fireworks :D - Page 6

Bifta · 23-09-2003, 00:54

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Originally posted by imback
Or just soemone that has a different opinion to you, a discussion is pointless if everyone agrees with each other, so be big and provide a decent argument for you view and don't resort to name calling

I agree, but I've read a few of his post's where he likes to rant and rave like no-one else I can think of .. well, apart from Victor Meldrew that is, and it's hardly a wounding remark ...

**Maggy** · 23-09-2003, 09:06

Incog here!

Now unsubscribing from another ranting discu....errr argument.

No civility anywhere.

Incog

MovedGoalPosts · 23-09-2003, 11:35

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Originally posted by Atomic22
fireworks at home are great , we have them at bonfire night , birthdays , new year etc etc.......but its the shopkeepers selling the stuff to kids that need putting away not the kids for using them , same as the ones that sell kids beer and fags all geedy and thinking of profit before law.

May be the answer here is to restrict sales of fireworks to specialist licenced retailers, who can be vetted and approved for suitability of premises, knowledge of what the firework will actually do when it goes off (so you can get an idea of how your display might work), and of course have their licence withdrawn if they sell fireworks to the under age.

Get rid of the corner shop - they can't carry a decent range anyway. If you ever go to buy from a specialist retailer, you'll see what I mean by the choice of more bangs for your buck that they can offer!

**Chris** · 23-09-2003, 12:13

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Originally posted by MovedGoalPosts
May be the answer here is to restrict sales of fireworks to specialist licenced retailers, who can be vetted and approved for suitability of premises, knowledge of what the firework will actually do when it goes off (so you can get an idea of how your display might work), and of course have their licence withdrawn if they sell fireworks to the under age.

Get rid of the corner shop - they can't carry a decent range anyway. If you ever go to buy from a specialist retailer, you'll see what I mean by the choice of more bangs for your buck that they can offer!

I think I agree with this. Making it harder for anyone to get hold of fireworks will allow families to get them if they want - presumably by driving to the kinds of places where these things would go on sale - while making it harder for little *******s to acquire them from their local unscrupulous newsagent. I'm sure there would still be cases of abuse but surely far less.

Currently newsagents and the like can sell fireworks for only a set period. If sale was restricted to specialists, then a different restriction would be required - perhaps a minimum purchase value. We used to get fireworks from a specialist who set up stall at a local garden centre ready for Nov 5, and he used to say he could supply for any time of year but wouldn't contemplate any sale worth less than ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£30 (this was 10-15 years ago).

paulyoung666 · 23-09-2003, 18:13

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Originally posted by Bifta
I agree, but I've read a few of his post's where he likes to rant and rave like no-one else I can think of .. well, apart from Victor Meldrew that is, and it's hardly a wounding remark ...

no need my mate , no need at all , i am entitled to my opinion same as you , nothing gives you the right to have a go because it doesnt suit you ----------- the end

i think one of the problems is that there is no law regarding use of fireworks , you can set them off anytime you want to apparently

Atomic22 · 23-09-2003, 18:32

the idea of only being able to sell fireworks in boxes is very good and would work i think....maybe minimum box price 20 quid and only on sale to adults would be good.....what about bar coding the fireworks so if any yobkids do get caught with them they can be traced back to the shop that sold them?

Bifta · 23-09-2003, 19:27

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Originally posted by paulyoung666
no need my mate , no need at all , i am entitled to my opinion same as you , nothing gives you the right to have a go because it doesnt suit you ----------- the end

Exactly, I voiced my opinion about you .. or .. is it only you that's allowed an opinion? And btw, before you start ranting and raving like a loony again and blowing thing out of all proportion maybe you'd consider that the original remark was meant in jest, if I'd have been serious I'd have said that you're a moaning cu*t .. but I didn't.

paulyoung666 · 23-09-2003, 20:18

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Originally posted by imback
Or just soemone that has a different opinion to you, a discussion is pointless if everyone agrees with each other, so be big and provide a decent argument for you view and don't resort to name calling

@ bifta , sorry but this should have made your ears ***** up and make you realise what was going on , i can have a laugh and if i had made a comment i would have put a little

or :p or

at the end of it to signify it was tongue in cheek , you didnt so it seemed like an insult , now provide a decent argument towards the thread to keep it moving forward , if you cant then please unsub from it , nuff said i think

@ atomic22 the problem with barcodes is they are generic if i remember correctly , i.e. a loaf of bread bought in safeway will have the same barcode if bought in sainsburys , nice idea but i dont think it would work , only my opinion of course

Russ · 23-09-2003, 20:21

OK Bifta, paulyoung666, just leave it please. If you want to carry on your bickering please do it in PM or better still, MSN.

Richard M · 02-11-2003, 20:23

Welcome to Iraq circa 2002.

It's like a warzone outside with all the kids and their fireworks...

My dog is scared as hell too.

Strict firework regulations this year? Yeah right!

Bex · 02-11-2003, 20:25

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Originally Posted by Roger K

Welcome to Iraq circa 2002.

It's like a warzone outside with all the kids and their fireworks...

My dog is scared as hell too.

Strict firework regulations this year? Yeah right!

same here.....our dog is cowering in my room with me.......i hate fireworks to

why oh why can't people keep fireworks for fireworks night?!

**Paul** · 02-11-2003, 20:41

I'm sure I have already said this elsewhere but if Firework sales were restricted to MailOrder with Credit Cards only then 99% of the idiots would not be able to get hold of them, but the more genuine users (such as me) would still be able to obtain them for bonfire night parties and New year. All sales would also be much more tracable.

paulyoung666 · 02-11-2003, 21:06

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Originally Posted by Roger K

Welcome to Iraq circa 2002.

It's like a warzone outside with all the kids and their fireworks...

My dog is scared as hell too.

Strict firework regulations this year? Yeah right!

funny that it is the same around here , maybe they have confused today for the 5th , god only knows what it will be like on the 5th

CaKe · 02-11-2003, 21:36

Same here, I have a cat that's cowering upstairs and has been each night (well, from 4pm) each day since Monday, and a 18 week old puppy that got hit by the remains of someone's bloody firework in our back garden earlier tonight

Fireworks? I'm with pem - restrict the sales of them. I'm with Roger K - we need stricter firework regulations - like better enforced times & dates they can be set off (and no, I don't know how we're meant to do this, but I'm not paid to think :P)

and bexy, I sympathise with you - I hate fireworks too

and if any of the gits that are setting off fireworks in my area of Gosport are reading this, given that my puppy isn't house trained & is now petrified of the back garden

, I suggest you give me your address so I can dispose of her waste

Richard M · 02-11-2003, 21:39

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Originally Posted by CaKe

and if any of the gits that are setting off fireworks in my area of Gosport are reading this...