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OT - Fireworks?
On Jul 2, 8:01*am, "J J Levin" wrote:
people who cross the border to buy illegal fireworks will be arrested and their cars will confiscated (as they do in drug cases). For some reason this gives me the mental image of a guy walking up to someone and saying "Psst! Wanna score?" "What you got?" "Weed, speed, Crack.Charlie. E's" "No thanks I don't want that sh*t...anything else?" Dealer goes very furtive and leans over and whispers "I can let you have 2 primo Catherine Wheels" "Got any Roman Candle?" "WOW! That's really heavy sh*t man!" Thanks right now I need a laugh and please no one wonder how I know the slang- call it a sign of a misspent youth (which if the bits I remember were true I don't think I misspent them at all) Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furball |
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LOL! Your post sent me back to a childhood of playgrounds set in concrete.
Bones had to be sticking out of skin before anyone was sissy enough to go home crying to mom when we fell off the top of the monkey bars or "tightrope walking" on the top of the extra tall swing set - not to mention trying to get the swing to go completely around in a circle and more often than not banging into the steel posts instead. Then there was the ever popular child's game of "Lawn Darts" where children stood on opposite sides of the lawn and threw very large steel spikes at the target at one child's feet - can't tell you how many times I had to pull a dart out of my leg. There were public pools that kids could attend alone at any age, dive off the high dive 25 - 30 feet above the deep end of the pool, and drown if the lone "lifeguard" happened to be flirting with a pretty girl at the time. Not to mention being basically kicked out of the front door with a backpack of sandwiches at first light and not allowed to come back (even had we wanted) until after dark. I lived next to a large copse of wild woods with many wild animals, such as nutria (think rats on steroids - they could take on a large dog and win). there were streams to cross on a fallen log, trees to climb to serious heights, ropes strung across the trees to swing on like Tarzan or make a rope bridge. To build tree houses we had to "borrow" from our garages machetes, axes, hammers, ten-penny nails. saws, etc. - all of which we were never taught how to safely use - we either figured it out or lost a piece of finger. Any less serious injury was treated with spit and a mud pack (it's amazing how few infections we had - I guess we built immunities pretty quickly). I sometimes think that we were still practicing "evolution in action" in those times. Anyone smart enough to live through a childhood like that had the privilege to grow up to marry and contribute to the gene pool. I walk past the playgrounds of today, with their moss and wood chip ground cover - nothing high, nothing steel, everything a very light plastic, no monkey bars, no see-saws and more often than not totally deserted (how could kids possibly have fun on those unthrilling, vanilla "toys"). And children have to be accompanied by parents, they're not allowed to venture anywhere on their own now-a-days (even if they should desire a few minutes away from their Nintendos and WIIs). It's all pretty sad really. And I'm sure it's why so *MANY* of our children in the US are seriously overweight and having *HEART ATTACKS* in their *TEENS*!!! That was unheard of when I was young. There was maybe one poor child in the whole school whose single mother coddled into overweight and that poor child was teased and hounded to misery (there weren't any awareness programs about the damage this did). I can say, righteously, that I was not a teaser - having lost my dad at age 4 and being brighter than my peers caused me enough teasing and grief from my peers that I could empathize all too well. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net "Lesley" wrote in message ... On Jul 1, 3:07 pm, "CatNipped" wrote: What do you think? Should city-run fireworks be banned also, or allowed? In the UK in my time (centuries) things have changed a lot on the fireworks front. When I was a kid city run displays were rare and most people had a bonfire etc in their back gardens on November the 5th. Even "organised" displays were quite amateur like the one in a local church that let my youngest brother who was about 6 at the time light Roman candles (he wondered what would happen if he put a lit one on it's side and caused a mass panic). As kids we'd save our pocket money for weeks and the local sweetshop would sell them...yes they'd quite happily hand over what amounts to an incidenary device (and we all susbscribed to the belief that the brighter and/or louder it went BANG the better it was) to small children. We all used to lust after the big boxes of them and hope our parents really loved us enough for the "Standard Fireworks Big Party Box"! (and yes, they did pack fireworks in cardboard boxes! Dad used to have an old biscuit tin in the shed and all fireworks went in there and he was very careful that the lid only came off to take them out and went straifght back on- none of you will be suprised that every October there were masses of public service annoucements showing burn victims to remind us to be careful) I'm getting a bad case of nostalgia here.....the morning after the air reeked of fireworks and us kids would go round hunting for the empty cases to see who could find the most... but apart from November the 5th no-one ever lit fireworks. These days very few people hold Bonfire Night parties in their gardens but there are loads of big council run displays. A kid could not purchase a firework and anyway only a few specialist shops stock them they aren't displayed in a glass cabinet next to the sweets any,more. However they are now lit more often than once a year- we used to have near neighbours (down the short side street next to the house) who set them off on every possible occasion- New Year 2004 was like living in a war zone- our New Year's Eve party for a couple of years went outside about 5 to midnight and stood on the corner watching their display (And it was quite spectaculary garish!). The first year Dunzi (RB- God that hurts!) and Sarsi seemed fascinated and watched them out the window but they didn't bother after that Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furball |
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OT - Fireworks?
