Comments on: Candles instead of firecrackers http://www.mythailanddiary.com/272/candles-instead-of-firecrackers/ This is my journal of living in Thailand Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:52:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Sarah Mackenzie http://www.mythailanddiary.com/272/candles-instead-of-firecrackers/#comment-310 Sarah Mackenzie Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:06:35 +0000 http://www.mythailanddiary.com/272/candles-instead-of-firecrackers/#comment-310 Thought you might be interested in reading this article from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4447300.stm Yes, what is it about getting older and ceasing to find explosions fun! I still love fireworks though so there is hope that I'm not sliding into my geriatric years yet ;) Thought you might be interested in reading this article from the BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4447300.stm

Yes, what is it about getting older and ceasing to find explosions fun! I still love fireworks though so there is hope that I’m not sliding into my geriatric years yet ;)

]]> By: Lillian http://www.mythailanddiary.com/272/candles-instead-of-firecrackers/#comment-311 Lillian Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:37:56 +0000 http://www.mythailanddiary.com/272/candles-instead-of-firecrackers/#comment-311 That is shocking! Unbelievable thailand! That is shocking! Unbelievable thailand!

]]> By: bangkok expat mama http://www.mythailanddiary.com/272/candles-instead-of-firecrackers/#comment-312 bangkok expat mama Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:47:43 +0000 http://www.mythailanddiary.com/272/candles-instead-of-firecrackers/#comment-312 my experience with fireworks in my pre-Thailand life (i.e. in mid-Atlantic north america) was always that the fireworks were set off in a cleared-away area, not right next to the audience, in order to risk harming as few people as possible, and the local fire department always had representatives on standby right there in case of a problem. at the loy krathong party we attended on wednesday night, they were launching fireworks from the party itself, with little kids running around, and no fire department people anywhere. i shudder just thinking of the danger. the fireworks sure looked beautiful, though. TIT! (this is thailand!) my experience with fireworks in my pre-Thailand life (i.e. in mid-Atlantic north america) was always that the fireworks were set off in a cleared-away area, not right next to the audience, in order to risk harming as few people as possible, and the local fire department always had representatives on standby right there in case of a problem.

at the loy krathong party we attended on wednesday night, they were launching fireworks from the party itself, with little kids running around, and no fire department people anywhere. i shudder just thinking of the danger.

the fireworks sure looked beautiful, though. TIT! (this is thailand!)

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