David Chamberlin wrote: > Sorry, I seem to have done something silly, and can't remember where the > message quoting advice is. Paul will be along with the url shortly... I would have said it is on the end of every message, but thats the list info, not the quoting rules. I couldn't find them! > I enjoy a really good display, but I'd go as far as to ban the private > sale of fireworks completely. If someone suggested *starting* to sell > dangerous explosives to the public, there would be an outcry. I'm not sure I'd go as far as baning the sale completely, I do love watching fireworks. But it's getting beyond a joke. > Most of the people who buy them probably have no idea of the origin of > bonfire night anyway, Aint that the truth for a lot of events, like christmas. > If we must make lots of noise about something, at least let's use a bit > of imagination and celebrate something a bit more relevant to our lives. > I-would-say-this-wouldn't-I, but I think fireworks at Christmas or > Easter would make more sense, or perhaps a more recent national > deliverance, like Trafalgar Day, or VE Day? I could go for VE day, but not Christmas or Easter, the only relevence of Christmas for me is pressies :-) Each to their own mind. Beth