Posted on 06/20/2021 7:41:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin
As America gears up to celebrate Independence Day and a return to normalcy with most U.S. adults fully vaccinated, annual holiday light shows may be looking a little dim this year as a result of nationwide shortages in the post-pandemic.
Youngstown, Ohio-based Phantom Fireworks, the country’s largest consumer-based retail fireworks company, is urging consumers to buy their fireworks sooner rather than later amid supply chain issues and global shipment delays, the company announced on its website.
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funny. There was no supply chain issues last summer when fireworks were being launched at homes, at people, at cars, and into the night to scare puppies and kittens...
Poor baby.
We had one who climbed in the bathtub during every thunderstorm and fireworks.
Never heard of an M-500. What’s that, a hand grenade?
I remember as a kid shooting Cherry Bombs out of a Wrist Rocket slingshot. Man them suckers went far.
Never crossed my mind though what would have happened if it had been a ‘’short’’ fuse.
NYC thugs are buying them up.
Sweet! God bless him!
The M-500s were American made, with the power of (about) a quarter stick of dynamite.
Water proof and easy to light from a central fuse. Bright red, about 6 inches long and one inch thick...
Cool! Didn’t have those back in the day.
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