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| July 05, 2011
| Heidi Shaffer
Posted on 07/05/2011 5:14:52 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: Last Dakotan
“Do not look down tube”
“Light fuse, Get away”
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posted on
07/05/2011 6:10:10 PM PDT
by
mylife
(OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
To: Last Dakotan
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posted on
07/05/2011 6:14:40 PM PDT
by
familyop
(Rome was burned in a day--twice.)
To: Last Dakotan
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posted on
07/05/2011 6:15:48 PM PDT
by
familyop
(Rome was burned in a day--twice.)
To: truthguy
Actually you can’t legally buy a firecracker that will do any real damage today. As a boy, I usually scored a few cherry bombs and M-80’s, the latter of which would definitely remove digits under the right circumstances. Nothing remotely that large available now.
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posted on
07/05/2011 6:18:30 PM PDT
by
tickmeister
(tickmeister)
To: truthguy
“The ones (Firecrackers) out there today are much more powerful. “
You can’t be talking about the stuff that was available in the 60’s.
To: MediaMole
“It landed on the roof of a factory, igniting a fire that burned for three days, doing $50 million damage, but at least no one was killed.”
Ouch!
To: tickmeister
“As a boy, I usually scored a few cherry bombs and M-80s, the latter of which would definitely remove digits under the right circumstances. Nothing remotely that large available now.”
When I was a kid a Black Cat with a fast fuse blew while I was holding it. Split my thumb open from the tip down to the first joint.
To: Last Dakotan
I would expect that more people died driving to/from fireworks shows than died from consumer (1.4) fireworks.
However, homemade fireworks are a good way to get blowed up.
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posted on
07/05/2011 6:30:51 PM PDT
by
mike-zed
To: Last Dakotan
"Cradled in the palm of the hand... the five-incher - a hard, cool, rocklike cylinder of sinister jade green topped by a vicious red fuse - was a thing of cruel beauty. And that was only a five-incher. Fireworks in those days came in even more lethal and exotic varieties. None, however, was more potent, more awesome, than the
ne plus ultra of the fireworks world - the Dago bomb. (This was never construed as an anti-Italian name, by the way, being more pro than anything else.) A thing of exquisite symmetry, it came in four sizes: the five-inch, the eight-inch, the ten-inch and the sure death. In more effete circles it was known as an ''aerial bomb",- but among real fireworks fans it was most often known as "the Dago heister." It actually, looked like those giant nonexistent firecrackers that occasionally show up in cartoons - a red, white and blue tube with a wooden base stained dark green, and a long red fuse.
Theoretically, this infernal machine was to be lit by an expert hand. It would then explode with the first, or lesser, explosion, which propelled an aerial charge of pure white TNT into the ambient air, theoretically vertical, for several hundred feet, and then - devastation! - not once, but several times, depending on the size of the bomb. It was not cheap, the smallest going for fifty cents and the largest for around three dollars, which in the days of the Depression was truly a capital investment. The mere sight of one of the larger specimens on the shelves of a fireworks stand sent waves of awe and excitement through the sparkler buyers. It was truly the big time."
- Jean Shepherd, Ludlow Kissell and the Dago Bomb that Struck Back
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posted on
07/05/2011 6:36:45 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: festusbanjo
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posted on
07/05/2011 6:41:07 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Last Dakotan
He wins the hat pin...
To: mike-zed
True on all accounts, but there isn’t anything more american than blowing crap up, especially on the 4th of July.
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posted on
07/05/2011 6:44:40 PM PDT
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: truthguy
If you are over 12-14 and are still messing around with this stuff, you've got some problems. Nah, just enjoy having fun. Just because you don't enjoy something, doesn't mean there's something wrong with those who do -- unless, of course, you're a liberal.
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posted on
07/05/2011 6:46:06 PM PDT
by
FourPeas
("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
To: mylife
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:01:50 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: Rebelbase
we had m-80’s in 69-71....quarter sticks of dynamite!
threw ‘em on our homecoming bon-fire....
did I mention that 71 was the last year they allowed the homecoming bonfire...?
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:07:41 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
To: truthguy; Last Dakotan
Anyone with a brain should be able to handle firecrackers and other fireworks(actual fireworks not artillery rounds)without blowing one's self up or setting fire to the forest or surrounding area. Unfortunately lots of people are stupid.
The whole point of my comment is this: The story headline is misleading, it is designed to make people react they way you have, that is condemning fireworks. THIS WAS NOT A FIREWORK. It was a piece of ordinance from the military and should have been turned into the proper authorities.
The word fireworks should not even be used in this article, it is simply a liberal hit piece supporting the liberal talking point that people shouldn't have fireworks or firearms either since they are too stupid to use them properly.
This person did not go down to his neighborhood fireworks stand and buy this explosive device even though the headline and most of the article imply that he did.
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:09:38 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: truthguy
"... noise makers are dangerous and childish."Oh Yeah? Well I'm rubber, you're glue - what you say bounces off me and sticks to you!
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:11:06 PM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: Last Dakotan
"I didn't put that much powder in it" "You didn't?,
you mean I didn't?"
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:11:24 PM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: Last Dakotan
To his family,sorry for your loss.
The obvious:”heads will roll”over this incident.
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:14:06 PM PDT
by
peteyd
(A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
To: Last Dakotan
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:38:13 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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