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yeah, so me and a buddy hit up some explosives today--

I love fireworks, firecrackers, explosives, flammable shtuff....

how about ya'll? what's your favorites?

As a kid i was terrified of fireworks. I would beg and beg my parents to take me to the schools Nov 5th firework display and bonfire and then cry and howl my way through the whole thing begging to be taken home. Apparently it was the noise that scared me.

In the end my mum bought me a huge pair of pink earmuffs and ever since i've loved fireworks!! (No, i don't still need to wear the ear muffs )

They're banned where I live , but in the city down the street (about 1000 feet away) allowed them (until this year, I think). I used to love playing with sparklers, hated the piccolo petes--the high pitched whiny ones, too noisy, hurt the ears. They have been banned in my city for close to 15 years, only get to see professional shows--Disney, baseball team if their in town. My university has a parking structure where you can see probably 10 or 15 shows on July 4th.

Oh yeah, m-16's, firecrackers, the big mortars, all that good stuff. Loads of fun!

I have a party every year Nov5th ...and every year we try to out-do the year before ! last year we amassed apprx £800 of heavy artillery !! ..everyone brings family type fireworks and everyone has to bring at least one big BIG firework .. lol.. although that has now turned into bring whatever you can lay your hands on ..hehehe we had a police visit last year as one of the guys in the Navy brought some very expensive SOS parachute flares ... which lit up half the F'ing town and err.. they didnt go out untill they came back to earth ..unfortunately a couple kinda strayed onto peoples roofs ...

When I were a wee youngster, I tried to make a bomb using fireworks. Now, I know all young lads try to make bombs with fireworks... but the difference is... I succeeded....

Some fireworks innards and some other 'stuff' (better not detail how to make bombs, the FBI will close SW down!) and...

BANG!


Whoops, sorry dad, Ive just destroyed your greenhouse

haha.

When I was really young, I made a Petrol Bomb / moholotov Cocktail, and blew up my dad's old garden shed...along with his lawn d some omower anther electrical tools?!

haha. They are banned where I live(except for sparklers and jumping jacks and stuff), but 2 years ago I went through south carolina (the only state that sells the good stuff) and loaded up. they have tons and tons of firework warehouses just absolutely loaded.

making firecrackers is fun. just lay out a strip of duct tape and pour some lines of blackpowder(a little does the trick, production ones have barely any) and the put some home made fuses in, cut the duct tape between them with a razor, and roll em up! (if telling ya'll how to do this is against some law, delete it please)

mortars are pretty sweet. we threw one in a sewer once, and all the pipes amplified the noise...that was pretty flippin sweet.

The only time you can buy them over here is in the run up to Guy Fawkes night - theyre illegal any other time of year.

However... they arent illegal in St Malo. And guess where the ferry docks in? Aye... St Malo. Theres a cool little shop up one of the lanes in the walled part of the city, that stocks the most amazing bangers.

Which work really well when put in big green wheelie bins (the more the merrier)

I guess Nov. 5th is like our July 4th?

tomcat360 wrote:I guess Nov. 5th is like our July 4th?

Id imagine so, although yours is about independance, and ours is about some bloke trying to blow up the houses of parliament

sweet! same idea, everyone gets together and blows stuff up! we all know that is the true meaning.

I also really like getting some warm to hot water, pouring it in a gatorade bottle, and then sticking a chunk of dry ice in and putting on the cap. and run. that's a fun one.

We used to have a good boredom reliever at work (used to run a photo lab) - get a load of empty film canisters and a couple of cans of canned air. Turn the cans upside down, shake like hell, open up a film canister and spray canned air into it (still upside down), put the lid back on, throw across the room and wait. When the frozen air inside the canister heats up - BOOOOOM.

ahaha! I've never thought of that! Yesterday I got an empty film canister, poked a hole in the top, and filled it with alcohol used for a backpacking stove. I could make up a story about how awesome it was, but I was dissapointed, so instead we used the hole in the top to but firecracker fuses through.

tomcat360 wrote:ahaha! I've never thought of that! Yesterday I got an empty film canister, poked a hole in the top, and filled it with alcohol used for a backpacking stove. I could make up a story about how awesome it was, but I was dissapointed, so instead we used the hole in the top to but firecracker fuses through.

Ahh... different thing lol. The 'canister' i was talking about is the little plastic one that the actual film comes in (unless yours are heat proof lol).

If you do the canned air thing, try standing it up on a desk/counter - cover your face though cos it'll fly off in whatever direction it wants.

Also... canned air is good for pissing people off. Turn can upside down (it freezes the air as you spray), and aim at either the back of someones neck or the back of someones knees - it scares the crap out of them, especially if the dont hear you crepp up behind them. You can also make the canned air into an instrument by pinching the nozzle inbetween your fingers - if you loosen/tighten the pinch on the nozzle you get a different sound.

As you can tell, winter in a photo lab is very boring (except crimbo and new year obviously)

yeah, I was talking about the same thing. The little black and grey plastic tubes. It would melt eventually..

I fiberglassed a firecracker today, everything except the wick. I have no idea what will happen I'm expecting shrapnal of epic amounts

Libby still wears pink earmuffs.

lmao ...

Libby still wears pink earmuffs.

... is that for fireworks or something else

CheeZee wrote:lmao ...

Libby still wears pink earmuffs.

... is that for fireworks or something else :shock:

:wink: :lol:

Cheezee... your a filthy wronging you are!