Let's see- the green could be copper or barium, the purple maybe caesium (may be wrong there, Cs is usually bluer), yellow, sodium, red, lithium or potassium. Good show.
I had just marched a show for drum corps at the U of A stadium back when they still did fireworks there. They had a stray go straight into the ordinance shed and ignite the entire show's worth. we were directly across from it on the far sideline- it was spectacular …
That's why you build the factory 3 walls out of concrete, one out of wood, and the one made of wood faces the river. I've also been in chemical plants where one wall is hanging from hinges from the ceiling…just in case a lot of stuff needs a rapid exit.
Guy I lived next door to in FLA, reached for an M80 underwater he thought had gone out- the fuse had silver gunpowder, can still go underwater…he lost his right hand
All the stuff I blew up over the years, the worst I ever got were some hurtin' eardrums and a few firecrackers that went off in my hand. Stung a bit…
In high school (Seven Hills BTW) a friend of mine got a gross of the real M-80's. sheet muthafuck. But that had flinty fuses.He gave me 12 or so and I was careful. He on the other hand would throw them in a cavalier fashion. On July 4th, 1978 one went off just as he was releasing it behind his right ear. Knocked him out. Ruptured his tympanic membrane. He still has shrapnel in his scalp and hand.
Real cherry bombs were badass back in those days too. My dad threw one on the patio awning at a July 4th picnic and blew a plate sized hole that rained down on the food spread. Mom was not happy.
Finally, about 15 years ago my brother gave me six bland looking silver firecrackers. I brushed it off as most consumer grade fireworks in those days were pretty tame. Now, I have always been an avid pyro and he was like "these fuckers are loud." Nonetheless, I threw them on my cabinet in the kitchen where I kept odds and ends and thought the kids couldn't reach. Forgot about them. So the misses and I are away one weekend and we get a call from our neighbor that our other crazy neighbor had called the cops for a pipe bomb explosion in our back yard. My son was about nine years old and since this particular neighbor is a nut, we were incredulous.
About six months later I casually grabbed one of those fuckers and blew it off in the woods on a night walk. KABOOM!!1!. They must have been those percussion charges they use in the big shows. Dag, I savored the other four and used them for grand finales. Sometimes even your crazy neighbors are right.
Wow. Yeah, on the big stuff, we always added a foot of primer cord. Between the stuff my dad would bring home to help us make homemade, and the stuff we picked up in NYC's Chinatown, we were loaded for bear. One year I bought a roman candle that shot M80s. The guy said "yeah, you can just hold it in your hand and.." I thought FUCK NO WAY.
Light fuse, get away, live to light fuses another day.
We would also do crazy shit like take 10 or so M80s, put the gunpowder in an aluminum 35mm film can, pry up a manhole cover, put it in, KABOOM watch the manhole cover go about 10 meters. Added reverb from the sound of the sewer. I got the "KABOOMs" out of my system by my early 20s. Made mercury fulminate one time with Bacardi 151, nitric acid and mercury. Class A explosive. Good times.
Also- Chinese fireworks names are the best- one translated to "Monkeys invade the Heavenly Palace", while here we have boring stuff like "Thunder Bomb"
[This joint] has an outlet near my NV hovel. 3 other smaller outfits as well. They sell up to 4" mortar rounds to anyone that wants them. Thing is, they're illegal to possess. They fill out a transportation permit for you which says you have 72 hours to get out of the county with your precious. There's 3 directions you can go. South to Clark County, where they are illegal. North to Esmeralda County, where they are illegal. Or west to Inyo County in California, where are you kidding these things are SO illegal! As long as the county and state get their taxes and permit money, they just don't care about the other details.
Lame. C'mon America, you can do better.
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Purty. Flowers in the sky.
Let's see- the green could be copper or barium, the purple maybe caesium (may be wrong there, Cs is usually bluer), yellow, sodium, red, lithium or potassium. Good show.
Edit: that purple might be strontium.
Just saw |this| earlier today..
