Am I just a 'Grumpy Old Woman' ?

It's WW3 here too. Very worried my newly adopted cat would have kittens at the noise, metaphorically speaking, but she hasn't twitched a whisker. I guess there will be another week of it at the very least.

I like your definition for GOW, Charleygirl!

suevie34 it is a friend of mine who emails me saying that she and her husband are about to have a GOW with or without a meal and it has stuck with me for years. I approve of it, but mine would be in the plural!

Mine too Charleygirl!

We once had a cat who actually appeared to love fireworks! It was extraordinary to see her rush to push aside the curtains to peer out at the first sound of a firework. She`d remain watching until the last one and gave every sign of thoroughly enjoying it. The other cats would crouch in front of the fire casting anxious glances at us for reassurance. I reckon that if Teeny could have clapped and cheered she would have. She was a real ninjah cat though and scared the living daylights out of passing dogs.

I like that definition of GOW, Charleygirl. I needed two GOW last night as the fireworks I could hear made me think the Army was on a training exercise nearby - why are they so loud?

I hate Halloween and all that goes with it - it's silly, expensive and has been imported - should be banned - unnecessary expenditure on fireworks whe Nov 5th is only days away - animals hate it too (obviously)!

Luckily my cat does not appear to be too bothered but it may be different if I was out. She does get startled when we think that the war is starting in our front or rear gardens. The "booms" last night were horrific and probably very expensive to buy. I am hoping for rain this evening- I then will be a GOW with a GOW in my hand!

good post DURJ, -- 11.35 We"ve had our G/C here for the last few days.
So, on Friday 31st we had a" Hallowen evening," special tea, everyone dressed up, then we went into the garden and had sparklers and glow sticks, dipping the apple, carved pumpkins with the a candle glowing inside.
They just loved it as indeed we did , this is what happens these days with the youngsters , all their friends do it . In fact, if they had been at home with their parents, they told us they would have gone "trick or treating".
All harmless fun IMO

Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire is celebrating "Hallowtide" and have researched what the Tudors would have done at this time of year. Their custom of soul-caking continued through the 19th-century. Later, those visiting houses expected to receive cakes, apples, drink, or money at each house in response to their singing a souling rhyme, which would vary from each county. Nowadays, we know this custom as Trick or Treat.

Nonu that is the perfect way to entertain children that evening, simple and fairly cheap to organise and you did not spend several pensions on bombs going off.

CHARLEY, too true and we ALL got much pleasure, AND as you say not a Kings ransom to organise.