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[wolfracesonic]

Whistle said:

Lol, about 20 years ago when I was a tad more inconsiderate than I am now I would buy a set of 5 of the biggest rockets I could find.

I would stick them so far in the ground In my back garden there was no way on earth they would ever take off.

I would get so excited lighting it knowing what was coming, massive fizz as it struggled to try and take off.

Then it was like a massive explosion as it went off at ground level showering all of the local houses and gardens in small explosive packages in every colour imaginable.

You know how loud they are at 100m in the sky, imagine that at ground level all over my neighbours houses and gardens.



I thought it was so funny but my neighbours must of hated me.

All the local pets must have Sh/t them selves to death.

That sounds like a really tttish thing to do...but also quite awesome

[loskie]

the crow bangers the farmer used to put in the field on a slowly burning rope fuse. I used to pinch them(14 yr old), once I dismantled some into a wee pile on the patio set light to them and nearly blew my head off. You could pull out the plastic fuse and tip the contents out.

They were great fun! Not sure if they are still a thing now

[Daveb257]

eldar said:

That is a panther.

Nah it’s a V50, this is a Panther, can see the similarity though

[loskie]

Is that Bastogne? Or somewhere else?

[NateWM]

[eldar]

Antony Moxey said:

That’s definitely not the case with my dog. The first year or two he heard fireworks he was fine, but something must have clicked as one year we couldn’t find him only to discover him curled up in the utility room shaking uncontrollably. It took literally hours to calm him down and now no matter what we do - turn the telly up, get his toys out to play, give him treats etc etc - as soon as he hears a firework he turns to jelly and tries to hide somewhere. So in this case it isn’t us creating an issue, he did that all by himself when something spooked him and he’s never forgotten it.

Just fireworks, or any sudden noises?

[bimsb6]

loskie said:

the crow bangers the farmer used to put in the field on a slowly burning rope fuse. I used to pinch them(14 yr old), once I dismantled some into a wee pile on the patio set light to them and nearly blew my head off. You could pull out the plastic fuse and tip the contents out.

They were great fun! Not sure if they are still a thing now

Gas cannons on a timer nowadays .

[Antony Moxey]

eldar said:

Antony Moxey said:

That’s definitely not the case with my dog. The first year or two he heard fireworks he was fine, but something must have clicked as one year we couldn’t find him only to discover him curled up in the utility room shaking uncontrollably. It took literally hours to calm him down and now no matter what we do - turn the telly up, get his toys out to play, give him treats etc etc - as soon as he hears a firework he turns to jelly and tries to hide somewhere. So in this case it isn’t us creating an issue, he did that all by himself when something spooked him and he’s never forgotten it.

Just fireworks, or any sudden noises?

Fireworks and thunder. Doesn’t care about anything else.

[bobtail4x4]

bimsb6 said:

loskie said:

the crow bangers the farmer used to put in the field on a slowly burning rope fuse. I used to pinch them(14 yr old), once I dismantled some into a wee pile on the patio set light to them and nearly blew my head off. You could pull out the plastic fuse and tip the contents out.

They were great fun! Not sure if they are still a thing now

Gas cannons on a timer nowadays .

you can still buy the firework type

[eldar]

Antony Moxey said:

Fireworks and thunder. Doesn’t care about anything else.

Strange, the sound characteristics of those are quite different. Pity it can't explain...

[blingybongy]

Spelt correctly, so how do you post that, not look at it and not edit it.
Cretins.

[AndyAudi]

bobtail4x4 said:

bimsb6 said:

loskie said:

the crow bangers the farmer used to put in the field on a slowly burning rope fuse. I used to pinch them(14 yr old), once I dismantled some into a wee pile on the patio set light to them and nearly blew my head off. You could pull out the plastic fuse and tip the contents out.

They were great fun! Not sure if they are still a thing now

Gas cannons on a timer nowadays .

you can still buy the firework type

Indeed you can, sure I used to buy these individually 25years ago & throw them around the street

[SistersofPercy]

Antony Moxey said:

Fireworks and thunder. Doesn’t care about anything else.

Have you tried a Thunder Shirt?

https://thundershirt.com

I have a cheap one for my anxious dog (not fireworks, just life in general) and it does calm him.

A long term solution is download yourself Firework and Thunder sounds. Play them daily, low volume. As time passes increase the volume. Eventually he'll tolerate it and hopefully the final result will be disinterest.
I did that with my Mums dog. Took about six months but worked perfectly.

[ApOrbital]

alorotom said:

ApOrbital said:

They should all rescue/buy labrador gun dogs they ain't that bothered about bangs and just sleep.

It wouldn't make a difference, in my experience its often the owners being the issue and creating hysteria around a noise which in turn the dog reacts to - had the owners not reacted the dogs wouldn't have batted an eyelid.

True.

[talksthetorque]

Lost or found?

[r159]

AndyAudi said:

bobtail4x4 said:

bimsb6 said:

loskie said:

the crow bangers the farmer used to put in the field on a slowly burning rope fuse. I used to pinch them(14 yr old), once I dismantled some into a wee pile on the patio set light to them and nearly blew my head off. You could pull out the plastic fuse and tip the contents out.

They were great fun! Not sure if they are still a thing now

Gas cannons on a timer nowadays .

you can still buy the firework type

Indeed you can, sure I used to buy these individually 25years ago & throw them around the street

Ahh yes, my youth was spent messing around with these, compared to the Standard 3-2-1 bangers they were like Cemtex.... the following combinations were particularly exciting/ bloody dangerous:

Put one in an orange great for phone boxes
Tape one to a rocket and marvel in the random flight
Thrown onto guttering
Inside empty glass milk bottles
Nail a few strings to the back of telegraph poles around your local and hear them go off all night
Shoved up the exhaust pipe of a gas crow scare
In cow pats or other poo.

Happy days.

[loskie]

you had way more fun than me. I used to work on a pig farm school holidays and weekend. Used to walk back over the field to home and pinch them on the way back.

I'm talking 1985 maybe and still remember nearly stting my pants as it went off in my face

[boxy but good]

AndyAudi said:

Indeed you can, sure I used to buy these individually 25years ago & throw them around the street

You win PH today,,,,, Custard shot excellence !!

[Roofless Toothless]

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

SistersofPercy said:

Antony Moxey said:

Fireworks and thunder. Doesn’t care about anything else.

Have you tried a Thunder Shirt?

https://thundershirt.com

I have a cheap one for my anxious dog (not fireworks, just life in general) and it does calm him.

A long term solution is download yourself Firework and Thunder sounds. Play them daily, low volume. As time passes increase the volume. Eventually he'll tolerate it and hopefully the final result will be disinterest.
I did that with my Mums dog. Took about six months but worked perfectly.

Yep, this is the solution, but Dog owners are a strange lot who never seem interested in trying simple ideas. I think it gives them something to cry about on Facebook so they get the sympathy? Weird.