On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:48:20 -0000, oldmolly wrote:

This year it was a rabbit which died :-(

'undreds of the little blighters round here. The daily road kill of
two or three/day on the 2 1/2 miles from here to town doesn't seem to
affect the population at all. Drive out in the early morning and some
road sections are a mass of bobbing white tails.

All public sales to be banned.

That would just force the sales onto the black market and the
authorities wouldn't have a chance of regulating it. At least with
licensed sellors they can say when fireworks can be sold, 4 weeks
before is to early a week is plenty and none after the 5th. In todays
multicultral society there is need to respect other customs as well so
exceptions for some shops serving particular parts of the community
should be made.

2 hour display would be bigger and better than the measly amount of
fireworks the average house owner could afford.

Thats fine but a display fo that duration will cost a fortune so will
cost a bit to get into. Just to get the crowds(*), it's also only
workable in areas of high population density. The Alston Fireshow
didn't happen this year due to spiralling insurance costs, Nenthead
didn't have a bonfire just live music and medium display. Now to get
*anywhere* else that is going to have a display worth seeing is going
to take at least an hour. So your 1930 - 2130 becomes 1830 - 2230,
just not practical.

(*) See other posts about the problems of big displays. The fireworks
are good but not the rest.

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Cheers
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