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Title: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: Toby on 01 January 2012, 23:38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J--WBdwnyvI&feature=youtu.be

Now i know where my some £6000 a year i pay in tax goes....!  :laugh: :laugh:


Very impresive tho.....
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 01 January 2012, 23:42
yep lots of money spent in a short period of time, impressive though, and if it didnt happen i know ide feel slightly down hearted

as this was happening i was pissed singin auld lang syne to my mates playing bagpipes in the middle of there street so i cant realy say i saw it though  :sad:
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: Toby on 01 January 2012, 23:45
yeah i was to busy setting our own fireworks ( that i didnt pay for) in my garden as i was the only sobar one!

just watched it now! a few friends went up there, said it was amazing!
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: bobbarley on 02 January 2012, 00:00
I thought the fireworks were great.  Yeah they're expensive, but they're free for everyone to watch, and are a lovely way to see in the new year.  Great effects and well choreographed to the music.  Pisses on most other countries to be honest.
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: RandomJord on 02 January 2012, 00:14
I was there, loved it!
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: bob23 on 02 January 2012, 02:32
What a waste of money! :angry: Whoever was in charge of that wants a gun pressed against the base of their skull and fired till empty.
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: R32UK on 02 January 2012, 07:52
first time i have ever seen them.. very impressive. Couldnt help wondering who/how this was being paid for but I guess the whole world was watching (at least we like to think so).
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: AlanD on 02 January 2012, 10:06
I was there, loved it!

I saw on your FB, you had a cracking view from your hotel room.
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: RandomJord on 02 January 2012, 10:17
What a waste of money! :angry: Whoever was in charge of that wants a gun pressed against the base of their skull and fired till empty.

You sir, are a reasonable and fair man, you must replace all judges and jury's in the land with haste!

I was there, loved it!

I saw on your FB, you had a cracking view from your hotel room.

Yeah was bad ass, but f**k me did I pay for it, Next year I'll remember to book in advance!

And with regards to how much it cost the figure is approx £5m which I believe is recouped and then some by the tourists spending. You couldn't move in central London, shops where flat out, had I queue to buy a bottle of water for 20 mins in one shop, 8 tills constantly ringing! Bars and resteraunts were full an hotels stacked out! Makes me laugh when people say it cOuld have been spent on old people or families, £5m.... Wouldn't touch the fcuking sides.
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: bob23 on 02 January 2012, 11:46
What a waste of money! :angry: Whoever was in charge of that wants a gun pressed against the base of their skull and fired till empty.

You sir, are a reasonable and fair man, you must replace all judges and jury's in the land with haste!


I'm irrational and over the top :smiley: would like to be supreme judge though, I'd be a lot less lenient to those found guilty of real crimes
and more lenient to motorists :wink: :laugh:
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: Dave_IOW on 02 January 2012, 20:23
Did look brilliant on the box, would love to go up there one year  :smiley:
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: AudiA8Quattro on 02 January 2012, 22:24
It's nice to know we as a country can spare a couple of million quid to burn in 10 minutes  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: VW BUSH on 02 January 2012, 22:26
It's nice to know we as a country can spare a couple of million quid to burn in 10 minutes  :rolleyes:
Well we chuck 40 million a day at the euro, at least we got something to look at :grin:
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: Steve_PD on 02 January 2012, 22:53
It's nice to know we as a country can spare a couple of million quid to burn in 10 minutes  :rolleyes:

yes we can seeing as give hundreds of millions to "3rd world" countrys and god knows how many billions to the french.

I thought it was an excellent display :cool: The people who moaned about it should stick their heads back in the Daily Mail and moan about Clarkson or Jonathan Woss
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: AudiA8Quattro on 02 January 2012, 22:55
It's nice to know we as a country can spare a couple of million quid to burn in 10 minutes  :rolleyes:

yes we can seeing as give hundreds of millions to "3rd world" countrys and god knows how many billions to the french.



That's ok then, not a waste at all  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: sveed1.8T on 03 January 2012, 00:17
Had bits of firework in my champagne as I was downwind of the display (on Waterloo Bridge); nothing like tasting some of that £5million!! :laugh: :cool:
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: RandomJord on 03 January 2012, 11:48
Had bits of firework in my champagne as I was downwind of the display (on Waterloo Bridge); nothing like tasting some of that £5million!! :laugh: :cool:

See! An all the moaners saying we get most from it!
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: GTI:Gibbo on 03 January 2012, 16:10
Total waste of money if you ask me  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: Adam on 03 January 2012, 16:14
It's nice to know we as a country can spare a couple of million quid to burn in 10 minutes  :rolleyes:

yes we can seeing as give hundreds of millions to "3rd world" countrys and god knows how many billions to the french.

I thought it was an excellent display :cool: The people who moaned about it should stick their heads back in the Daily Mail and moan about Clarkson or Jonathan Woss

All of this
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: kittie on 04 January 2012, 12:59
I always assumed they were sponsored, are they not?

Thought it was great anyway, would love to be there one year but don't fancy hanging round for 8 hours like those Chinese kids they interviewed at the front!
Title: Re: London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!
Post by: Jay on 06 January 2012, 13:49
Thank goodness my town had 2 idjiots sitting near each of  the 12, 5 minute box of bangers and setting them off manually at Guyfawkes  :grin: