[Obadiah]

Ah, the good ‘ol days when my brothers and I would tape together 6 tin soda cans (before they were beveled on the top and bottom and were made of paper-thin aluminum).

We'd poke a hole in the bottom can, squirt lighter fluid down the barrel and in the bottom hole, stuff in a tennis ball down the barrel and light the bottom with a flaming stick.

Wait a second, and... THWUUUP! The tennis ball fired out about 100 yards. Of course, then we'd have “wars” with each other firing rocket-propelled tennis balls at each other.

Ah, good times. And we lived to tell about it!

[roofgoat]

we called them Polish Cannons.

By the way, this thread is one of the funniest things I have read in years. Everyone sharing so many common stories of what we all grew up with.

All the garbage today, the Obama presidency, Ferguson Racial crap, bad economy, the Middle East, lack of border, etc etc, its nice to read these stories.