The Enigma Thread

[kurchatovium]

Fireworks are one of the coolest things.

I use to make my own...when I could, not a smart thing to do as it is dangerous. I did love it though cause it is super cool.

 

[Edge]

I never played with fireworks...ever since I saw the Giants player blow off his finger.

 

[milagros317]

As a kid, I used small fireworks on July 4th, such as cherry bombs and ashcans. Never got hurt.

 

[kurchatovium]

I never played with fireworks...ever since I saw the Giants player blow off his finger.

They are very dangerous. I had a lot of chemistry knowlefge so i was better off but still was rather fool hardy. Luckily i never got hurt.

 

[kurchatovium]

As a kid, I used small fireworks on July 4th, such as cherry bombs and ashcans. Never got hurt.

I never got hurt either. But a cherry bomb is the equivalent of s 1/3 s stick of dynamite. Very dangerous. I have heard they sell cherry bombs equivalent to a full stick of dynamite. Very very dangerous.

 

[milagros317]

Yes, the boys in my neighborhood, who all used cherry bombs and ashcans, said that if you closed your fist around one when it went off, then you would lose your whole hand. We would have contests about how far we could throw them.

 

[kurchatovium]

Yes, the boys in my neighborhood, who all used cherry bombs and ashcans, said that if you closed your fist around one when it went off, then you would lose your whole hand. We would have contests about how far we could it throw them.

Yea i put a cherry bomb in a paint can. It blew the paint can to bits. Luckily i didn't get hit by the shrapnel.

 

[milagros317]

I think that ash cans were made illegal when I was a teenager because of too many maimed children. I found an image of one:

 

[kurchatovium]

Yea that looks like the ones I had. They pack a big wallop. Lot of illegal fireworks out there. The one that is the equivalent of a full stick of dynamite is illegal as well.

 

[milagros317]

I never used the ash cans, only cherry bombs. They were too scary for me, I wasn't sure that I could throw them far enough after lighting them.

 

[kurchatovium]

I never used the ash cans, only cherry bombs. They were too scary for me, I wasn't sure that I could throw them far enough after lighting them.

You are a smart man. Explosives don't always behave properly. It's easy to lose body parts when they don't. At the explosives place where I worked one person lost a hand, one lost two finger and part of his face and another had a main artery cut in his arm which nearly killed him. By the grace of God I kept all my parts lol

 

[milagros317]

By the grace of God indeed.
Back in 1980, Richard Pryor accidentally set himself on fire while free-basing cocaine. He was badly burned but survived. People told him that being badly burned was a punishment from God for his sins. Pryor responded, "No. If God wanted to punish me, he would have burned my dick off."

 

[kurchatovium]

By the grace of God indeed.
Back in 1980, Richard Pryor accidentally set himself on fire while free-basing cocaine. He was badly burned but survived. People told him that being badly burned was a punishment from God for his sins. Pryor responded, "No. If God wanted to punish me, he would have burned my dick off."

Wow great story. Lol.

 

[Edge]

The one day that has stuck with me this year is 4th of July. It's like one of the best days of the year that nobody talks about all year but you hear everyone talking Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and other days all year long.

 

[milagros317]

Sadly, the Cyclones will be on the road July 4, 2026. It is great to go to a baseball game on that day, with special give-away items and a fireworks show after the game. 🎆

 

[kurchatovium]

Yea sadly no one talks about the 4th of July. Sorta the same with Fathers Day.

 

[Edge]

My friend and I say the same...the most overlooked day of the year.

 

[kurchatovium]

Thinking of surprising my GF with some flowers. Women are an enugma to me lol Ptobably why i am still single.

 

[milagros317]

Thinking of surprising my GF with some flowers. Women are an enugma to me lol Ptobably why i am still single.

I've never understood women either. They do like flowers almost all the time.

 

[kurchatovium]

I've never understood women either. They do like flowers almost all the time.

Odd I can understand quantum mechanics but women remain an enigma. At least flowers are something I figured out. Only took me 50 years lol.