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[J. A.]

Listening to the sound of the rain pounding on the roof of my house.

 

[Bkdodger]

Gym workout [emoji736] ...time to enjoy Sunday pasta this afternoon

 

[Pinkpoison]

Listening to the sound of the rain pounding on the roof of my house.

Listening to fireworks for the third night in a row, Not to mention two or three nights last week.
Absolutely sick of hearing them.

 

[scifan57]

Listening to fireworks for the third night in a row, Not to mention two or three nights last week.
Absolutely sick of hearing them.

Is something being celebrated in the U.K. This weekend.

BTW: if you ever move to the U.S., dont move next door to Disneyland, they have fireworks 365 days a year.

 

[Pinkpoison]

Is something being celebrated in the U.K. This weekend.

BTW: if you ever move to the U.S., dont move next door to Disneyland, they have fireworks 365 days a year.

Its Bonfire night on November 5th but it never confined to the one night, We will get it most of the rest of this week as fireworks are reduced in the shops.
They are often still going off long after 11pm when they're supposed to stop and theres no getting to sleep.

They seem to get louder each year.

 

[scifan57]

Its Bonfire night on November 5th but it never confined to the one night, We will get it most of the rest of this week as fireworks are reduced in the shops.
They are often still going off long after 11pm when they're supposed to stop and theres no getting to sleep.

They seem to get louder each year.

Now I remember, November 5,1605 is the night Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and James I with a stash of gunpowder hidden in the basement.
Here's a picture of some of the conspirators.

 

[Pinkpoison]

Now I remember, November 5,1605 is the night Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and James I with a stash of gunpowder hidden in the basement.
Here's a picture of some of the conspirators.
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They have a lot to answer to.

 

[KevinJS]

Now I remember, November 5,1605 is the night Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and James I with a stash of gunpowder hidden in the basement.
Here's a picture of some of the conspirators.
View attachment 28805

They have a lot to answer to.

Without getting overly political, I remember when I lived in the UK, we used to have a saying:

Guy Fawkes. Where are you when we need you?

 

[Pinkpoison]

Without getting overly political, I remember when I lived in the UK, we used to have a saying:

Guy Fawkes. Where are you when we need you?

What gets me is Guy Fawkes wasn't burned so why have bonfires and the plot was foiled so why the fireworks?

 

[scifan57]

What gets me is Guy Fawkes wasn't burned so why have bonfires and the plot was foiled so why the fireworks?

Maybe there were more than a few people who wish the plot had succeeded.

 

[Pinkpoison]

Maybe there were more than a few people who wish the plot had succeeded.

I don't mind one night of it but all told you get it for over a week until all hours, When you're in bed believe me it's very loud.

 

[scifan57]

I don't mind one night of it but all told you get it for over a week until all hours, When you're in bed believe me it's very loud.

It looks like people buy too many fireworks and the noise continues until they run out.

 

[KevinJS]

It looks like people buy too many fireworks and the noise continues until they run out.

In the UK, fireworks are only legal for sale to the general public during the run up to Nov 5th. In order to use them at any other time of year you have to have a special licence. So Joe Public tends to go a bit crazy.

 

[Pinkpoison]

In the UK, fireworks are only legal for sale to the general public during the run up to Nov 5th. In order to use them at any other time of year you have to have a special licence. So Joe Public tends to go a bit crazy.

They do it on New Years eve as well since the Millennium.

 

[J. A.]

Preparing to visit the doctor today.