On Jul 2, 9:01*am, "J J Levin" wrote:
"Sherry" wrote in message ... On Jul 1, 5:07 pm, "CatNipped" wrote: All sales on fireworks have been banned this year in and around Houston.. The chance of more wild fires and the danger to homes is too great to risk even a "sparkler" to ignite the draught ravaged foliage. That's perfectly understandable to me - why take the chance of some dumb@44 setting the city on fire. However, they're still planning a "Freedom Celebration" in Houston and some surrounding cities. Huh? Are their fireworks somehow different from privately owned fireworks? Are the parks and other places they're planned somehow spared from the draught? There is still a big "debate" about this going on, but as of right now, the celebrations are going to go ahead as planned. What do you think? Should city-run fireworks be banned also, or allowed? -- Hugs, CatNipped I'm no expert by any means, but it looks to me like the professional fireworks displays go so high in the air that embers really don't reach the ground. And for any ground effects they do, they'll have firefighters present "just in case." Hopefully they'll mow and further prep the area too. I don't really like fireworks in any shape or form, but for the kids it's like banning Christmas. They so look forward to it. Our state/county in all its wisdom passed a ban on the *use* of individual fireworks. You can still sell them, and buy them, but you can't pop them. Dumb. Like I said, I hate fireworks even under wet conditions. They scare the cats and upset the livestock. If any of my neighbors do it, I totally plan on ratting them out. There's a hundred acres of waist-high dead prairie grass between us and them. Way too dangerous. Sherry I live in Northern NJ. There are organized fireworks on the 4th, but the NY Police Commissioner was just on the radio, warning NY residents not to drive to Pennsylvania to buy fireworks. Private fireworks are illegal in NY, and he specifically said that people who cross the border to buy illegal fireworks will be arrested and their cars will confiscated (as they do in drug cases). Jay MileHigh LE is warning us not to drive the 70 miles up to buy them in Wyoming, where anything goes, including strutting around in gunbelts. LOL *as if* either Wyoming OR PA have the cop resources after the budget cuttings of personnel to station cops at the fireworks stores/tents OR police the interstates to intercept., arrest, or confiscate *anything* including felony AMW poster boys. I will say one thing for FL AFA fireworks toothless law-enforcing: they warn it is illegal to set them off, but you can buy them all over the state when both 4July and New Years approach, and no one has to sweat law enforcement unless you set something off in front of the station house. There are many accidents happening because of the populace injuring themselves with the merchandise but at least LE does not make LOL hypocrites of themselves by making empty threats they no way can carry out. Best fireworks I ever bought there were imports from Texas, where just like everything else, they got the biggest and baddest. |
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OT - Fireworks?
On Jul 2, 9:13*am, Lesley wrote:
On Jul 2, 8:01*am, "J J Levin" wrote: *people who cross the border to buy illegal fireworks will be arrested and their cars will confiscated (as they do in drug cases). *For some reason this gives me the mental image of a guy walking up to someone and saying "Psst! *Wanna score?" "What you got?" "Weed, speed, Crack.Charlie. E's" "No thanks I don't want that sh*t...anything else?" Dealer goes very furtive and leans over and whispers "I can let you have 2 primo Catherine Wheels" "Got any Roman Candle?" "WOW! That's really heavy sh*t man!" Thanks right now I need a laugh and please no one wonder how I know the slang- call it a sign of a misspent youth (which if the bits I remember were true I don't think I misspent them at all) Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furball You did forget "Special K". You and I would get along fine in RL. I understand East Ender. But not the Royals speech. |
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OT - Fireworks?
