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  #11  
Old July 2nd 11, 04:13 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Lesley[_4_]
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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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Old July 2nd 11, 06:32 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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.

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"Lesley" wrote in message
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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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Old July 2nd 11, 06:58 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
hopitus[_2_]
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Default 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.
  #14  
Old July 2nd 11, 07:01 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
hopitus[_2_]
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Default 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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Old July 2nd 11, 07:49 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
MLB[_3_]
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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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Old July 2nd 11, 08:20 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
hopitus[_2_]
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Default 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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Old July 2nd 11, 08:30 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Lesley[_4_]
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Default 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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Old July 2nd 11, 08:33 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Lesley[_4_]
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Default 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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Old July 2nd 11, 10:09 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Lesley[_4_]
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Default 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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