment. :doh:
Ali Tait
01-01-2016, 00:42
Dude living behind us put on a great display - must've spent a fortune, looked great. Quiet apart from that though.
archiesdad
01-01-2016, 20:29
Some twat near me decided that 1am this morning was a good time to set off their fireworks, if Ihadn't my hands full of panicky dog I'd marched up the road and found somewhere to deposit my empty beer bottles.
walpurgis
01-01-2016, 20:35
My dog likes all the bangs and whistles. When he hears fireworks, he runs to the door to be let out. Daft mutt.
Some twat near me decided that 1am this morning was a good time to set off their fireworks, if Ihadn't my hands full of panicky dog I'd marched up the road and found somewhere to deposit my empty beer bottles.
Beer bottles? I'd have deposited the contents of my bladder through his letterbox! The selfish and inconsiderate fuckhead....
Marco.
It's a good job Geoff isn't in Thailand right now - it's Chinese New Year and the firecrackers are brutal, constant and fecking loud. He'd be having kittens right now. . . 😃
British high fidelity
07-02-2016, 14:33
Same here in Malaysia, nit even decent fireworks just shite noisy ones
British high fidelity
07-02-2016, 14:34
Dogs are not impressed, looks like a crappy night sleep coming up, nervous dogs and all
walpurgis
07-02-2016, 15:23
It's a good job Geoff isn't in Thailand right now - it's Chinese New Year and the firecrackers are brutal, constant and fecking loud. He'd be having kittens right now. . . ��
Can't be any worse than around here at certain times. The racket can be devastating when the Indians have their 'Doolali'!
southall-1998
07-02-2016, 22:55
Can't be any worse than around here at certain times. The racket can be devastating when the Indians have their 'Doolali'!
Sometimes I think the Indians are trying to impress you, Geoff ;)
S.
walpurgis
27-08-2016, 20:53
Here we go again. Loud fireworks just started outside. The dog was going potty wanting to go into the garden and enjoy them. He loves fireworks for some reason and has just been tearing up and down wagging his tail and looking up in the sky. Daft mutt.
Your dog must have had an odd life before you got him. Special Forces or something.
walpurgis
27-08-2016, 21:19
Your dog must have had an odd life before you got him. Special Forces or something.
I suspect he was taken shooting before I got him. He's a big Lurcher! :)
He must have really enjoyed it. Being out and about and having a task to do. And he will have learned not to fear the noise from watching the other dogs and following their cues I guess.
Here we go again. Loud fireworks just started outside. The dog was going potty wanting to go into the garden and enjoy them. He loves fireworks for some reason and has just been tearing up and down wagging his tail and looking up in the sky. Daft mutt.
Jeez... What 'special occasion' are the idiots setting off fireworks for at this time of the year? :rolleyes:
The only 'bangs' I'd like to hear is from someone knocking the heads together of the stupid wastes-of-space fuckers responsible!!
Marco.
walpurgis
27-08-2016, 21:55
Par for the course here Marco. Any excuse to make a racket.
By the end of September the 'locals' start letting fireworks off every night, building up steadily to the beginning of November, when it starts to decline. The law is totally ignored and certainly not enforced, with loud bangs into the small hours and fireworks used in the streets.
And it's not just a few individual. It's the whole fucking town at it!!
I'd love to declare 'open season' and do some enforcing of my own, but I guess that would be frowned upon.
walpurgis
28-10-2016, 22:04
Yes, I'm booting my thread back into life. It's 'that' time of year again. Fireworks every night now and the dog going potty when he hears them. This will go on for about two weeks. It's just plain annoying!!
Time to unleash 'Eugene'.... :eyebrows:
Marco.
southall-1998
28-10-2016, 23:34
For this year.
Geoff should step outside, with a multicoloured afro wig on his head. He'll scare off the noisy culprits for another 1 year.
:D
S.
