I would like to take this time to wish all of you a safe and sane 4th of July.....
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I would like to take this time to wish all of you a safe and sane 4th of July.....
thanks Vince...
great pic....
Michael
great pic....
Michael
Same here guys!!!
Amen, Vince. Have a great holiday.
Have a Happy and Safe 4th All!
I remember as a kid making a homemade fireworks display.
This particular adventure cost my good friend and I a weeks worth of various lawn mowing jobs(and a new evergreen tree ...read on) We sat on the front porch with a case of proudly purchased sparklers and a hammer, knocking off the gun powder from the sparklers onto newspaper(with me so far?)a pipe had been well secured with a sledge hammer into my parents front yard at a 80 or so degree angle. Pouring the gun powder and M-80's with the fuses snipped off into the pipe spaced every few inches, topping this little homemade Roman Candle display was a sparkler for the fuse. At the request of the'Ole Great Wise One....Dad, we took shelter behind a nearby evergreen tree.
Things for unknown reasons just didn't quite go as planned as we pondered it might not, just before the sparkler fuse did it's thing.
The sparkler fuse burned down and mated with the loose gun powder AND lets not forget the 6 M-80's, we got an intense lesson in Pyrotechnics as the entire mother load decided to honor July 4th, 1965 all at once.
The explosion that followed was heard and felt throughout the neighborhood, a couple of hundered pounds of quality top soil involuntary relocated for a much better place on this earth.
( Did you know that it can... rain dirt?)
When the smoke and dirt had settled we looked like a couple of B & W cartoon characters ....
Epilog: The following day I had to go with my father to pick out a very nice live balled evergreen to place in the 30" hole.
I remember as a kid making a homemade fireworks display.
This particular adventure cost my good friend and I a weeks worth of various lawn mowing jobs(and a new evergreen tree ...read on) We sat on the front porch with a case of proudly purchased sparklers and a hammer, knocking off the gun powder from the sparklers onto newspaper(with me so far?)a pipe had been well secured with a sledge hammer into my parents front yard at a 80 or so degree angle. Pouring the gun powder and M-80's with the fuses snipped off into the pipe spaced every few inches, topping this little homemade Roman Candle display was a sparkler for the fuse. At the request of the'Ole Great Wise One....Dad, we took shelter behind a nearby evergreen tree.
Things for unknown reasons just didn't quite go as planned as we pondered it might not, just before the sparkler fuse did it's thing.
The sparkler fuse burned down and mated with the loose gun powder AND lets not forget the 6 M-80's, we got an intense lesson in Pyrotechnics as the entire mother load decided to honor July 4th, 1965 all at once.
The explosion that followed was heard and felt throughout the neighborhood, a couple of hundered pounds of quality top soil involuntary relocated for a much better place on this earth.
( Did you know that it can... rain dirt?)
When the smoke and dirt had settled we looked like a couple of B & W cartoon characters ....
Epilog: The following day I had to go with my father to pick out a very nice live balled evergreen to place in the 30" hole.
Oh WOW Alan! That sounds like so much fun! 4th of July is my favorite holiday. Not just because I'm a flag waving fist-fight for the honor of my country redneck, but because it is the only holiday where it is socialy acceptable for me to BLOW THINGS UP!!! YEE HAW!!
Actually I stockpile fireworks all year 'round. Usually send a few off for b-days, Halloween, Christmas, and of course new years. Fireworks - they're not just for the 4th!
angela
Actually I stockpile fireworks all year 'round. Usually send a few off for b-days, Halloween, Christmas, and of course new years. Fireworks - they're not just for the 4th!
angela
Hey, don't forget the Fifth and I'm not talking about Wednesday!
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We spent most of today trying to get Chlorine and brake fluid to burst into a fireball . . . no luck ! ! !
The Chlorine lable even mentions the possibility of an explosion if contaminated, but we never achieved lift-off.
Back to black powder bombs I guess.
Heard something about Coke and Mentos, but we'll save that one for next weekend . . . rust, aluminum dust and a road flair is a SURE hit, but it's been done to death.
Happy 4TH ! ! !
Now go blow somethin' up, your Father and I are trying to talk . . .
The Chlorine lable even mentions the possibility of an explosion if contaminated, but we never achieved lift-off.
Back to black powder bombs I guess.
Heard something about Coke and Mentos, but we'll save that one for next weekend . . . rust, aluminum dust and a road flair is a SURE hit, but it's been done to death.
Happy 4TH ! ! !
Now go blow somethin' up, your Father and I are trying to talk . . .
Just make sure you got your goggles on. I saw something like this in Amsterdam a few weeks ago.
That was cool. That's EXACTLY how I'm going to celebrate this year.
Seriously, be careful with those fireworks, y'all.
I know none of us are kids anymore and nobody wants to hear a tired old fire safety lecture, but at least wet down (or water with a sprinkler) whatever part of your yard or street you're going to launch from, and don't forget to hit the exposed sides of your house, shed and sewer openings with a garden hose before lighting that first fuse.
And supervise your kids!
Hope everyone has a safe and happy Fourth!
Seriously, be careful with those fireworks, y'all.
I know none of us are kids anymore and nobody wants to hear a tired old fire safety lecture, but at least wet down (or water with a sprinkler) whatever part of your yard or street you're going to launch from, and don't forget to hit the exposed sides of your house, shed and sewer openings with a garden hose before lighting that first fuse.
And supervise your kids!
Hope everyone has a safe and happy Fourth!
And don't wear too much hair spray. Turns out even when dried its quite flammable. Really adds a certain flare to the outing when you catch your hair on fire.
Women with their hair on fire run really really fast.
angela
Women with their hair on fire run really really fast.
angela
Yeah, the fourth of July is my favorite holiday. It is socially acceptable to drink & light off fireworks all day. What's not to like?
Cory, As a retired FF from Alexandria, Va. with (29 1/2 years) I think I know what you are talking about. Boy you Federal Firefighters look serious.
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TJ, you've got mail. Fireman stuff.
Woo hoo - my daddy bought me a WHOLE bunch of really cool loud blowing up sparking type fireworks from out of state!! YEA!!!!
Guess he's really grateful I fixed his Hyundai for him. Clutch cable, fuel line, carb (farmed that part out - yuck), new cap, rotor, plug wires, filters etc. Now runs like a cheap watch.
I feel so soiled after working on a hyundai... Must go wash... ugh.
angela
Guess he's really grateful I fixed his Hyundai for him. Clutch cable, fuel line, carb (farmed that part out - yuck), new cap, rotor, plug wires, filters etc. Now runs like a cheap watch.
I feel so soiled after working on a hyundai... Must go wash... ugh.
angela