Firework Season 2023

The yearly firework safety article after some chav blows his fingers off.

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I know it's not supposed to be funny, but is it
 
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adidan said:
Fireworks are enjoyable for about twenty seconds.
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International Firework competitions off the French med coast against the contrast of the night sky are worth seeing - buckets of money continuous firing for 15min+

Never been to inland ones like London at new year - maybe if you can get a viewpoint in a nearby skyscraper they are good,
as an alternative, drone army display at the Queens anniversary looked impressive on the tv.
 
Organised displays...fine, pointless but fine.
But setting them off in back gardens just to make noise, screw you, my cat says screw you also.
 
jpaul said:
International Firework competitions off the French med coast against the contrast of the night sky are worth seeing - buckets of money continuous firing for 15min+

Never been to inland ones like London at new year - maybe if you can get a viewpoint in a nearby skyscraper they are good,
as an alternative, drone army display at the Queens anniversary looked impressive on the tv.
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The most 'interesting' ones I've been involved in have been on NYE in Austria but that's mainly because I was heavily invested in dodging them and not getting blinded.

They go a bit mental.
 
I remember as a kid (Moon mans eyes glaze over as he recalls his childhood) it was a big thing getting fireworks , packs of bangers. air bomb repeaters and a few rockets, we would leave the traffic lights and snow drop fountains to the girls .
Also mischief night 4th nov was a massive thing in Yorkshire and we must have been annoying as hell because we all went out and did it, sort of a kids version of The purge movie with a bit less murder
 
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I thought mischief night is 1st Nov - that’s what my ex said.

One thing I don’t understand is why teens buy eggs and flour to chuck at other people’s houses and cars? It’s horrible to remove. That was in Leeds when teens were chucking eggs and flour randomly. It’s a good job this time of year isn’t warm.

We ban teens buying these - plus other supermarkets. I remember stopping some teens buying about 60 eggs and 3 bags of flour. “Oh we are making pancakes” they said. “On strangers’ houses and cars….” I replied. They couldn’t think anything to reply to that
 
cheesefest said:
I thought mischief night is 1st Nov - that’s what my ex said.

One thing I don’t understand is why teens buy eggs and flour to chuck at other people’s houses and cars? It’s horrible to remove. That was in Leeds when teens were chucking eggs and flour randomly. It’s a good job this time of year isn’t warm.

We ban teens buying these - plus other supermarkets. I remember stopping some teens buying about 60 eggs and 3 bags of flour. “Oh we are making pancakes” they said. “On strangers’ houses and cars….” I replied. They couldn’t think anything to reply to that
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TCIAR!
 
cheesefest said:
I thought mischief night is 1st Nov - that’s what my ex said.

One thing I don’t understand is why teens buy eggs and flour to chuck at other people’s houses and cars? It’s horrible to remove. That was in Leeds when teens were chucking eggs and flour randomly. It’s a good job this time of year isn’t warm.

We ban teens buying these - plus other supermarkets. I remember stopping some teens buying about 60 eggs and 3 bags of flour. “Oh we are making pancakes” they said. “On strangers’ houses and cars….” I replied. They couldn’t think anything to reply to that
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Yeah it was definitely 4th Nov in Yorkshire but it varies around the country I think, there's a wiki link in my post
 
moon man said:
I remember as a kid (Moon mans eyes glaze over as he recalls his childhood) it was a big thing getting fireworks , packs of bangers. air bomb repeaters and a few rockets, we would leave the traffic lights and snow drop fountains to the girls .
Also mischief night 4th nov was a massive thing in Yorkshire and we must have been annoying as hell because we all went out and did it, sort of a kids version of The purge movie with a bit less murder
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Do you only buy vegan fireworks? What's the view like when you're lighting the fireworks?
 
BUDFORCE said:
Wondering if I could get away with making up some blank ammunition and shooting my gun off in the back garden.
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I've got an old starting pistol that uses 8mm blanks (this) and in my younger, more irresponsible days, that's exactly what I used to do on the 5th November.

Actually, it's not really a starting pistol, it's a proper replica. It's so loud that it would probably scare any runners out of their shorts.

I only don't do it now because I ran out of blanks and the mechanism doesn't work very well, it used to jam every few shots.
 
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