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Re: Anyone else not like fireworks???


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Posted by Billy NY on July 04, 2013 at 12:41:32 from (72.226.79.200):

In Reply to: Anyone else not like fireworks??? posted by JD Seller on July 04, 2013 at 11:12:20:

I like the mortar shells, but they have certainly changed everything that used to be fun, that you could buy. It used to be class B fireworks, like the typical bottle rockets etc, that you could get a gross of, very inexpensively, those are much smaller as of a few years back. We always had fun with these, take the stick off one, small piece of masking or painters tape, add it to another whole one, sometimes 2 or 3, wear safety glasses, hearing protection and a leather glove, hand launch em, have to time it just right, then toss upward, there's a technique to it, even if you held it in your gloved hand, (preferably a welders glove) it won't hurt you if you wear the above, just not strong enough, (Now, I don't recommend this to any readers here-disclaimer don't try it at home - just to be safe ) By the same token, you could do a lot worse with other things from around the shop, garage or home that was a lot more dangerous. It was fun to see who could get all 3 pop, or stage a couple extra times, then pop. The large firecrackers, M80 and up like a toilet paper roll and so on, those are dangerous, so are mortars, and you can't play games with this stuff, I know of one person missing a hand, and or how about the guy on Deadliest Catch, they never said what he did, but it sure looks like it either detonated in his hand, near it or maybe he dropped it into the tube with a hot ember, he got nailed real hard with his arm over it. The shell somehow split his hand open at the palm, tore the tendons, and broke his forearm, dislodging the bone, they showed them pulling on it to re-set it, that should teach anyone a lesson. I used to drop 3" mortars in short 3" diameter Victaulic pipe to launch em, you had best make sure no ember is in there from the previous launch, the wick is long but fast.

The other thing is it does raise hell with dogs, livestock, neighbors, so while they are spectacular, and used/handled properly, I don't see an issue, but if your impaired, you should not be fooling with fireworks. If conditions are dry and there is fuel to burn, you should not be setting off any fireworks, same with out buildings, old equipment with oil residue etc, its common sense, but last year the fools set off a bunch of large mortars near an old stand of pine, it was dry for weeks, that is foolish, if that had gone up, some houses would have too, then you put fire fighters at risk, plain foolishness. People get complacent, another friend is lucky he did not lose part of his hand while young, he went over to a dud or some darned thing similar and it went off. As a kid, I think I was foolish enough to have the embers set off a pack of matches in my hand, it hurt. You get complacent, you will get hurt, burn something down or cause a serious problem in short order. I was reading the daily article in the paper of 100 years ago, and they were talking about safety then, the ban of Cannon Cracker fircrackers etc., I cannot imagine back in the day, with all the wood buildings, the city here burnt to the ground in the 1860's, nice section of it, started from sparks from a train.

In a safe setting, I don't mind, but nothing is perfect with fireworks, you get a dud or a stray, wind sends one off in a bad direction, ignorant people, no good in my book.


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