Floating Chinese lanterns

Frank the tank
Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
edited February 2010 in The bottom bracket
Should they be banned?

Farmers are expressing serious concerns, as the wire within them can find itself into silage used to feed cattle which can killr them.

It seems a genuine concern as tens of thousands of them are set to be "released" at Chinese new year.

Managed without them for thousands of years, don't see any need for them now.

Having said that I don't know how many, if any, cattle have been killed by rogue lantern remains. :shock:
Tail end Charlie

The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    They cause havoc when they land on the runways / fly over the airport. Veeeeery dangerous!
  • Homer J
    Homer J Posts: 920
    edited February 2010
    You wouldn't want one in your air intake
  • Vino
    Vino Posts: 184
    NapoleonD wrote:
    They cause havoc when they land on the runways / fly over the airport. Veeeeery dangerous!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Vino wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    They cause havoc when they land on the runways / fly over the airport. Veeeeery dangerous!

    Hey Nap D eees customary to aknowledge glory of the Calves when use veeeery.

    Ave Copyright Calves

    Are these them?

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  • Vino
    Vino Posts: 184
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  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Was on holiday last year and my partner said she'd seen an orange light moving quite fast over the sea. I didn't see it but we were in a cottage away from the beach so it was hard to tell exactly where it had come from and if it had fallen back to earth. Phoned coastguard and they reckoned it may have been a chinese lantern but seeing as it didn't appear to move like one they did say they'd check it out. Does seem like something that could easily be banned without inconveniencing people. The coastguard said they quite often had sightings of them reported as distress flares.

    We actually had one land in our back garden at Christmas - wondered what it was as I'd never seen one close up before.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    I like them...

    I think they look great especially when lots of them float about together as in Chinese New Year celebrations...

    I did wonder how much damage they cause when they do eventually land though....
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  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    Make them completely boidegradable and cattle-safe if ingested.
  • Ollieda
    Ollieda Posts: 1,010
    Is there not a way that they can be constructed so that they are less dangerous? Instead of using wire that is apparently harmful to livestock why not use the toughened card type stuff that fireworks are made for? It can withstand the burning to a certain degree and when it does come back to the ground it turns to a slushy paper consistency once wet and, as far as i'm aware, it's bio-degradeable. Firework remnants must be ok (although not desirable) for animals to eat otherwise I would have thought that farmers around the country would be out protesting at guy fawkes and new year!

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