Week 52 End of Year
End of year and best wishes to all for 2024! Fireworks One highlight (of many) Audio books The Cathars Doing nothing Boat musings for 2023 Ben Opinion Panel On New Year's Eve, we went to the house of one of Janny's sisters - 3rd night out in a row - luckily, I have to get home early (midnight!) to let Boeke out. Buying fireworks for personal use is a "thing" here - I am always amazed at how much money some people spend...It is fairly regulated and only permitted on New Year's Eve. Some Local Governments are trying to change the culture and have banned them altogether and put on a professional display instead, A nephew of ours organised a professional show for Wijnjewoude just to prove that it can be done - without the individual expense and the risk of injury... ...speaking of which, they also do Carbide shooting... The carbide is wetted a bit and the churn closed off with a synthetic ball. A gas is produced in the churn. Then a little flame is held at a tiny hol...