When we where on holiday in Malta we were told by a local that the Maltese government banned the fireworks because they were so powerful and many people lost fingers etc. in accidents but the Maltese people were so upset by this ruling that the government reinstated the fireworks. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karen Sent: 01 January 2007 21:40 To: 'Jean Nathan'; 'Lace' Subject: RE: [lace] It's all over now. Consider yourself lucky that the fireworks are only on for half an hour once a week in Summer. Here in Malta, we have fireworks every weekend between Easter and late October for each of the village feasts. There are one or more each week. The fireworks start from Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. Some of the villages start their fireworks from the Monday before the feast weekend. In that case, there are 'bombs' that rattle your windows being let off at 8am, 12pm, 4pm and then continuously from about 6pm until 11.30pm or thereabouts. Just imagine all the money that is being thrown away on noise that is a pain to most of the Maltese, but a selfish few who want to make noise for the feast will insist on paying for them just the same!!! Happy New Year everybody! Karen in Malta -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:05 AM To: Lace Subject: [lace] It's all over now. Finally it's all over. Got woken at midnight (stopped staying up to see the change of year long ago) by the usual fireworks. Threw a blanket over my dog's head so he couldn't see the flashes and had to leave him to shake for half an hour while the barrage went on. This morning, while out for his 'empty' he tried to drag me off my feet to get away from the noise of someone putting their wheely rubbish bin out. He'll be like that for a couple of days. I can't see the attraction of fireworks - to my mind once you've seen one display, you've seen them all. At least here in Poole, where we have a quaking dog between 10 and 10.30 pm every Thursday evening throughout July and August while identical firework displays happens on Poole Quay for the holiday makers. It's like keep watching repeats of the same bad TV programme. Someone thought it was a good idea several years ago. But maybe they'll stop if holidaymaker numbers drop. One of the main attractions of Poole was Poole Pottery (which you could tour and see how the stuff was made) and the outlet shop, where you could buy seconds of current production (I don't think the hoiliday makers realised that was what they were buying) both went out of business just before Christmas. The outlet also had some classy franchises in it as well, and sections where you could vent anger by smashing pottery, have a go at a potter's wheel or paint your own (already made) piece.. Whether the administrators will find buyers to get them going again is debatabe. The pottery itself went bust a couple of years ago and was resurrected. Now it's gone agan, there's doubt that it can be re-opened. At the previous closure there was interest in buying the name 'Poole Pottery' for production in the middle east. So if you collect Poole Pottery, there's unlikely to be anymore of the genuine modern stuff - it's likely to have made in "Taiwan" stamped on it (or whatever the current main production country in the east is now). In addition to the staying holidaymakers, there were always five or six coach loads of day trippers visiting the pottery and outlet. We felt sorry for the five coach loads who arived at the outlet on 26th December (Boxing Day here) to find it closed. There'll no longer be any attraction for day trippers, so the town's income from those will plummet, but, on the bright side, they won't be around to filch the best bits from the charity shops in the High Street for presents to take back to friends at home. Useful places for beads, frames, needlework stuff and books. Now it's over, I WILL miss the inflatable Santa on the roof of a house about 100 yards away - quite suggestive the way it got inflated and lit up every evening and deflated each morning. So glad to hear that Valentine's cards have been spotted already - Easter eggs should be a bit later this year (end of January?) because it's not until the end of the first week in April. Happy New Year Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.16.1/611 - Release Date: 31/12/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.16.1/611 - Release Date: 31/12/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/594 - Release Date: 20/12/2006 15:54 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/594 - Release Date: 20/12/2006 15:54 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
