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danmaitland Wrote:

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> Its not bad at all actually. Barely any noise.

> Just looked like it was going to be a problem when

> they erected their borders so close to our

> house..But it's fine so far and looks very

> evocative - reminding me of that Wim Wenders film,

> and various Tom waits-esque videos...Thanks for

> the mostly constructive comments. I retract my

> previous troll whinge, with the exception of

> Marumba, who is obviously a, not sure one's

> allowed to use that word on here, Dick... But at

> least they've been noticed by someone now, so that

> should cheer them up...

fishbiscuits Wrote:

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> These things can turn into a bit of a money pit

> though, can't they? Managed to burn through ?20 in

> one hour, with just one kid!


You got off lightly. The kids fair on Goose Green this spring had me ?60 down in the same 1 hour or so duration. The ?8 Paw Patrol helium balloons (image rights prob unlicensed) were beautifully positioned for maximum cash extraction.

Well, I brought the tiny terror a calippo from the ice cream van. She spent about 15 minutes sucking the life out of it, before fastidiously draining the melted remnants of luminous goodness into her little gob. So while that may have cost ?3, in reality it saved me around a tenner.


The other top tip is the large inflatable slide thing, which the kids seem to stay on for as long as they like.

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