On 07/01/2011 04:25 PM, Joy wrote:
wrote in message ... All sales on fireworks have been banned this year in and around Houston. The chance of more wild fires and the danger to homes is too great to risk even a "sparkler" to ignite the draught ravaged foliage. That's perfectly understandable to me - why take the chance of some dumb@44 setting the city on fire. However, they're still planning a "Freedom Celebration" in Houston and some surrounding cities. Huh? Are their fireworks somehow different from privately owned fireworks? Are the parks and other places they're planned somehow spared from the draught? There is still a big "debate" about this going on, but as of right now, the celebrations are going to go ahead as planned. What do you think? Should city-run fireworks be banned also, or allowed? -- Hugs, CatNipped That's been the case in Southern California for years. Most cities ban personal fireworks, but have fireworks shows. There is much less danger of a well orchestrated fireworks show causing a fire than there is when individuals shoot them off in the streets or their backyards. I've never heard of a fire caused by a fireworks show. I have heard of many house fires and bush fires started by use of illegal fireworks. Joy One thing the "powers that be" don't even consider is "air pollution. For that reason (and many others) I am against it. MLB |
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OT - Fireworks?
On Jul 2, 12:49*pm, MLB wrote:
On 07/01/2011 04:25 PM, Joy wrote: *wrote in message ... All sales on fireworks have been banned this year in and around Houston. |
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OT - Fireworks?
On Jul 2, 11:01*am, hopitus wrote:
You did forget "Special K". That must be American over here "Special K" is a diet breakfast cereal! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furball |
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OT - Fireworks?
On Jul 2, 10:32*am, "CatNipped" wrote:
LOL! *Your post sent me back to a childhood of playgrounds set in concrete. Bones had to be sticking out of skin before anyone was sissy enough to go home crying to mom And even then my youngest brother broke his leg after he got hit by a car- cos he was trying to ride his bike with no hands like my eldest brother was. Jim (elder brother) convinced Ron (younger brother) to limp home (half a mile away) then claim to have fallen down the stairs at home so Jim wouldn't get in trouble Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furball |
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OT - Fireworks?
On Jul 2, 11:01*am, hopitus wrote:
K". You and I would get along fine in RL. I understand East Ender. I had one laugh yesterday sort of...I'd stopped in the "Bells" and 2 American ladies came in first of all they weren't too happy as they thought Bow Church was the one that you had to be born within hearing of to be considered Cockney- it's actually St Mary Le Bow in the city so I directed them then they started asking us all if were cockney what did it mean to be cockney? Aaron said he was born in Bow but we didn't all use rhythming slang and as I walked past for a laugh I said "Aaron! Go up the Apples!" so the next thing I;ve got these 2 ladies assuming I am an authetic cockney and no amount of explaning that I was born in Romford worked then they said there's no history around here... I took them outside.... the "Bells" is about 200 feet from the first act of violence by a suffragette just standing out there I can see that and am near the site of a convent mentioned in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"- the infamous red handed Gladstone statue is in sight but the real story is on the other side of the road and the memorial plaque is there. Cross the road and the turning on your left is Fairfield Road where they used to have fair but it was stopped for licentious behavour (possibly to the modern Mayfair) and about half way down now relabelled "Bow Quarter" is the old Bryant and Mays' match factory where the famous match girls strike took place ....I could have shown them the meeting place of the first London Co- Operative food store but it;s currently under scaffolding In the end they almost wanted to come back and hire me as a tour guide.... but after all the things I told them when I mentioned the Minnie Lansbury clock they asked "Is she related to Angela Lansbury" (Sort of Minnie was her grandfathers first wife when the clock needed work done she put £5K or so into the fund) and shot off to take photos Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furball |
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