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Ginsu Victim:
Dead serious.

Jdurg:
A couple years ago I was out on a mountain climbing trip in southern New Hampshire (Mt. Monadnock) and we had a cabin in a really off the beaten path area in one of the local "towns".  My two buddies and I have quite a bit of chemistry knowledge, and since this was a private property that we were on we decided to bring some sodium metal with us as well as some fireworks. 

Sodium metal plus water = KABOOM.  I recall dropping a huge chunk of the metal (about the size of a D battery) into the lake and there being a good 20 second delay.  One of my buddies had never seen a piece that size go into water and just said "That's not all that impressive".  As soon as he finished saying that, the metal exploded with a huge fireball and subsequent explosions as the rest of the metal dropped back onto the water and finished reacting.  Funny as all hell.

Well, later on there was a campfire that was built and the other guy we were with was setting up some mortars in order to launch some fireworks up in the air.  Shockingly, there was a mortar stuck in a tube and when he went and turned the tube upside down the mortar fell out right into the fire.  A VERY loud "KABOOM" and all three of us nearly shitting our pants.  Nobody was hurt and there was nothing damages (amazingly) but we were all scared shitless.   :laugh2:

Dartful Dodger:

--- Quote from: Jdurg on July 01, 2008, 09:20:58 am ---Shockingly, there was a mortar stuck in a tube and when he went and turned the tube upside down the mortar fell out right into the fire.  A VERY loud "KABOOM" and all three of us nearly shitting our pants.  Nobody was hurt and there was nothing damages (amazingly) but we were all scared shitless.   :laugh2:

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My “grand finally” consists of putting mortars in their tubes upside down.  Lighting the fuses and then running like heck.

Maybe I posted to soon.  I haven’t out grown blowing things up, but watching bursts in the sky isn't fun anymore.  I've out grown fireworks that just go boom over a decade ago.

I have a box of mortars left over from last year.  I plan on lighting them in a variety of nonconventional ways.



…Come Monday if I’m not posting or if I’m responding very slowly it’s because I’m dead or missing fingers.

HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on July 01, 2008, 01:17:29 pm ---I have a box of mortars left over from last year.  I plan on lighting them in a variety of nonconventional ways.

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My brothers and I used to light the fuses and toss them at each other like hand-grenades... lol...  pretty stupid looking back, but fun as hell back then!  >:D

ahofle:
Did anyone have roman candle fights with trashcan lid shields?  ;D

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