CHINESE LANTERNS...they are a flipping danger
Summary: The discussion, initiated by tintinthegingertomcat, revolves around Chinese lanterns and their potential danger. tintinthegingertomcat expresses strong concern about the hazards these lanterns pose, labeling them as "flipping dangers." Various participants, including bankhaunter, tuckerbigdaddy5ngv, and electric*mayhem*band, engage in the conversation, with responses also coming from mcruk, cee-dee, and sagr2519. The thread is characterized by a series of interactions without any specific detailed arguments or resolutions shared in the content.
I have been saying for years that although these Chinese lanterns look beautiful in the night sky.....they were an accident waiting to happen. Now in the West Midlands (Smethwick) a recycling plant has gone up in flames (made national news yesterday morning) with approx. six million pounds worth of damage....the cause.....Chinese lantern.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT BUY AND RELEASE THESE LANTERNS.....NEXT TIME IT COULD BE A HOUSE WITH PEOPLE ASLEEP IN OR A BARN WITH ANIMALS IN....OR IN THE CASE OF THIS FACTORY MILLIONS OF POUNDS WORTH OF DAMAGE PUTTING PEOPLES LIVES AND JOBS AT RISK.
Could you all try and get others you know to stop buying and releasing these lanterns.
Many thanks
electric*mayhem*band
·13 years agoIt matters not a jot if they're from China, Timbuktu, or Middle Earth, they're a danger and a menace. Weddings, Birthdays, Christenings, Carnivals, Bar Mitzvahs etc, the rate these contraptions are being used, come the day our National Forests, Woodlands, Heathlands could be reduced to charcoal.
It's possible to direct the position of a firework to some extent - plus they don't have the range - but these incendiaries are left to the vagaries of the prevailing winds, so can crash land anywhere. The frame is made of wire (so they're not biodegradable), and it's this that's proving to be detrimental to wildlife and farming stock. The sooner there is an outright ban on these monstrosities, the better. But I think our lot of incumbent buffoons have vetoed that idea.
mcruk
·2 years agojust did a search and 138 New year's lantern on UK site 2024 will it ever be a forbidden item like 18650 lithium batteries ?
cee-dee
·2 years agoWhy on earth resurrect a long dead thread last posted on TEN years ago?
mcruk
·2 years agodoes this person who asked " Why on earth resurrect a long dead thread last posted on TEN years ago? " still ask why people go to church . god knows why Ebay will not ban selling of the lanterns it managed to prevent the Lithium battery issue almost instantly after they exploded 🙄
sagr2519
·3 months agohttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/198266180260
tuckerbigdaddy5ngv
·13 years agoCouldn't have been using the eco friendly type 😐
mcruk
·3 months agoeven if Evo friendly WOT is the point of burning something just to do something ones.. its a bit of a daftr argument to mention ECO " friendly fire lanterns "
nothing single use in my view is eco friendly the new cork that supermarkets used is called eco friendly alternative to real cork product how can it be more eco friendly ?
bankhaunter
·13 years agoI can't understand why they were ever thought of as a good idea.
As said earlier setting fire to something and then letting it float off to goodness knows where with no control of any sort, borders on complete irresponsibility.
mcruk
·3 months agojust as people go to church to pray ( on sunday ) this item the lantern is a bit of a legacy of religious ceremonious . in much the same was in some Africa country's its ok to eat the dead , i understand this is off topic but .. BACK to lanterns Ebay cant seem to prevent a listing popping up every now and then AI guys try AI ..