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" Please to remember the fifth of November - gunpowder , treason and plot " or something like that . Its November the fifth so that makes it Guy Fawkes Day/Night , the day that we civilised Anglophiles around the world celebrate the efforts of the only man in the history of politics to enter Parliament with honest intentions . Yes , back in 1600 and something one Guy Fawkes placed a stack of explosives under the English Houses of Parliament with the idea of blowing all those useless politician arseholes to pieces. Unfortunately he got caught before he lit the fuse , and got hung, drawn and quartered for his efforts , but hey - we get to play with fireworks to commemmorate the event . Love the smell of that blackpowder , even if it is chinese these days .... And it is so much more civilised than that hideous American Halloween thing . Never could understand the logic behind that , and unfortunately due to the crap US tv shows we get to endure , the younger generation have fallen into the trap of being Americanised . Give me good old Guy Fawkes Night anytime. Its almost dark enough to go blow things up in the back yard , better lock up the guinea pigs and shut the labradors in the garage - its showtime...  What do you dudes for Guy Fawkes night ? | ||
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What do Australian's do for Guy Fawkes night? .......we remember the days when, as kids, we could build bonfires and let off crackers, bungers and some of the other ornamental fireworks (na, forget the ornamental stuff) and then we reflect how, in recent times, we have had a succession of governments and political parties who now decide, for us, what is right and what is wrong, and what we can do and what we can't do.....the same politicians who are hell bent on banning all firearms, banning fishing, banning 4WDs, banning anything, in fact, that they don't like. In this regard we Aussies take our collective hats off to you Kiwis - you have avoided the political insanity that is rife in Australia. Come to think about it, maybe I should become a Kiwi, too! | |||
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Yes our PC nanny-state politicians need to protect us from ourselves. I think they missed the significance of celebrating Guy Fawkes Day don't you think? Until last year you still could get a "party" licence to buy fireworks for a specific private function, but the nanny do-gooders decided that was too dangerous as well and only 'trained professionals' should have access to them. Maybe all gun-owners should sound off their shotguns or rifles with blanks to celebrate instead. | |||
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We like to bury the stick of a BIG rocket, so it can't take off. Then put a 45gal drum over it, if you get a good launch it will lift the drum 20'. | |||
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Gosh , must be a real bastard living in the "lucky" country.What with Australias gun laws and all the other nanny-state laws its a wonder you guys are allowed to breathe unaided ( actually I have to wonder how one or two of you do that anyway ) Mr Specialist , are there many restrictions on you buying fireworks in the UK ? Here we can buy them over the counter in the ten days pre GF night , have to be over 14 so I get an adult to buy mine for me , but pretty much anything goes for rockets and pretty fountain-type things (obviously you cant buy the commercial display type goodies..  ). Cant get those thundercrackers any more , nor the strings of Tom Thumbs or the medium crackers but the big pyrotechnic types are ok .Any other countries have restrictions ? | |||
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Muzza Bob hasn't been the only one who has thought of relocating. But there are too many Kiwis in NZ! | |||
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Quote: That's OK,there are plenty of sheep to go around. | |||
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So Muzza, how did your 5th of November go? Myself I let off a couple of dozen 12 gauge rounds today to celebrate (and shooting galahs over my hay crop - the thieving buggers). | |||
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hey bonfire night went great here uk for us any how, we can buy fire works at the beging on novenber, we cant have air bombs as they were called, BUT ive found a banger and a rocket that we use on farms, ohh man there LOUD and the bangers are MAGNUM hehe the also vgood, but ive made some home rolled rockets jeezzzz they didnt half go booooooooooooooooom frightend all around lol ,just lucking forwards to crimbo now. | |||
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"even if it is Chinese nowadays"? That's where it came from, they graduated to that when they get bored with sheep. I think.  | |||
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Muzza Here's the insanity of the brit's for you. If you want a muzzle loader you need an explosives license from the local plod' for the powder. But kids can buy fireworks full of the stuff and chuck them around the streets, causing untold damage and upset. I'm all for making a lot of noise when it suites me or for anyone else to do the same for that matter, but I don't see the point in allowing kids to play with what is little more then a cardboard handgranade. You may be right about Guy Faulks, he should have used a shorter fuse. Regards. Dave. Every man should be allowed to do one thing badly, so long as he doesn't inflict his mistakes on others. .... | |||
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Quote: Unfortunately here we see evidence of the conditioning of the nanny-state. The state should protect us from ourselves or here from children. Rather than parents being responsible for their own kids. Its attitudes like this, and divide and conquer that have led to one right and one freedom after another being stolen by the state from us. | |||
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We spent a pleasant hour standing in the front paddock making sparks and coloured fountain type showers and the occassional rocket with an explosion in it , as well as watching all the other free displays around our end of town . Some of those guys spent way more than we did and had bigger and better shows for their efforts , but we enjoyed our little display . For a couple of days before and still now someone will be letting off fireworks locally . Great to a kid I guess . The nanny state , keep em safe from harm mentality has placed sales restrictions on the good firworks ( yeah I know they originated in China - the best ones I ever bought came from the Chinese fruiterers during my highschool days )but at least we can still buy some fireworks . Not enough of us have rural relatives anymore so we dont get exposed to those bad things like guns and explosives , therefore they are bad and someone should protect us from them .The perfect foothold for the nanny state to step in . | |||
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Hey Muzza If you come up to the territory in early july you can do it all over again . Unfortunately you will have to bring your own sheep and getting one through imigration might be a bit of a problem but I think nitro may have an unattached ewe ...or is that a ram...doesnt matter | |||
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NitroX. Please don't assume that l'm happy with the situation over here either. lf all goes well in a season or three l'll be catching the boat myself, might even find my feet back in your valley again. Regards. Dave. Every man should be allowed to do one thing badly, so long as he doesn't inflict his mistakes on others. .... | |||
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Quote:Quote: Nitro, "...if you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to fear..." I trust you'll appreciate the irony... | |||
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