I still think there might be a fairly true purple that doesn't need a mix. I can verify that in my
garagelab that lithium gives a red flame 😉Once saw a mortar tube fall over and fire into the crowd. Let's just say a little more than minor injuries.
I had just marched a show for drum corps at the U of A stadium back when they still did fireworks there. They had a stray go straight into the ordinance shed and ignite the entire show's worth. we were directly across from it on the far sideline- it was spectacular …
That's why you build the factory 3 walls out of concrete, one out of wood, and the one made of wood faces the river. I've also been in chemical plants where one wall is hanging from hinges from the ceiling…just in case a lot of stuff needs a rapid exit.
I read some of the comments.
Never read the comments.
Disqus isn't loading for me the past day or so in Safari or Firefox. I'll count my blessings.
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But, generally, Fueukrafts Rok!
His thumb and forefinger look OK
Guy I lived next door to in FLA, reached for an M80 underwater he thought had gone out- the fuse had silver gunpowder, can still go underwater…he lost his right hand
All the stuff I blew up over the years, the worst I ever got were some hurtin' eardrums and a few firecrackers that went off in my hand. Stung a bit…
In high school (Seven Hills BTW) a friend of mine got a gross of the real M-80's. sheet muthafuck. But that had flinty fuses.He gave me 12 or so and I was careful. He on the other hand would throw them in a cavalier fashion. On July 4th, 1978 one went off just as he was releasing it behind his right ear. Knocked him out. Ruptured his tympanic membrane. He still has shrapnel in his scalp and hand.
Real cherry bombs were badass back in those days too. My dad threw one on the patio awning at a July 4th picnic and blew a plate sized hole that rained down on the food spread. Mom was not happy.
Finally, about 15 years ago my brother gave me six bland looking silver firecrackers. I brushed it off as most consumer grade fireworks in those days were pretty tame. Now, I have always been an avid pyro and he was like "these fuckers are loud." Nonetheless, I threw them on my cabinet in the kitchen where I kept odds and ends and thought the kids couldn't reach. Forgot about them. So the misses and I are away one weekend and we get a call from our neighbor that our other crazy neighbor had called the cops for a pipe bomb explosion in our back yard. My son was about nine years old and since this particular neighbor is a nut, we were incredulous.
About six months later I casually grabbed one of those fuckers and blew it off in the woods on a night walk. KABOOM!!1!. They must have been those percussion charges they use in the big shows. Dag, I savored the other four and used them for grand finales. Sometimes even your crazy neighbors are right.
Wow. Yeah, on the big stuff, we always added a foot of primer cord. Between the stuff my dad would bring home to help us make homemade, and the stuff we picked up in NYC's Chinatown, we were loaded for bear. One year I bought a roman candle that shot M80s. The guy said "yeah, you can just hold it in your hand and.." I thought FUCK NO WAY.
Light fuse, get away, live to light fuses another day.
We would also do crazy shit like take 10 or so M80s, put the gunpowder in an aluminum 35mm film can, pry up a manhole cover, put it in, KABOOM watch the manhole cover go about 10 meters. Added reverb from the sound of the sewer. I got the "KABOOMs" out of my system by my early 20s. Made mercury fulminate one time with Bacardi 151, nitric acid and mercury. Class A explosive. Good times.
In my biochemistry lab we made a real nice benzoyl peroxide – aniline device. BANGHAZI!!1!
Also- Chinese fireworks names are the best- one translated to "Monkeys invade the Heavenly Palace", while here we have boring stuff like "Thunder Bomb"
[This joint] has an outlet near my NV hovel. 3 other smaller outfits as well. They sell up to 4" mortar rounds to anyone that wants them. Thing is, they're illegal to possess. They fill out a transportation permit for you which says you have 72 hours to get out of the county with your precious. There's 3 directions you can go. South to Clark County, where they are illegal. North to Esmeralda County, where they are illegal. Or west to Inyo County in California, where are you kidding these things are SO illegal! As long as the county and state get their taxes and permit money, they just don't care about the other details.
anything else would be a job killer!
Talk about a loophole — Inyo' head!