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WA: Balloons filled with welding gas explode in pickup on I-405
KING TV Seattle ^
| 7/4/2010
Posted on 07/04/2010 11:35:40 AM PDT by llevrok
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To: llevrok
Never thought of this.
Then again, i didn’t learn of the Potato cannon until i was 35.....probably a good thing.
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posted on
07/04/2010 12:22:34 PM PDT
by
mowowie
To: 9422WMR
I have a friend on the “no fly” list because of doing something like this when he was a teenager.
What the article doesn’t say is why did the guy fill those tanks? Was he preparting a bomb for the party later and it exploded prematurely?
What we used to do as kids was poke a small hole in the bottom of a tin can and insert a firecracker. Put some water in a can that’s a little bit larger and put the smaller can inside..firecracker up, of course. When it explodes you’ll be surprised at how high the can will go.
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posted on
07/04/2010 12:23:03 PM PDT
by
Terry Mross
( I voted for McCain and still feel like I wasted my vote. Vote third party - same results.)
To: Lurker
As an aside if one fills a few balloons with this mixture, ties them to a stake, and shoots them with tracer rounds the result is rather impressive. At least, that's what you heard, right?
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posted on
07/04/2010 12:27:23 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(What does a community organizer do? Answer: Organize, not lead. -Mike Darancette)
To: Lurker; martin_fierro
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Talk about Industrial Strength Stupid... I agree.
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posted on
07/04/2010 12:30:06 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Seven plus One
Comment #15, the famous Bangsite cannon. I had one for decades and used it every July 4th. The thing worked great for 40 years or so.
To: Eaker
>> Heres a fun one: <<
“If it is raining is this safe to do inside the house?”
Sure. I do it all the time....lol /s
To: llevrok
Thought it said “wedding gas.” LOL With the balloons my brain believed it to be totally logical.
To: Oldpuppymax
![](http://www.thecannonstore.com/10_Gauge_Winchester_Cannon.jpg)
Good old cast iron, brass and steel.Can't be beat. A friend's dad had one of these, now that was God's own loud. Excellent smoke as well. I think I need to get one...
To: llevrok
The stories I could tell describing the delights of stoichiometry.
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posted on
07/04/2010 1:43:40 PM PDT
by
stormer
To: Clay Moore; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
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posted on
07/04/2010 1:47:42 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Sure. Had lots of fun with calcium carbide as a kid.
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posted on
07/04/2010 1:51:07 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Opinions $1 Halfbaked 50c)
To: Seven plus One
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posted on
07/04/2010 1:52:49 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Opinions $1 Halfbaked 50c)
To: Eaker
To: llevrok
After WW-2 we used to buy weather baloons at the Surplus store, fill them with oxygen/acetylene, put a long fuse on them and release them at dusk at evening rush hour and blow out a lot of windows when it went off at about 10,000’.
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posted on
07/04/2010 1:59:55 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: mylife
Did you ever have a carbide cannon?
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posted on
07/04/2010 2:07:11 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
To: llevrok
Even luckier they weren’t transiting a tunnel when this went off. That would’ve been quite the 4th-of-July sparkler.
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posted on
07/04/2010 2:14:11 PM PDT
by
RightOnTheLeftCoast
(Obama: running for re-election in '12 or running for Mahdi now? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi])
To: Seven plus One; RikaStrom; humblegunner; TheMom; Allegra; thackney
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posted on
07/04/2010 2:23:40 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Pablo is very wily)
To: Slings and Arrows
NOT my fault.
I’d have used bigger ballons.
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posted on
07/04/2010 2:28:32 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(I've been told that I drive like a cop. I don't know if that's a compliment or an insult.)
To: pingman
The other time, we filled []an inverted galvanized trash can [w/ oxy/acetylene] that had been pre-wired with a spark ignitor from a gas grill.We used to fill metal 16 oz food cans with oxy/acetylene mixture, set them into a pan filled with water and had a hole in the top, stick a long fuse into the hole. Light that bugger and run and get behind a tree trunk. Those cans flew over 100 feet straight up.
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posted on
07/04/2010 2:32:19 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Remember in November. Clean the house on Nov. 2. / Progressive is a PC word for liberal democrat.)
To: dalereed
“After WW-2 we used to buy weather baloons at the Surplus store, fill them with oxygen/acetylene, put a long fuse on them and release them at dusk at evening rush hour and blow out a lot of windows when it went off at about 10,000.”
Basically, that’s a fuel-air bomb.
The following contains a possible ethnic slur, but consider where I’m from and the times described: in the 1960’s, my neighbor made a “Polish cannon” - which was 3 or 4 beer cans (how to make one is described on the ‘Net). Very loud, and cheap!
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posted on
07/04/2010 2:58:21 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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