Re: [lace-chat] Fireworks
I love them also however when they are being set off until 4-5 in the morning on a weeknight when you have to work the next day they are NOT fun. Also when you have a neighbor like I do who is an idiot they are not fun!! And by idiot I mean that they think it is fun to stand in their yard and toss lite fireworks in the air and hit them with a baseball bat! They have caught our yard on fire 2 years in a row!!! We now have to have someone out in the yard with a hose until all hours of the night to put out the fires!! Shere'e Seattle, WA USA On 1/2/07, H. Muth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all, However, I must say that I love fireworks! I love the lights, the sound and the smell. I don't get out to see them much anymore as by that time of night I'm usually too tired to handle the crowds and walking. Heather Abbotsford, BC Canada To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fireworks
Hello all, Happy New Year to you and yours. Perhaps you'd all better move here. Abbotsford has outlawed fireworks. The only ones allowed are the official ones of the city and the rare private ones that have received approval. The only official ones that I can recall are on Canada Day (July 1st) and maybe Victoria Day (May 21). We used to get all kinds of fireworks around Halloween but since the ban there have been less. However, I must say that I love fireworks! I love the lights, the sound and the smell. I don't get out to see them much anymore as by that time of night I'm usually too tired to handle the crowds and walking. Heather Abbotsford, BC Canada To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Fireworks
In a message dated 01/11/2003 08:37:22 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Fireworks are on sale to the public two weeks before 5th November (Guy > Fawkes Night) and two weeks before New Year's Eve. Fireworks on New Year's > Eve have only been happening since the millennium. Fireworks here, in South East London / Surrey have been on sale ALL YEAR ROUND. We are disgusted by the fact that every single weekend since June was have had fireworks going off - just think how my poor cat is suffering - he has been unable to go outside to the loo every Saturday from about 5.30 in the evening. Last night, he was just about recovered from his second seizure and was desperate to go to the loo. We waited for a lull in the offensive and about 10.30 it stopped, so Sparky and I ventured out into the garden together and he had just dug a beautiful hole in the ground when we were hit by a bombardment equal to Monte Casion started - exit stage right one petrified cat and one very upset owner. Regards Liz Beecher I'm http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging now - see what it's all about To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] fireworks
Our fireworks seem to start at Michaelmas, when we have a Michaelmas fair, on the Friday there is a fireworks display, from then on we have had fireworks every day going off at 3 pm or even 1.30 am. We were shown on the news one city where over 20 phone booths have been blown up by fireworks, the same amount of cars too. Fireworks are being brought into the country and no one seems to know where they are going once they arrive. Even nails are now being inserted into fireworks. We have our Guy Fawkes display at the local racecourse, we pay I think 4 pounds each to go and see the display, there is usually a bonfire with an effigy of Guy Fawkes being burnt. There was a discussion on the TV about the new legislation that will be in place they hope before next bonfire night, every one who was discussing the new legislation said it did not go far enough. I don't know whether this legislation is for the UK or England. Here in England all legislation has to be past at Westminster, whereas Wales and Scotland can also pass laws for their countries in their parliaments. Jean in Newbury UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Fireworks
At 08:36 AM 11/1/2003 -, you wrote: >Fireworks are on sale to the public two weeks before 5th November (Guy >Fawkes Night) and two weeks before New Year's Eve. Around here, the public has fireworks usually on July 4th (Independence Day). A few people set off some during the week before or after, but not many. However, I might note that in my state the available types of fireworks are very restricted. The safety laws are very strict. Some people illegally cross the state line and buy in the next state that does not have the safety laws. They'll bring the nonapproved fireworks back and hope that they don't get caught with them. Special public displays can be found through the year connected to special events. A local rodeo sets off fireworks each night at the end of performances during the week or two of the event. Big cities have New Year's displays. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon - Cold, freezing weather has come. Summer is gone. Oregon Country Lacemakers Arachne Secret Pal Administrator Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fireworks
Fireworks are on sale to the public two weeks before 5th November (Guy Fawkes Night) and two weeks before New Year's Eve. Fireworks on New Year's Eve have only been happening since the millennium. Organised displays can take place at any time of year - in Poole it's every Thursday evening on the quay or the beach throughout the summer for the tourists, plus anything other excuse they can think of. In recent years the big display fireworks have been on sale to the public for 5th November and New Year, and air bombs (extremely loud) in particular are what the morons are buying and letting off at any time of the night in any place they choose. There's no legislation to stop them so for the last week and a bit my dog has been quivering, and our sleep has been interrupted several times during the night almost every night. My older brother was a high-up civil servant, and had a brief to cut down on injuries from fireworks. The "Firework Code" that's posted in shops was written by him. He was asked to draft a bill for parliament to help cut down on injuries, but of all his suggestions, he was told that the only one that stood any chance of being passed was the weakest - that organisers of firework displays should be trained to use them safely by the suppliers of the fireworks. Anything that restricted the use or sale wouldn't stand a chance. When a bill goes before parliament it's debated and there's a set time for the debate. If an MP chooses to talk for the whole of the time allocated for the debate and there isn't time for a vote, then the bill goes in the trash can. This is what happened - at least one MP had been lobbied by the firework importers (firewors aren't made in the UK) to talk the bill out because it would cost them money to train people and therefore cut down their profits. The problem of fireworks has become such that there is a bill coming soon, but how strong it will be, we don't know yet. There are already rules governing the storage of fireworks, but a few weeks ago three and a half tons of them, which are of course just explosives, were found in a lock-up garage in Bournemouth. The Thursday night display in Poole uses just less than one ton each week. So far the owner hasn't been traced. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
