[Age of Reason]

My brothers and I used to take rolls of caps (remember them?) and hit the little exploding dots with a rock or hammer. Sometimes we’d fold them so we were striking several caps at a time. I can still remember that smell. We were warned over and over again we would lose a finger but we did it anyway. We all still have ten fingers.

No imagination.

We used to use a pin to patiently rip open each little dot on rolls of caps to collect the gunpowder inside.

Then we'd use the powder we collected to make giant firecrackers or skyrockets.

And we still have almost all our fingers.

[knarf]

"Then we'd use the powder we collected to make giant firecrackers or skyrockets."

No guts.

We stuck a pipe in the ground, dropped a lit firecracker in and a marble on top.

INCOMING !!