Fireworks in distance. been going for some time, and must be a display.probably 2 miles away and still quite loud through double glazing
walpurgis
29-10-2016, 19:54
They've been going off since it got dark. The dog's going potty!
This has to be a display. Probably Armadale dogtrack or thereabout ... Think its at a creshendo so may be near the end. Must have cost a small fortune if its private
Some big ones going off here last night. Sounded like mortars. Only lasted a few minutes though. Just been down the shop and it is very quiet tonight, drizzling a bit so that will put them off.
walpurgis
29-10-2016, 23:01
Midnight and the fireworks are still blasting away. There's five days of this 'festival of lights' crap, followed by a less intrusive November the 5th.
Oldpinkman
30-10-2016, 06:29
The dogs have just shot in spooked by loud bangs, but that is the chasse taking a pop at the wild boar. In our garden by the sounds of things. Down here we're not even allowed a garden bonfire due to forest fire regs.
Gordon Steadman
30-10-2016, 07:15
The dogs have just shot in spooked by loud bangs, but that is the chasse taking a pop at the wild board. In our garden by the sounds of things. Down here we're not even allowed a garden bonfire due to forest fire regs.
Yeah, those wild boards are a real problem round here too:eyebrows:
I presume that's a typo? What's "the chasse"? :scratch:
As for fireworks, a few muted pops and bangs here last night, all over by 11pm. The only time there is any real noise is on the main night itself.
Marco.
Gordon Steadman
30-10-2016, 07:40
I presume that's a typo? What's "the chasse"? :scratch:
As for fireworks, a few muted pops and bangs here last night, all over by 11pm. The only time there is any real noise is on the main night itself.
Marco.
Substitute chase for chasse and you will get the idea!!
Ah, I see... Looks like Pinky was on the pop last night, or has developed the condition of keyboardium typus wrongus :eyebrows:
Marco.
I presume that's a typo? What's "the chasse"? :scratch:
.
It's a ballet step. Where I used to live we had problems with those damn ballet dancers rampaging through the garden. Had to move in the end as there was no stopping them. I sympathise.
Oldpinkman
30-10-2016, 11:01
I presume that's a typo? What's "the chasse"? :scratch:
As for fireworks, a few muted pops and bangs here last night, all over by 11pm. The only time there is any real noise is on the main night itself.
Marco.
La Chasse is the hunt. Loads of village locals with rifles and orange jackets standing around in the mountains shooting things. Boar today. The orange jackets are so they don't shoot each other. Apparently they discovered some while ago that boar are colour blind and so camouflage clothing was pretty pointless. :D
Ah, I see... Thanks for the clarification. My initial thoughts were that it was something French, but I wasn't sure. Always best to qualify these things, IMO, so that folks outside of 'your world' are on the same page ;)
Marco.
walpurgis
30-10-2016, 19:06
Well the dog's out in the garden taking in the fireworks. The racket is ridiculous at the moment.
I feel for you, dude... Part of it will probably be that Diwali shit.
Marco.
walpurgis
30-10-2016, 20:09
I feel for you, dude... Part of it will probably be that Diwali shit.
Marco.
All of it is Marco. The 'locals' have no restraint. This will go on until maybe 2am. The racket is continous with perhaps a hundred bangs a minute from all directions.
I expect noisy fireworks or even all fireworks will be banned before too long. Excluding perhaps, organised and licenced displays.
i wish mine did,shes scared shitless.its not even november for christ sake!
dantheman91
30-10-2016, 20:17
Our Lab/collie is oblivious to it all in fact he's sound asleep as i type...
:)
a pain in the arse the rest of the time tough...
walpurgis
30-10-2016, 20:18
i wish mine did,shes scared shitless.its not even november for christ sake!
The dog you mean?
Mine's nuts. When he hears fireworks, he makes a huge fuss until he's let out to enjoy them. Then trots up and down the garden with tail in the air and looking up at the sky. I think he may have been a gun dog before I got him. He's a great lad, just a bit bonkers.
