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Post by sunnydays on Nov 4, 2017 10:38:06 GMT
We are off to a bonfire tonight, but it is to be a really wet weekend so the forecast tells us. Stocking up on sticks, firelighters and logs.
Anyone else off to a Bonfire over the weekend?
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Post by Bellatrix on Nov 4, 2017 22:03:19 GMT
Sounds so autumnal SD. If OH get's home early enough tomorrow we may be but he is on shift. I do love bonfires and the dressing up bit, warm clothes mittens etc.It's been raining a lot here today so don't know if any fires have been going this evening. Have a good time yourself SD XX
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Post by 6herry on Nov 5, 2017 18:42:30 GMT
I didn't even bother looking out my window, and there seemed to be plenty around us last night.
I did remember how a firework came close to changing my life.
I was about 8 and we had been setting off fireworks, and one, a roman candle, didn't go off, so we left it as you should.
Well we finished them off about half an hour later, and I went over to look at the dead one. I was bending down to look at it, when it suddenly came to life and shot up straight through my hair, I lost a chunk of fringe, and a little on top. If I had been literally 1 second earlier one of my eyes would have been directly over that roman candle as it spurted.
Even now, it gives me a shiver. My whole life as it is today, spun on that single second..........
I so feel for those children who were just a single second less lucky than I.
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Post by linda on Nov 5, 2017 19:21:33 GMT
I'm in Powys, it's wet every blooming day ! Not just this weekend !!
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Post by 6herry on Nov 5, 2017 19:46:32 GMT
When people tell me they are going to Scotland on holiday, I always say "Don't forget a warm jumper, and your wellies!" They usually reply: "But I am going up in the summer!" I respond: "Yes, so don't forget your warm jumper and your wellies!" The thing is, they always come back and say, although it rained, the scenery is lovely and so green! I always resist the inclination to shout exasperatedly "WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS GREEN?" I don't go home to Scotland very often, but I must admit, it takes some getting used to that if it is raining when you get up. Chances are it will still be raining when you go to bed.  |
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Post by trisha on Nov 6, 2017 15:35:40 GMT
Very little rain here this weekend.
Talking of fireworks, when I was at school one boy lost and eye when he put a banger in a glass milk bottle!
6herry it sounds as though you were very lucky!
Trisha
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Post by 6herry on Nov 6, 2017 16:22:24 GMT
Very little rain here this weekend. Talking of fireworks, when I was at school one boy lost and eye when he put a banger in a glass milk bottle! 6herry it sounds as though you were very lucky! Trisha We all played with bangers when I was a kid. I don't know how many went off in my hand, but you soon learned to hold them tight to minimise burning if they went off prematurely.  |
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Post by vwcamperfan on Nov 7, 2017 8:17:08 GMT
The town fireworks display was on Friday night - could see it through upstairs window, and loads more were let off Sat and Sunday nights. I stayed in with Fred - he's usually terrified of them, but this year I bought an Adaptil plug-in and he has been so much calmer. Definately worth the money for us.
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