Fireworks
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Topic: Fireworks
Posted By: tictacjunkie
Subject: Fireworks
Date Posted: 02 November 2010 at 11:53pm
| I'm lying in bed unable to sleep because my dogs are barking, my dogs are barking because the horses in the paddock behind us are tearing around in circles, because some MORON thinks 11.45pm on a Tuesday night is a brilliant time to try out their fireworks. It happens every year & will no doubt carry on for the next fortnight. I personally don't see the need for backyard fireworks, surely if you're that interested a public display is better anyway? What does everyone else think? |
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Posted By: sarahm
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 12:31am
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l'm up cause l cant sleep because someone near us started letting them off at midnight which woke both me and DS up, now that l've settled him l'm wide awake!! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 6:23am
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Same thing happened to us on Monday night at 1am!!! I was so mad, I hate them and wish they were banned altogether. I'm so not looking forward to the next few weeks with them going off.
ETA - I'm not against public displays and letting them off in the evening doesn't bother me, it's the ones that set them off after 10/11pm at night for weeks after guy fawkes that drive me up the wall. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 6:56am
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Hmmm, what do I think? I think it should be illegal to let off fireworks on the wrong day without a permit! My poor doggy is already suffering the terrors this year. ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: nicandtyler
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 8:04am
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I have nothing against the public firework displays that are put on, but it really annoys me when people do it right next door, we just moved this year and are in a block of units so not sure what the neighborhood does for guyfawkes, hope its nothing too extreme, this time of year is so annoying, especially with 2 cats and a baby ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 8:29am
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Agree, think there should be public displays only. Aside from the annoyoance factor they are damn dangerous. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 9:20am
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I hate the bloody things and they need to ban them! We went to a great fireworks display on Saturday night and the kids loved it.... I'd be happier if they just had those. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: amme_eilyk
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 9:26am
| we have had them the past few nights, fortunately the kittens arent scared of the fireworks and they have been very early. |
Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 9:32am
| Love them! It's only for one week, I'm sure everybody can live with it for that long. |
Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 9:40am
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I agree they should only be for public displays, unfortunately there are too many idiots around who ruin it for everyone else! ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4
 
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 1:51pm
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I love them, and will be having guy fawkes here with with DD besties and their kids and SIL's bros who I will probably get to let them off (they're 14 and 16) so I can hold DD. I don't see the harm. DD once asleep sleeps through everything!
I know that people do stupid things with them, and it sucks when people get hurt and I get angry when kids get hurt because of things, but if an adult/teenager who knows better hurts themself then I'm one of those well its your own fault ppl. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 1:59pm
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We will get a small box so don't spend much on them...cheaper than going to a show that's for sure. Last yr DS2 spent most of it inside as he did not like the noise but did join in with the sparklers.
DH lets everything off & keeps a hose handy. We don't have a very big space but always keep on eye on things. I quite like sitting on the deck watching the neighbourhood go mad with them 
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Posted By: astral_monkey
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 4:07pm
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We didn't have fireworks when I was a kid. While all my friends and neighbours were setting off skyrockets I was sitting at my window watching the sky to try and see some - it sucked! Dad hated them, and even though he took us to big displays he wouldn't have them at home.
All the good fireworks are banned now anyway, so I'm not all that keen to have them at home (waste of money), but I don't mind other people setting them off - I can still sit at my window and watch! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 5:01pm
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Nothing beats the excitement of lighting a firework and waiting for it to go off. A perfect time to teach kids how to be responsible instead of sheltering them away from them only to get hurt later by not knowing how to be safe.
I don't think that 11pm is acceptable. 9-10pm is ok. We should all follow noise control laws so if someone is letting them off at an unreasonable hour I think a call to noise control is perfectly acceptable. So we love them It is only for one week a year. |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 5:23pm
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I'm on the fence, I love them, hate their prices, hate that there are idiots around.
