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To: crusty old prospector; 9422WMR

Ya’ll must be up North where all fun has been outlawed. I just finished off our fireworks, including Black Jack bottle rocket and firecrackers and those are some of the milder things we get.

I think they finally did away with M80s though. Too many school toilets having to be replaced.

My neighbor shoots off something called Rocket Boys. It’s a bottle rocket type thing but way bigger. Sounds like a 50 cal round or 8ga shot going off. Sumbitch makes them last all year and shoots one off every other weekend or so. Makes us jump every time.

Those mortars are great. Closest thing to real fireworks you can get. I bought some green fuse and used a glue gun to tie a bunch together. Nailed everything down on a piece of plywood and floated it out onto a small lake to set it off. The whole thing lasted 5 minutes and was our big finish.


27 posted on 07/08/2019 7:52:47 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: Pollard

What about a potato cannon - made with pvc pipe and hair spray. I think they are now outlawed.


29 posted on 07/08/2019 8:04:50 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Pollard; 9422WMR

Nope, I live in Texas. What I forgot to add is that although no chillerns pop firecrackers during the day, they all bum money off of their parents to go down to the firework stands and buy about $200 worth of mortars to keep us up all night.


37 posted on 07/08/2019 9:47:01 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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