All of it is Marco. The 'locals' have no restraint. This will go on until maybe 2am. The racket is continous with perhaps a hundred bangs a minute from all directions.
Such a selfish attitude. That's what I detest: the complete lack of consideration for anyone else... 'Oh we're celebrating, too bad what noise we cause or how much we disturb others'.. Wankaz!! :wanker: :guns:
I expect noisy fireworks or even all fireworks will be banned before too long. Excluding perhaps, organised and licenced displays.
That would get my vote! It's a compete nonsense otherwise, and just an excuse to be a public nuisance. Dangerous too, as all the A&Es up and down the country will testify to.
Marco.
I feel for you, dude... Part of it will probably be that Diwali shit.
Marco.
Surprised you should say that Marco. How would you feel if someone used the phrase "all that Lent shit"?
southall-1998
30-10-2016, 20:36
The dog you mean?
Mine's nuts. When he hears fireworks, he makes a huge fuss until he's let out to enjoy them. Then trots up and down the garden with tail in the air and looking up at the sky. I think he may have been a gun dog before I got him. He's a great lad, just a bit bonkers.
kablammo!
S.
walpurgis
30-10-2016, 20:45
This is what it's like at the moment.
(hope it plays) An MP3 recording I just made from my front door: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0JWjOLKlO1D
Turn your volume up and you'll get a realistic idea.
This started at around 6pm and will go on for hours yet.
Surprised you should say that Marco. How would you feel if someone used the phrase "all that Lent shit"?
Yes, Barry, but the difference is when I'm celebrating Lent, I'm not setting fireworks off and causing a racket until 2am! And with it, forcing others to acknowledge my culture or religious beliefs. I do what I do in private, without bothering anyone. This is one of the reasons why I wouldn't live in somewhere like London if you paid me.
And you can bet your boots that the majority of those letting off all the fireworks aren't even Hindu, or have any real interest in Diwali - they just like making a noise for the sake of it! :rolleyes: Honestly, I often wonder what's inside the heads of these people, other than stale air...
If Diwali happened in the same way as Catholics celebrate Lent, I'd have no issue with it whatsoever. We had the same thing here a few years back with Bastille Day, until the majority of the locals put an end to the fooking fireworks and noise going on until silly o'clock in the morning. It's a nonsense.
I've never believed in forcing others to take part in my culture, directly or indirectly. Either keep these celebrations private, or in a place SOLELY for the appreciation of the 'natives' and those who wish to join in, and well away from everyone else!
However, don't get me wrong, it's not Diwali itself that's "shit"; it's the intrusive and inconsiderate way that it's celebrated - as if nothing or no-one else matters. And you're just expected to put up with it :rolleyes:
Marco.
They celebrate Bastille Day in Wrexham?
southall-1998
30-10-2016, 21:26
This is what it's like at the moment.
(hope it plays) An MP3 recording I just made from my front door: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0JWjOLKlO1D
Turn your volume up and you'll get a realistic idea.
This started at around 6pm and will go on for hours yet.
RIP headphone users :D
S.
They celebrate Bastille Day in Wrexham?
Yeah, the French population here do/did... Surprisingly, there's a few of them.
I've always hated that 'we'll force what we consider as important on you, whether you like it or not' attitude. It happens in different ways all the time.
In a much smaller way, it happened a minute ago when 'Humans' was delayed by nearly 10 minutes on Ch4, because of waffle on the news about F1, again as if that's all that mattered to everyone.
On the same subject, look how 'Trooping of the Colour' dominates the BBC when it's on, or recently, the Olympics... I don't like being inconsiderately forced to experience that which I have almost no interest in, simply to appease the masses, or have the desires of the masses automatically imposed on me - in ANY aspect of life.
It's one of the reasons why I like to live as 'off grid' as possible, in order to minimise the likelihood of such.
