October 31st

I have lived in England for 68 years, but I have only just realised how ignorant kids can be, I have a poster on the front door supplied by the Police asking that our privacy be accepted and not to knock on the door trick or treating, at 9.30pm I thought that we had been left alone, but no idiots just have to not knock on the door but to bang on it for a good 5 mins, I have to be honest trick or treat has never been in my life, if you had done this sort of thing when I was young you would have been arrested, I am not at all against children enjoying themselves and doing this non British event after all it is from the USA why we have to follow I have no idea, then we come to a hate of mine, fireworks, it amazes me that the ordinary person on the street can buy explosive objects and let them off as and when they like, everywhere it seems they are sold at 50% off and that is at the start of what might be called the firework weeks yes weeks not days, keep your pet in on the 5th of November and the three weeks before and at least two weeks after the event, I served in the armed forces as an engineer working with explosives, the first lesson taught to me take extreme care when handling them, here we have young people and in some cases adults lighting them in the hand and then throwing them!! total madness, year on year it carries on people injured in this way, really a self inflicted injury but we all have to pay for the stupidity of the few, but nothing ever gets done to stop this mayhem, I believe that fireworks are for professional experts at arranged events certainly a good display at no real danger to you got to be worth it!!.