What a shame no camera too hand, such is life. You were only 10 miles away when it went bang, a lot closer than being a distant fireball, lucky man to have witnessed that.
G

How do you know I was 10 miles away…..after the BANG I went on the net to see if it was on the news or such. Nothing. Nothing the next day either. I never did find a decent account of it.

Camera was in the room, I was on the shelf outside. I didn’t dare take my eyes off it, as I knew it was a rarity.

Lucky to witness it, but it actually shook me up, that we are insignificant nothings when it comes to the universe.

I’m a bit of a meteor spotter, and they are never “Slow”, as per the opening post.
I have indeed seen Orange ones, Green ones, Blue ones (And of course White). I’ve seen them splatter into 2 or many parts, but their speed is rapid.
Not usual for them to last more than a quarter of the arc of sky, and to cover that quarter is about 1 second max.
I was lucky enough to be in Rhodes last year when a mahoosive fireball passed over me in Pefkos. It was disintigrating all the time with multi coloured “Sparks” coming off it. It took about 5 or 6 seconds to cross the whole sky and it finished with a flash which lit up Greece. 30 seconds later the Boom from the flash rattled every window in the hotel and shook the horizon. As always with such things, NO CAMERA!

So, this could have been a distant fireball.

So now I’m “elderly”? I’ve gone right off you Steve.A postman recently kicked a small Yorkshire terrier so hard that it flew through the air,hit its head and died.The RSPCA refused to prosecute him because the dog had died instantly,and so “hadn’t suffered”.The miserable sod got away with murder,in my opinion,but then I’m biased because I used to have Yorkies.

Sorry BB, but you put an image in my head, a small yappie souring skyward conjures up a comical scene. There’s wine and popcorn on my screen.

But, yes…he should have got done.

Hey PMN, I wasnee replying to thee per se.

It was the general discussion on the actual/perceived/street versions of the word.

If murder is “The unlawful killing of one human blah blah blah……” then why oh why are drunk drivers not done for murder when the kill?
ONE drink, and your judgement is impaired, especially if tired. You get in a car knowing this….even though you think you are OK at 2 pints.
So, if you cause an accident and then a death…..You knew the consequences before you started….etc.
It would be bally hard to prove I’m sure. Discuss.

BTW, I am not an anti drink type, in fact I’m a total pi55 artist when I’m allowed out LoL.

As a general figure of speech I don’t see anything whatsoever wrong in referring to it as murder, whether to do so is in line with the actual definition or not. Murder is a very strong word, and in this context perfectly describes the anger many feel towards this womans dispicable actions.

I’d be calling it murder as well if it were my little furball that was… Well… Murdered.

Paul

Kitticide.
(I’ll get me coat)

Nowthen, I’m a bit of a supporter of a vigilante action, when necessary and serious. Like a war or kid killers. But a cat, loving as they are, is a cat, several layers down the food chain from we humans, hence it isn’t murder. I do not care for the cat…I do care a great deal for the welfare of the child that loved the cat. Still no excuse for the behaviour of the miserable old bag.
However, as we are the “Leaders” of the planet, we have a responsibility to the lower beings like cats. (But not rats or roaches!). And, as a cat is a pet which is actually emotionally involved with a family, and is somewhat domesticated it should carry a bigger sentance than “say” cruelty to a pet snake.
Apols to snake keepers, but a snake doesn’t run to greet you at the door after work, nor do you cuddle up to it as a child would to a cat.

I don’t much care for cats.
But I wouldn’t have killed it, especially in front of a child, and even more especially the “Owner” of the kitten. The child’s emotional state is all that matters here, and this old bitch bag has messed that up for a while.

I couldn’t hit a woman unless she was a threat to my life or my family, so if it was my childrens’ kitten, I would have snorted up the largest oyster greenie and spat it in her face. Long may it smell on her.

Some fine fine fine shots there PMN.
It’s all opinions…but I “Don’t” like peopl in architectural shots…like your castle and the lighthouse (But yes I do agree that the latter is perfectly balanced by the pedestrians walking to the light).
The couple on the beach is a superb shot. Less is more etc. I’m sure the couple on the beach would be very proud to have that shot A3 on their wall.

All conspiracies have a little bit of possibility, that’s the appeal.
Here’s one that came true….
At the time of the Iraq scuffle in 2003, many people said that the Iraqi forces collapsed too fast, even after a little bit of shock and awe. Rumours were that the Iraqi leaders had defected and that the crowd surrounding the statue pull-down were US based Iraqi’s or look-a-likes.

Whilst I totally support the Iraq tidy-up, it transpires that the Top Brass of Iraqi forces were indeed bunged.
The trouble is, that was the honour of the uniform.
The US didn’t expect (Despite being told by UK) all the scum to leach out of the ground with their IED’s.

Money, it has no flag and will usually win.