We have our son's parents evening tomorrow (well today now) evening.... 

remember remember the 5th of November, at 6.29pm (that is actually the time we have been given) to attend a rushed 90 second meeting with your childs form tutor!

The joy!

We will be having fireworks at home as usual, with neighbours kids round unless we can think of a good enough excuse not to invite. Maybe the 100 shot exploding into the sun room might do the trick

I nearly got thrown on a bonfire once. For a laugh like.

I like that MrsH
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Hate Guy Fawkes night and the weeks leading up to it and after it.

I think the organised events are much better unless you have the space to safely do your own at home - very expensive  now though

We have several annual small events round here and used to try and support them when Lad was little - we have a fabulous extravaganza held annually in a larger Town and Lad now takes himself off to that - £5 entry including parking and all fireworks let off from boats on a nearby lake so no chance of injuries

  sounds nasty Low

I remember as a child we used to get together as a community, you know, the whole street. We would build the bonfire together, buy the fireworks together and plan the food together. I remember wrapping spuds in foil and chucking them on the fire.......then taking them off 10 minutes later..........they were rock hard......but we thought they were delicious

some of the nicest jacket potatoes I have ever tasted came from guy fawkes bonfires - you have to have the knack of positioning them right though so they cook properly and not end up cindered

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my nephew's 5th birthday today  it doesn't get celebrated over 'ere

supposed to be going to an organised display - one where they actually still light a real fire not a lazer show but I'll see how the weather is.

argghhh... I'd forgotten about the dog!

Compared to some he's not too bad with fireworks... he runs around barking very loudly (unlike my previous dog... who would poo and vomit everywhere and tremble under the bed)....

But we are going to parents evening later....   I will just have to leave the telly on... with the volume up quite loud I think.

Oh... and am gonna put a few drops of Bachs Rescue Remedy in his water bowl now!

Great idea!  Does that work for him?

I remeber getting a bit squiffy on mulled wine when I was about 11 at someones party. We are not allowed to take even sparklers onto the heath this year. Seems a bit draconian but I can see where they are coming from. It still seems to warm for Guy Faulks.

I have no idea if it works or not.   The vet recommended it for my mums dog.  Actually she said they should put a few drops in his water bowl everyday for a couple of weeks leading up to the 5th... and continue til the fireworks stopped.

As, that year, it was too late to do the build up, she also said if the dog was really stressed to put a couple of drops directly onto the dogs tongue.

I have no idea if Bachs works....   I have used it on my daughter when she used to get all stressed before going to army cadets (she had a fear of falling flat on her face in front of the other kids).... so she would clutch the bachs bottle before she set off.

I am not sure if the remedy works... or if its a bit like Dumbo's magic feather.... either way,, it helped her.  

And, I think it helps my parents with their dog, cos at least they feel they are doing something to help his anxiety!

We're cheating and having a party tomorrow so that once all the fireworks are done at about 9pm we can simply move inside and drink for the rest of the night...

I used to close all the curtains well before dark and then shut mine away in one room with either the telly or radio on if we went out - seemed to work and usually found him snoring when we got back   maybe as he had been "allowed " the sofa for the evening 


most of the organised events round here were either last Saturday or this weekend - I must say it has been unusually quiet this year though - maybe people havnt got the spare cash to buy as many

Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...


I can do without the fireworks but I love sparklers

It's my wedding anniversary.

They have been going off continuously for the last week or so and will now continue for a while.  I lived in York for a while and for a certain sector Bonfire Night was considered pretty bad form.

Congratulations.

*Bites lip, in spite of there being bags of material to use*

No need to bite lip. We picked it so we would always be guaranteed at least one bang on our anniversary.  Oh and we were married at York and we noticed a bit of a dearth in the way of celebrations.


Thanks Teddy.

Yes! Happy Anniversary QOTHT :toast:
I think that young Guido went to St Peter's School.

Ahh... congrats Queenie...

How long you been married now?

Thanks Crossy & Ditty.


Been married 13 years today.   I was a child bride.

Oh QUeenie... well done!

Blimey bird... you been ill for most of that as well!!  

Well.... there is a special meaning when I say "may you have even more, even happier years to come"!

I have come over all sentimental (on account of I have yet to meet a bloke that didn't get bored if I had a cold for more than three days!)  

 I know I'm lucky, a lot of blokes would have been able to cope with a wife with an illness like mine for such a long time. We've been together since we were 21. I didn't fancy him at all and he just kept persevering, sending me roses and stuff till I agreed to go out with him. Apart from the ME though we've had a really happy marriage.

My Brother sat on a firework and burnt his arse when he was a kid.


And I remember being dragged to the civic bonfire every year and hating every minute of it, I had a terrible fear of sparklers, all those ads on the tv warning us how dangerous they were really terrified me to the point I've never held one. It was awful trying to dodge the sparklers as a child. I'd end up in tears every bonfire night.

Aww, Tigi.


LMAO at your brother though.

   I hear you!!

The kid with bandaged fingers (from picking up a used sparkler)... or even worse the girl with the hood up....  with the damaged face from "playing with fireworks".

Scary adverts!!!

Not as bad as the railway tracks ones though!    They traumatised me for years!

And the green cross code ones with the cartoon lad with his cat,

Happy anniversary Queenie


It will be Milo's first bonfire night so I've decided to stay at home with him cos he'll be all scared

My three dogs aren't good a loud bangs either.  Good luck to all the pet owners.  for all the pets.

One thing I would never do again is sedate my pet.  I did that with my previous dog Sox - the vet gave me sedatives and said give him one and if he still is jumpy give him half of another one.

I gave him half a tablet to start with and the poor bliddy dog was high as a kite - he couldn't even walk outside for a piddle when everything had stopped so I swore I would never drug my poor doggie again