Firework *******..

Watching next doors display via my CCTV.......to clarify next doors is about quarter a mile away and I just catch the area of sky that they are in......I ain't peepin in their garden or owt.
Got badgers in the garden last night for the first time, that'll have scared them away for a bit now. Not a fan of it all really due it it scaring all the wildlife away.....I know, turned into a right old fart.......small pleasures tho......

 

I've got three dogs the oldest is 7 and he's slept through it the younger ones are 3 and have been brought up by us since they were pups but are like chalk and cheese one doesnt like them at all the other ones been sat at the patio door all night watching them and even the ones that bang really loudly don't bother him. Don't know if it's a thing with Rottweilers because he's our forth and they've all been the same just sat and watched them.

 

There are quieter ones, you need some noise to them though.

 

You can't beat a noisy bang .

 

All this fireworks and bonfire ***** makes a mockery of all the climate stuff we've been hearing about this week. I don't know the figures for Bonfire Night week, but it's said that New Year's Eve is equivalent to 15% of yearly vehicle particulate emissions.

 

I used to but…. Why do fireworks have to be so loud they set of car alarms and measure on the Richter scale?

 

Earlier tonight my girlfriend and I walking home and watched a firework go above the house nearby and the stick fell in front of us. I don't know why but it surprised me, I've never seen that before. I didnt assume that the stick just evaporates either though, I don't know what I was expecting. Not a fan of them either, purely because of animals. Just not nice for them.

 

Aldi do a range of low noise ones this year

 

I question that stat.

There are a multitude of reasons people dislike fireworks, and maybe more want them banned than not - but 91%?

Of the remaining 9%, some would be indifferent, some think they’re ok but take or leave them - leaving very few that would ever buy them.

What was the paper? The dog owners almanac?

 

I’m no historian, but didn’t Guy Fawkes get caught before he even managed to ignite his huge haul of gunpowder?
If so, would it not be a more apt way, to celebrate Bonfire Night, for everyone to go out and blow a fortune on fireworks then just not light them.

 

Can't see how?

 

We went out to see the fireworks at Conkers (National Forest place). We walked down an old railway embankment to find a place with a view. It was pitch black but we met 2 young blokes (late 20s/early 30s) with 2 boys (10/11), they asked us if we had a light for their sparklers.

 

Completely agree. I loved them as a kid, some of my best memories are of our street doing a bonfire and everyone chipping in with fireworks.

Having enjoyed them myself it feels churlish to seek to deny others the same.

Whilst I get the counter arguments its not like it happens every day.

 

Whilst I don't doubt the numbers, particulate emissions don't contribute to global warming. If anything they would have the opposite effect, like the "nuclear winter" idea where particles of dust sucked up from the ground spread round the world blocking the sun. Vehicle particulate emissions are potentially more harmful because they are constantly there 365 days a year and are thus breathed in all the time. As for the content of the particles, I have no idea whether firework particulates are worse than vehicular ones as they are both mainly combustion products (ignoring vehicle brake dust).

 

I'm not going to get into a scientific argument with you, as I'm not qualified to, but fireworks release emissions which are impactful on climate change. That's the overall point I'm making. The particulates may 'just' be bad for our health, but they also release greenhouse gases responsible for climate change.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...te-harmful-pall-of-pollution/?sh=5971150f2853

 

People should be banned from keeping sentient creatures.

 

The cat we serve would strongly disagree with that opinion.
After all, without me and my wife constantly at his beck and call, who would provide his food and water, open and close the doors and windows he always seems to be on the wrong side of and give him the snuggles he insists* on at 7 am when I am trying to make the coffee?

* The constant howling indicates his demands for attention...louder than any alarm clock I have ever owned

 

Aye, bloody free loaders.

 

Shame, I like a good scientific argument

I wasn't being confrontational mate just making the point that particulates are unlikely to absorb radiation and convert it to heat like molecules of gases like CO2 do but are rather more likely to scatter or reflect light. Obviously the gases released by fireworks (undoubtedly including CO2) may well contribute to global warming. The unfortunate thing is we don't really know the full impact on the environment any almost anything we do....

 

One time of year something goes off in barnsley and every ****** moans