At precisely 12.52am on Sunday morning, according to my bedside clock, some local idiots started a five minute firework "display" that seemed to wake half the neighbourhood dogs, as well as me. No idea who or quite where it was. Any ideas about how I could convey my "appreciation" without replying in kind?
Maybe some night vision goggles and a .22 air rifle with a nice scope, may just do the trick images/smilies/default/biggrin.gif
(nickc @ Oct 31 2005, 04:48 PM) [post=40861]Maybe some night vision goggles and a .22 air rifle with a nice scope, may just do the trick images/smilies/default/biggrin.gif [/b] It happens to me but i enjoy fireworks and being a scotsman I think of the money i have saved! After all they are paying for the fireworks>
(morse1001 @ Oct 31 2005, 06:55 PM) [post=40878](nickc @ Oct 31 2005, 04:48 PM) [post=40861]Maybe some night vision goggles and a .22 air rifle with a nice scope, may just do the trick images/smilies/default/biggrin.gif [/b] It happens to me but i enjoy fireworks and being a scotsman I think of the money i have saved! After all they are paying for the fireworks> [/b] Never a truer word said by a Scot images/smilies/default/biggrin.gif
(nickc @ Oct 31 2005, 05:48 PM) [post=40861]Quoted post[/post]</div><div class='quotemain'> Maybe some night vision goggles and a .22 air rifle with a nice scope, may just do the trick images/smilies/default/biggrin.gif [/b] Considering the fact that two kids have died so far this year from air gun pellets shot at them, unless you wish to live with the possible consequences of those actions, it maybe an idea to just let it go. Or do you want them to drag you down to their level? Weapons should never be used or threatened to be used unless you can accept the possible results of those actions.
(angie999 @ Oct 31 2005, 11:44 AM) [post=40860]At precisely 12.52am on Sunday morning, according to my bedside clock, some local idiots started a five minute firework "display" that seemed to wake half the neighbourhood dogs, as well as me. No idea who or quite where it was. Any ideas about how I could convey my "appreciation" without replying in kind? [/b] Angie, I don't care what you say, the idiots in the US are far better idiots than those in the UK. This board may, by and large, think that Britain has and always has had better quantity and better quality idiots but I think they are wrong and simply biased. In the US, those same idiots you were bragging on, would have waited until at least 3 in the morning. America turns out a much better idiot both in the days of WWII and in today as well. For every "royal idiot" you can show me I can show you two to three, even more idiotic idiots here stateside. Heck, our streets are saturated with them, you can't even go down to the corner store without seeing at least one of them! JMHO
(plant-pilot @ Oct 31 2005, 09:47 PM) [post=40914](nickc @ Oct 31 2005, 05:48 PM) [post=40861]Quoted post[/post]</div><div class='quotemain'> Maybe some night vision goggles and a .22 air rifle with a nice scope, may just do the trick images/smilies/default/biggrin.gif [/b] Considering the fact that two kids have died so far this year from air gun pellets shot at them, unless you wish to live with the possible consequences of those actions, it maybe an idea to just let it go. Or do you want them to drag you down to their level? Weapons should never be used or threatened to be used unless you can accept the possible results of those actions. [/b] lighten up, dont take it too seriously images/smilies/default/biggrin.gif
If you really really want to upset them, get a loud stero system and find out when kid's parents are home. Then proceed to blast ghetto rap as loud as you can at about 2am and scare the bejeezus out of them. That always POs me off images/smilies/default/cool.gif
I'm with Jeremy on this one. A couple of years ago, when my eldest son was just new-born and my wife reuperating from the birth at home, my neighbours decided to host the mother of all parties which kept us awake all night, despite repeated requests to turn it down. Having to listen to people singing along to old Elvis Movie songs is no joke. Anyway, I waited until the next morning whereupon I turned on my DJ decks and 100watt amp and speakers, selected a song by "the Prodigy" called "Voodoo People" and pressed play with the volume up really loud. I then went for a walk with my family. Later that day my neighbours came in and apologised most profusely for their actions and we get on marvellously since then!!!
I didn't realise until I heard it on TV today, that fireworks are now illegal in Britain from 11 pm to 7 am. Now if I had known this I could have called plod, because I am sure they had nothing to do and were waiting for the next "trivial" call.
</div><div class='quotemain'> Now if I had known this I could have called plod, because I am sure they had nothing to do and were waiting for the next "trivial" call.[/b] also, it is illegal for anyone under the age of sixteen to have fireworks or an adult to buy children fireworks. Ps: my money is on a really big fireworks show on saturday
Guy Fawkes Night (5th November). Remembering when Guy tried to blow up the houses of parliament with gunpowder and was killed for treason along with the other people involved in the "Gunpowder Plot"
Why should the UK have an excuse to get drunk? Is it not the beer drinking capital of the world images/smilies/default/tongue.gif
(Gnomey @ Nov 2 2005, 04:12 PM) [post=41011]Quoted post[/post]</div><div class='quotemain'> Guy Fawkes Night (5th November). Remembering when Guy tried to blow up the houses of parliament with gunpowder and was killed for treason along with the other people involved in the "Gunpowder Plot" [/b] So, do the firecracker retailers sell little paper parliament buildings with a giant firecracker in the middle? Beer and firecrackers? Maybe British Idiots are comparable to American idiots. Perhaps I spoke too hastily. Are these people famous for last words like "hold my beer and watch this..."?
(Jeremy @ Nov 2 2005, 08:33 PM) [post=41012]Why should the UK have an excuse to get drunk? Is it not the beer drinking capital of the world images/smilies/default/tongue.gif [/b] Au Contraire Jeremy, I would have to put forward my own nation for that accolade!!! Yes Ireland would take that title no problem!!
I couldn't resist this guys............. Brits Outspend Europe and U.S. on Drinks; Germans Drink More Beer A new report from independent market analyst Datamonitor reveals that the British are Europe's biggest spenders on alcoholic drinks, spending a total of about $2,332.00 per person per year, almost twice as much as the Germans. At the same time, a report from market research firm Mintel shows that Germany is the number one beer drinking nation in Europe. In 2003 German adults drank on average some 145 liters of beer each, 20 liters more than the British. In addition, 17 percent of German adults believe the point of drinking is to get drunk, the highest in Europe. This is more than twice the proportion of adults in Britain who feel this way. Overall in 2003 the Germans drank almost 10 billion liters of beer, compared to around 5.8 billion liters of beer in Britain. Germany accounts for the largest proportion of the beer market in terms of volume, with some 44 percent of the total market. The U.K. comes in second with 26 percent of market volume, followed by Spain (14 percent), France (9 percent) and Italy (8 percent). Sixty-one percent of British adults say they drink beer -- the highest in Europe. The British are followed by the Spanish (56 percent), the French (55 percent) and the Germans (51 percent). British men are the most likely to drink beer in Europe, with some 82 percent doing so. The Germans have the greatest difference between men and women beer-drinkers. In Germany male beer-drinkers (75 percent) outnumber women beer-drinkers (29 percent) by nearly two and a half to one. German women are the least likely to drink beer, while Spanish women (44 percent) are the most likely to do so, closely followed by British women (41 percent). The Mintel report also states that the beer market in France, Germany, the U.K., Italy and Spain totaled around 59 billion Euros in 2003. Germany (40 percent) and the U.K. (39 percent) make up the largest shares of market value, while France takes just 9 percent of the market. Beer is more expensive in the U.K., with the average cost of 4 Euros per liter in 2003, more than one and a half times the European average of 2.64 Euros per liter.
