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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 12/11/2017

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Quote: Originally posted by Brommo on 11/11/2017

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Yes you get morons using fireworks but they are far outnumbered by the people that use them sensibly for enjoyment

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But you and all the other people using them 'sensibly' for their own enjoyment just don't get it do you.

Every time you set off a barrage of loud explosive fireworks within a residential area, which I assume gives you immense enjoyment and pleasure, somebody a few hundred yards away is tearing their hair out trying to console and pacify a terrified pet. That pet may well be traumatised for the rest of it's life thanks to you and those other 'sensible' people.

All the wildlife for miles around scatter in all directions thinking their world is about to end...foxes, rabbits, birds, deer, badgers, to name just a few. There may well be terror stricken cattle, sheep and horses in nearby fields. Perhaps not too far away is a sick person lying in bed trying to rest or an old person who remembers the war years and is in the habit of going to bed in the late evening who is awoken by the unexpected sounds of deafening explosions.

The victims of fireworks may not be the ones at your 'sensible' party...they are the ones you don't see and maybe don't even know.

If rockets and loud explosions give you that much pleasure that you are prepared to upset many of your neighbours, terrify pets, farm animals and wildlife and cause distress to many other people, why not join the army...you'll get all the fun you need, and more.

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Quote: Originally posted by franbee on 12/11/2017

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Still banging round here......

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Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 13/11/2017

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Its all the cutbacks Bob they have more serious things on their plates

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