Marco.
walpurgis
30-10-2016, 21:43
I gather there's another large celebration of some sort next Sunday too and the whole town is likely to be subjected to a form of 'lockdown'. This kind of stuff happens about half a dozen times a year. Nobody can travel across town and even getting out can be virtually impossible. Parades and marches all over and the 'locals' all get in their cars to follow, jamming all the roads up. It goes on for hours. A total lack of consideration for anybody except themselves of course.
southall-1998
30-10-2016, 21:47
It is, what it is, Geoff.
S.
Nothing here tonight. quiet as a mouse
walpurgis
30-10-2016, 21:48
No. It is what it has been allowed to become. I lived here before this stuff went on.
Nothing here tonight. quiet as a mouse
Same here, and I wouldn't have it any other way!
Marco.
No. It is what it has been allowed to become. I lived here before this stuff went on.
Quite right, mate. The more the selfish bollocks you outlined (in post 226) is just automatically accepted these days as 'the norm', the more it will become such. My advice? Stay far from the maddening crowd! ;)
Marco
They celebrate Bastille Day in Wrexham?
Wrexham is actually part of France.
Audio Al
30-10-2016, 23:00
Very quiet here :) , Its normally like WW3 :eek:
Quiet here as well. It's been gradually getting quieter over the past few years. I blame Tory austerity.
walpurgis
30-10-2016, 23:15
This is the current 'state of play': http://vocaroo.com/i/s1cmo0wzIZs1
Recorded in my back garden and this is after 11pm. There's be a couple of hours or more yet and of course the same will kick off tomorrow.
southall-1998
30-10-2016, 23:18
Sounds like a gun war happening!
S.
walpurgis
30-10-2016, 23:24
You should know. it's not that long since you had to listen to it Shane :).
walpurgis
30-10-2016, 23:34
Sounds like a gun war happening!
S.
It's been so noisy, you could have a gun battle on the streets and nobody would notice :rolleyes:..
Wrexham is actually part of France.
Yes, it's twinned with St Jacques de Botteville.
Marco.
Quiet here as well. It's been gradually getting quieter over the past few years. I blame Tory austerity.
In the world of blame that's so yesterday. You should be blaming Brexit.
Sounds like a gun war happening!
Sounds like my arse after a Lamb Naga :D
Marco.
In the world of blame that's so yesterday. You should be blaming Brexit.
Just wait till after the Scottish referendum!
Marco.
Audio Al
31-10-2016, 03:16
Not a single wiz bang here at the moment :D
walpurgis
31-10-2016, 10:29
Just checked the cars. They are covered in bits of cardboard and what looks like ash. All firework debris. The motors were nice and clean yesterday. Filthy now.
It's not uncommon to see 'dink' marks in the roofs and bonnets of cars here, made by spent rockets falling on them!
You should start a business selling fireworks to the locals. Soon make enough to buy yourself a mansion somewhere quiet by the sound of it :)
southall-1998
31-10-2016, 14:10
Just checked the cars. They are covered in bits of cardboard and what looks like ash. All firework debris. The motors were nice and clean yesterday. Filthy now.
It's not uncommon to see 'dink' marks in the roofs and bonnets of cars here, made by spent rockets falling on them!
Did you find shed loads, of ''blown up'' giant capacitors lying around the street? :lol:
S.
walpurgis
31-10-2016, 15:57
You should start a business selling fireworks to the locals. Soon make enough to buy yourself a mansion somewhere quiet by the sound of it :)
That little market is well and truly sewn up around here. The firework shops, wholesalers and importers are all Indian.
I tell you what. I'd not want to live in a flat above one of their firwork shops. I can just picture the fire precautions they take (not).
Its like WW3 out there at moment.. mortars going off everywhere.
....just waiting on the first Tiger tank to appear
walpurgis
05-11-2016, 17:49
Not much here. November 5th is a bit of an afterthought compared to last week.
southall-1998
05-11-2016, 18:05
I'm beginning to get irritated by the sound of fireworks.
The curse of having misophonia!!
S.
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