On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Chris Mitchell <chris.mitch...@which.net> wrote: > Scary things balloons. Hard to steer. We had one land on the local > cricket pitch. A large expanse of ground, but unfortunately the under > 11s were playing a match at the time. Loads of panicky kids, a very > irate coach and a very red faced balloon pilot. Nobody was hurt.
Wow, Chris. Kids there must be much different than kids here. Even when he was very young, my son was fascinated by the balloons, and wanted to get as close as possible. Kids in this neighborhood love the balloons, and the whole neighborhood turned out to gather around the landing balloon and to help pull it down after they lowered several rope. Even the children of our new neighbors, whom I am sure never saw a balloon up close before, were excited and anxious to get as close as possible. We don't have cricket here, but I can't imagine a local soccer or baseball coach being irate if a balloon landed in the field. It would be a grand event, welcomed by all. In no way would I consider balloons scary or dangerous. They come down quite slowly, and usually are pulled down the final 20 feet or so by ropes dropped down to people below. What scared my dog was the noise of the propane burner as the balloon passed low over our roof, just like the noise of a vacuum cleaner scares some dogs. When outside, he has watched balloons and blimps pass overhead numerous times, and he always watches with interest, especially if he can see people in the gondola. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
