Steve 

So it's Bonfire Night tomorrow (Sunday 5th) here in the UK. A time when we celebrate the failed attempt of a Catholic plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament many years back
(look it up if you're interested)

We celebrate it with fireworks and explosives that petrify animals and cause countless burns to those insisting on returning to lit fireworks.

We have bonfires that, if built some days before, may incinerate hedgehogs that have mistakenly chosen that pile of wood to hide under.

Surely it's time we stopped all this!

If celebrate we must., why not stick with baked potatoes, and apple bobbing.

#BonfireNight #GuyFawkesNight #StupidTraditions

Nov 4, 2023 at 7:31pmWeb
Show threadMostlyTatoNov 4, 2023
@Woodknot
I used to love bonfire night and fireworks when I was child. I'm not a child anymore.
I hate the noise, the waste, the danger, the pet alarm. Don't want to spoil it for the kids but I'm sure there must be a better alternative, or at least smaller, more managed fires and displays.
NB. you should see the gargantuan pile of crap they are burning at the pub down the road. Mostly treated wood and pallets full of formaldehyde glue.
Show threadMostlyTatoNov 4, 2023
@Woodknot
What's especially annoying is that I could always use more pallets 🤣
Show threadSteve Nov 5, 2023

@MostlyTato
Just look for the 'Heat treaded' symbol on pallets and you're toxicity free 😃

Look for DB-HT

De - barked
HT- heat treated

Nowt nasty there, all good

Show threadMostlyTatoNov 5, 2023
@Woodknot
Good to know, thanks
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPENov 4, 2023

@Woodknot The "idiots injuring themselves" thing is dealt with round here, so far as is reasonably practical for a public authority, by having the city council run a large fireworks display, in the hope that people will come and see this instead of injuring themselves with crappy little displays in their back gardens.

And to improve the odds that such things don't fall victim to austerity cuts the clever trick is to fund the fireworks show from the "community safety" budget rather than the "entertainment" budget.

Show threadGentleMan GefNov 5, 2023

@Woodknot

I can imagine nothing more British than 'tato bobbing at a party.