Did you know that twice YES TWICE the amount of fireworks have been imported in NZ this year!! 11 something a rather tonnes! I dislike the displays as they are far to late for the kids, you never get home before 11pm cause of the traffic. I am aware they are on & we are making sure the dog is in at dusk instead of later. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 10:54pm
| They're being let off a block away again, horses going mental, sheep in another paddock are running from one end to the other terrified. We live in a small rural town, & calling noise control here isn't an option, & obviously for the horse & sheep owners keeping them inside isn't an option either. I agree it is a case of a few idiots ruining it for the rest, unfortunately it seems we have an awful lot of idiots around here. |
Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 04 November 2010 at 9:46am
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The displays need to be pretty late in the summer though otherwise it isn't dark enough, that's the catch I guess.
They don't bother me too much, it's been pretty quiet around our house. A couple of years ago the neighbours kids managed to set their backyard on fire..... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 04 November 2010 at 2:02pm
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I agree that backyard use should be banned! It may be that the idiots spoil it for other responsible adults, but that's how should be anyway. In Port Chalmers, we had people down the road who stockpiled their fireworks and let them off whenever they bloody pleased, anytime of the year!
I think it should just be public displays, or maybe a good idea would be that you could apply for a permit to have a semi-organised private display on Guy Fawkes Day, that way responsible adults could do something without the idiots spoiling it. |
Posted By: Lish810
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 4:18pm
| i think backyard displays are fine and really good fun for kids. however. having 2 young children my views on them have slightly changed. guyfawkes is the 5th november, you should only be allowed to let them off on that day/night and maybe a small fine if caught doing them on other days. because im sick of people letting them off at all hours and waking my daughter up, she is such a light sleeper and its so hard to settle her |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 4:30pm
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i agree it should be illegal to let them off before the 5th and after say 10.30pm. i dont understand the people who let them off in broad daylight! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 5:45pm
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I think there should be even less days available for sale, a ridiculous price to purchase, and bylaws saying no setting off before 6pm, and not after 10pm. and you have to have a permit to set them off on other days of the year.
I f*cken hate the things. The bangs scare me sh*tless, and yes i may do shooting as a sport but after having my dipsh*t drunk brother and his friends play with fireworks and shoot me in the hip with one, and then shoot me with a metal ball bearing from a BB gun in my other hip i DO NOT like the stupid things. The bang scares me |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 10:03pm
| i love them, but they do seem to bring out the moron within. |
Posted By: naysgirl
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 7:15am
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Not really a fan of backyard fireworks, especially when we had people down our street setting them off at 2.30am the other morning and from 10.30pm until midnight last night!! Up until 10.30pm is a pretty reasonable time but after that I think is inconsiderate.
We won't be having them at home, even when DS gets older. One of our dogs is pettrefied (sp?) of them and I know that most people are safe with them but I hate hearing the stories of what some people do to animals with fireworks! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 10:22am
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We had an awesome display last night. The neighbourhood all pooled our fireworks and had two responsible guys lighting them whilst the mums supervised the kids with sparklers. We were all in bed by 11pm so fireworks over with by 10-10.30. Not many going off after that either.
I hate that there have been incidents with animals too. But really they are so rare and out of the top 20 most horrific animal cases with the spca I don't think there were any fireworks ones. People are cruel no matter what. Banning fireworks won't stop that. We banned smacking but that hasn't stopped child abuse. As with anything there are a few people that cause issues. It is a shame but it happens. |
Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 3:54pm
| Late night again, fireworks in neighbourhood eventually stopped around 1am, mostly because it started raining, fine day today so tonight may not be a sleep-filled night either. Driving home from city last night some idiots were standing near/under bridge with fireworks & as I drove over it, around 9.30pm, bright white lights went all over bridge, 100km zone (SH3 New Plymouth), I couldn't see a thing & nearly sh*t myself/crashed, =(. Your neighbourhood sounds great Kiwi2, I'm jealous! |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 4:07pm
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I have to say, after going the big public fireworks dispaly in Wellington last night, as great as they were, I would much prefer the backyard ones. The amount of drunk teenagers around, the crazy traffic... nightmare.
I love the fireworks, I still get excited running around the house trying to catch all the neighbours fireworks with the girls. I hate the drunken teenagers, and mixing them with fireworks is not a good combination. But I still love fireworks. ------------- 
 
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