On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 21:08:12 -0000, mich wrote:

And Guy Fawks night isn't commercialised?

Not as much as Christmas.

Christmas is appaulling now. Not only do we have suffer not being able
to get any service out of any organisation for two weeks we have to
put up with the marketing machine pushing it since October FFS! Then
actually trying do your normal shopping but with 500% more other
people standing in doorways or shop walkways in a daze 'cause they
can't decide if Auntie Molly (who they met, once, 25 years ago) would
like the black or blue headscarf for =A350 or maybe the green gloves and=

matching scarf (=A345) but would that clash with Uncle Bernies (never
met) lilac tie (=A330) that they'd just bought so prehaps they should
take the lilac tie back and get the green tie but that is a very nice
blue scarf....

You only have to look at the UKs demand for power over Christmas week
to realise that there is *no* work being done at all.

BAH! HUMBUG.

Emphasis now is on halloween if you hadnt noticed

I guess to some people Halloween is Guy Fawkes/Bonfire night. Oh well.
The nasty Americanisium of Trick 'n Treating can go back over the pond
thank you very much.

But no one is trying to stop halloween and tell people to go to
organised treat or treat parties are they?

The parents down in the village organised one for the village kids
only. Ours couldn't go (and didn't know about it either) as I was away
working and SWMBO'd was laid out with a 48hr "flu".

a) walk amongst loads and loads of germs and viruses and come home
with a cold,
b) didnt have to put up with kids, strangers and merrygo rounds
c) but up with the now obligatory "barbie" doing fast fatty and
unhealthy food.
d) I did manage to be able to see my fireworks , unlike organised
displays, where you actually get to see very little ( done it
decided against it)
e) didnt have to waste fuel getting there.

Agree, I've been to some fairly big organised displays and the key
factor in really enjoying it is not to go to the main "viewing" or
entertainment area. Find a nice spot 1/2 a mile away with a good view
of the sky above where the mortars are. Avoids all the nasty aspects
listed above (add the noise of the poeple, rides, hawkers etc as well)
and you get a better view of the fireworks without a crick in your
neck. The only thing you miss out on is the thump through the ground
as the mortars fire.

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail