chinese lanterns - nuisance or novelty

[PeteB]

Erm:blushing:

 

I set off a load last year at a party. But I did check with the host and other guests, checked the weather, windage etc and we discussed it through before doing it. They went up and away very gently and we enjoyed the spectacle and the children (and the grown ups) though that it was brilliant.

 

However, I do take onboard peoples views about the wire being non-biodegradable and if used improperly, they are a fire hazard. Possibly even a danger to aircraft.

[benedmonds]

A local farmer has a mini festival for the school kids and they provided and set off 60 or 70 last year! You can get ones without wire, that are suppossed to be 100 percent biodegaradable. It did look pretty cool but I have to admit I am unsure about them. There had been rain and the wind was blowing away from the airport..

[Matthew Arnold]

Hate em. They've torched a few friends barns and a good friends thatched cottage. They also harm farm livestock (wire aspect of it), can set fire to heathland, and the bane of the lives for any farmer when it comes to harvesting the crops as the paper and wood degrades and the wire wraps around the thresher heads.

[mendiplogs]

HI joy just got in mate what was in sky 11.05pm at ours was a lantern from glastonbury its not good :thumbdown: at all jon

[mendiplogs]

HI all it kill cows too not the lantern landed 500mt away back of house jon

[odd_bird]

blame Disney!

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[farmer]

They are a pain in the arse, new years day i picked 126 of my land .

the ones with no wire are just as bad bamboo breaks up when mowed .

What happens when somebodys race horse dies from eating contaminated hay.

[APC]

Where do people think they end up? Gets right on my tits. Constantly pulling them off our fences and out of our hedges. You can see their remains from a mile off, literally. There is no way they can be justified.

[skyhuck]

How can they be legal????????

 

If you drop a fag butt in the high street you will get fined, but these are OK

[Johny Walker]

great wen they land on a dutch barn full of dry hay ,