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Really I did not know that.

 

Try being in Austria on NYE. You have to dodge fireworks just walking about.

Not there this year but it is pretty much gamble with your eyesight if you go out.

 

Well you did ask why fireworks are loud!

I don't mind professional/organised displays, they're usually over by a certain time and properly supervised. What I don't like is every Tom, Dick, and Harry being able to buy fireworks at the supermarket... Round here NYE isn't as bad as some places I've lived before, but it sounds like a war zone for a week or two either side of bonfire night.

 

I did not ask why fireworks are loud, I asked why some fireworks are only used to create a loud noise with little or no visual display, we used to call them bangers though these things are a tad louder than those of my youth.

 

That hardly answers the question as to why they are necessary and actually it is not once a year as we have a similar issue over the Festival and your rather silly suggestion does not help our pets. This has been a source of complaint for some years but the council has yet to address the issue. A company, Setti Fireworks make fireworks which produce a spectacular light show but without the deafening sounds normally associated with a firework display. They design their fireworks to fit the venue and event that they will be used for.

 

My motherboard came with 4 sata cables. I'm using 3 and need the 4th. It's not in the box and it's not in my drawers.

I put it somewhere safe for when I needed it, that is my system.

I have others of course but they don't match.

System failure.

 

30 minutes into the new year and we are at an emergency clincic for our beloved dog...

 

2017 was a dumpster fire of a year.

Onwards and upwards.

I know I was being facetious, but I do sympathise when it comes to pets. Fireworks drive one of our cats utterly mad, it'll take him a good few days to calm down. All we can really do is make sure he's got plenty of food, water, warm dark places to hide in, and give him plenty of attention.

 

My cat doesn't give a monkey's about fireworks.

Vacuum cleaner is a different matter, luckily she doesn't see it that often.

 

I was not referring to my cat but to wildlife in general and pets in particular. My Millie can come and go as she pleases so I am not overly concerned as she will come home if there is anything that she does not like out there.
But you are missing my point entirely, I am talking about the fireworks who's soul aim is to make a loud noise and adds little to the visual display.
Our city council actually commissioned a report into using silent fireworks given the impact on people pets and damage to building. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-38328638
But being the council little will happen as i suspect these things cost more and they have a tram fiasco extension to fund.

 

I mean the obvious answer is that fireworks are traditionally a combination of audible as well as visual spectacle. Obviously your mileage may vary as to whether that's something that is worth it for the negative effects of the noise, but that is why you get fireworks that mostly make a bang.

 

Such as bangers.

 

Bloody rain wont stop, been trying to get chance to clean the can-am for the past 3 days. might just take the cover off it and let the rain do it at this rate.

 

Always ends up being something daft like that though that causes downtime.

Great start to the new working year, was ill during the "crimbo limbo" so didn't go to work come in today found four people have handed in their notice, ones walked out an we have a new manager who was meant to start today but decided to take the week off.
Turns out majority handed in their notice off the back of our pay rise which equates to about £8 a month for me and I was in the bracket for a high pay rise.

 

A whole 8 quid, invest it wisely sir.

 

Awhile back i mentioned i had a Mercedes that couldn't be moved because it was parked in a garage in an alleyway where pick up trucks couldn't reach, however, i've since had a key cut and the spring on the clutch peddle has gone, Anyone got any experience with automatics? Will leaving the car in 'PARK' be enough to stop it rolling into other cars lol?

 

Wheel chocks - cheap as chips and proven.