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[thelizard-guy]

Hello all new here,

Just wondering do any of you have problems with neighbours i damn well do. I was launching some 1.4g garden rockets and some small cat 2 cakes last night and had 2 neighbours complaining lol. Hahaha more like *If ya dont get them fireworks out im going to call the police*, *im gona kick your ass if you dont shut the hell up lol*.



Its driving me mad now lol as when i lauch some of the large pyromeshed and 1.3g cakes they go ape lol.


Anyone else have these problems?.

[thelizard-guy]

And literally it was 7pm when i was launching last night still fully daylight lol

[Mortartube]

I expect many have the same problem. I had a neighbour complain when I had a SMALL display in the back garden on the Sunday after bonfire night at 6.30pm. In Lewes, home of Bonfire Society tradition. He has lived here all of his life and is a right miserable so and so.

I would suggest a little note in the neighbours door two or three days before the planned event. Then if they don't sedate the budgie or stick the hamster in a jam jar to protect it, then it's their own fault.

You could also point out that you are legally entitled to let them off from 7am to 11pm. Perhaps you could ask if they'd prefer you to do it at 7am on a Sunday morning?

[Bonny]

Some people just don't get it... I had the fire dept. called on me a few years ago from a few consumer shots fired in the back lane!

[thelizard-guy]

Hey both of you thanks for the replys,

I totally agree with both of you some people just dont get it, mmm it always seems to be the old ones that complain this one is 85 then another woman got involved that was abot 40 (note she is a crackhead) then it turned into a massive argument in the street alot of Fs&Bs anyway thank god the cops didn't come but thanks i will do that sending a note. I did point out about the law but for some reason they just dont get it and still thinks she can phone the police lol.

[Karl]

Was it a bad night for fireworks or what ?!

We were setting off some poxy 1 shot candles, you know the ones were the lift is louder than the report? And some idiot comes over mouthing off about his dogs going nuts. The fact that I told him the law & times you can let fireworks off plus the fact his dogs going crazy isn't my problem really rattled his cage. If it weren't for 20 odd people piling out the house I was at to see what the commotion was he probably would have seen his arse.

[Potassium chlorate]

I live out in the countryside, so one might think that people wouldn't be that bothered, but if you launch anything and it's not New Year's Eve or Easter here, you can be sure that they'll be grumpy.

Though for some reason people are not bothered by gun shots by hunting, by reckless driving with cars and motorcycles etc. But pyro pisses them off if it's not on "accepted" occasions.

Consumer fireworks are perfectly legal to fire here any day of the year, but they'll complain anyway. Mostly old "no-lifers" and people who think that they are "something special".

Edited by Potassium chlorate, 10 July 2011 - 12:50 PM.

[Potassium chlorate]

EDIT: double post.

Edited by Potassium chlorate, 10 July 2011 - 12:52 PM.

[martyn]

Here's my take on it for what it's worth.
I you are in the UK and are using ANY homebrew, STOP. You can't afford to upset anyone.
If you are using cat 2 / 3 and you would like to live harmonously with your neighbours, ease off, keep it to the usual festival times and possibly birthdays as well. Give the neighbours a bit of notice and if you can adjust your firing time to minimise disruption, do so.
If you don't give a toss about other people, keep on as you are, but remember, it may be lawful under the firework legislation but that doesn't mean you are not being a nuisance (in legal terms) and you might find environmental health are on your back.

[OnePoundMarc]

Well,for my two cents over here in states they would take you off to jail,you have to think about Jonny law, i know its a dream crusher but a harsh reality unless you live in the middle of the stix or like me over the ocean and even then i dont use anything that makes a report,you might see me from a mile away for a split second but no noise or danger,this really scares me I think might have grown up.If somebody is complaining the law is not far from behind and wait till they find all that Aluminium then you have a real party on your hands.A guy just called me from 25 years ago telling me how he caught someones house on fire with a one pound rocket that went through a window with a shell on it,good thing nobody was home,please just be careful,im my old age ive seen some horrible things happen.

[OnePoundMarc]

Hello all new here,look at my last post mate,sorry i had no idea how this site works,Marc

Just wondering do any of you have problems with neighbours i damn well do. I was launching some 1.4g garden rockets and some small cat 2 cakes last night and had 2 neighbours complaining lol. Hahaha more like *If ya dont get them fireworks out im going to call the police*, *im gona kick your ass if you dont shut the hell up lol*.



Its driving me mad now lol as when i lauch some of the large pyromeshed and 1.3g cakes they go ape lol.


Anyone else have these problems?.

[thelizard-guy]

Tbh i dont do homebrew im strictly cat 2-3 only as i had a bad experience with homebrew pyro.


Also i do only my displays at Bonfire night, new year and only birthdays no other time hahaha when they comlained i had been shooting for about 2 mins with star cakes no bangs then i just started some cat 2 rockets when they comlained.

[thelizard-guy]

Posted Yesterday, 06:32 PMthelizard-guy, on 09 July 2011 - 06:10 PM, said:

Hello all new here,look at my last post mate,sorry i had no idea how this site works,Marc

Just wondering do any of you have problems with neighbours i damn well do. I was launching some 1.4g garden rockets and some small cat 2 cakes last night and had 2 neighbours complaining lol. Hahaha more like *If ya dont get them fireworks out im going to call the police*, *im gona kick your ass if you dont shut the hell up lol*.



Its driving me mad now lol as when i lauch some of the large pyromeshed and 1.3g cakes they go ape lol.


Anyone else have these problems?.





Sorry i dont get what you really ment mate? if you ment i dont get how a forum works because i no fine im on quite a few forums and ive already readen the rules.

[Vic]

Random:

Some people take a long time to grow up and become wiser!

[jermain]

I had a bit of an 'event' with a neighbour recently. This was when I had only just started making BP rockets so it was all trial by error etc. Anyway i made half a dozen or so rockets of varying strength's/compositions to test. I set off 5 of them in a field about 5 minutes walk from my house and all CATO'd or didnt have enough lift to take off. No problems though as I was in a field with no houses within 500 metres. However I forgot to fuse the 6th rocket correctly so headed home to add the fuse. Thinking that there was no chance of the rocket actually taking off we decided that we could let it of in the back garden. Bearing in mind we have an acre it shouldn't have been to bad. Anyway, the rocket took off with alot of power and looped straight into my neighbours roof about 300m away. It was so powerful that it destroyed 5 or 6 roof tiles and damaged a part of the roof whilst they were in the back garden mowing the lawn.

As you can imagine they were not best pleased. Luckily the guy saw the funny side of it and actually started laughing after the initial anger subsided. He had played with BP when he was younger and had put a whole in his garage door trying to make rockets. Anyway after offering to fix his roof he saw the funny side of it and laughed it off. All I can say was that I was very unlucky for the rocket to fly exactly into his roof but also very lucky that he didn't call the police.

At the end of this I think my lesson has been learned. NEVER think you know what a rocket or BP will do.

You can see the video I took here:



Sorry for the language.