It's Territory day & that means fireworks, all 100 tonnes of them.
Yep you heard right, the main distributor was on the idiot box saying he was expecting to sell 100 tonnes of fireworks today.
I heard the largest boomer he sells goes for $1,500, this guy leans his "buy fireworks here" sign against a Ferrari...no I'm not kidding.
Maybe I'm just getting old & don't see the fun side any more but if I wanted lots of shock & awe loud bangs & flashes I'd join the bloody Army.
Trying to watch that Miracles program on the ABC earlier it was like being in the middle of a war zone, multi-poppers like automatic gun fire, big boomers like artillery fire & the little wizzers standing in for shrapnel.
And we live rural, blocks are 5, 10, 20 acres so it's not the high density part of town.
Total cloud cover so they didn't interrupt my astro but it was good for reflecting the flashes, went out with the dog & it was like that footage from the original Gulf war, the sky was lighting up every couple of seconds with a nice big flash.
Loud noises don't upset our dog he loves 'em, just watch him chase off Thor god of thunder in the wet season, but a lot of animals are terrified by them & the bush fires they start are a big problem too.
Now if some moron wants to get third degree burns or blow thier fingers/hand off then I say "go for it mate!" just do it where we don't have to hear it.
Oops...this has turned into one hell of a rant, sorry folks had to get it off my chest.
Just that everyone up here seems to love the damn things.
JD