Bang goes the night

Must be a week out from the 5th of November. I spotted two pop-up fireworks sales places in Lower Hutt today. One of them advertised "Annoy your neighbours - buy our fireworks". They sure know their market.

I like my across-the-road neighbours, but at this time of year, any given saturday night between now and new year will be accompanied by at least one volley of explosions. At least these days, there is no clatter of spent bottle rockets on the roof.