THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

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Because the wretched things are on sale way before they should be and because many people are basically thoughtless of anything other than themselves. The gap between thought and deed isn't there!

thriftwizard

Diwali?

Walnut stain does eventually fade; my hands were pink again within - oooh, a couple of weeks, DfV - the last time I went foraging for walnuts. Superb dye, no mordant required...

GreyQueen

Fireworks go off around Shoebox Towers from the point where they first go on sale, thru the 5th and then on until the beggars run out of them. Pretty tiresome and distressing for pets and people.

Some wicked people use fireworks to maim and torture wildlife, a pal who was a vet nurse told me things to whiten your hair...... horrible.

Call me out for a miserable s o d if ya like, but I wish fireworks were restricted to professional displays and not available for sale to the general public.

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Seconded! and Thirded too!

Nargleblast

Fourthed! As pretty as fireworks are, they should be restricted to being sold and used on Bonfire Night and New Years Eve only. Anyone wanting fireworks for any other occasion e.g. religious festival should have to demonstrate that they will be used on one occasion only in a responsible manner and not beyond a reasonable time of night. If that makes me a miserable sod then I am happy to join the Grand Order Of Miserable Sods And Killjoys (GOOMSAK).

fuddle

GOOMSAK :rotfl:

Fireworks are being used to put the wind up horses in their fields here. I can't fathom it.

Kittie I have bocking 14 growing nicely from an ebay plug right when I got the plot. We have some comfrey on the site for communal use so I managed to cook up a batch of the wiffy stuff this summer but me being me would like my own supply to do as I wish with. I am also hoping it will attract bees.

Lindlou

Loads of fireworks by me - it is for Diwali

moneyistooshorttomention

Having been watching "The Ganges with Sue Perkins" and been surprised to see a religious procession complete with band of people playing bagpipes and wearing tartan - then I guess a lot of our customs have been adopted and come up in different contexts. I hadnt realised our custom of fireworks had been adopted for Diwali - my new fact for the day.

Thought never crossed my mind that early fireworks would be anything other than individual people having a personal party. I'm not bothered myself - as long as they aren't letting them off after "bed-time". Now that does bother me - even if it is 5 November.

EDIT; quick google and Diwali was 19 October.

DigForVictory

Most Highland military units were encouraged to parade in kilts with pipes at full volume around bits of the Empire as it was then - seemingly huge numbers of assorted indigenous folk were willing to lay down the weaponry to gawk & listen, fascinated.

That said I chuckle at the definition of a gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipes but doesn't.

The coronach is too rarely sung. (It's difficult getting those high notes through a throat blocked with choked tears.) The pipes are as close to it as I've heard, & help.

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Wonderfully worded piece on the newsfeed saying that Mr.Trump Sir is puttting the nuclear delivery planes on 24 hour stand by due to 'THE SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN'??? He picks a fight with an equally unpredictable, eccentric and egotistic head of state, escalates it to this point and then uses those words to justify his actions? I cry FOUL!!!