On 9/4/2010 10:57 PM, aemeijers wrote:

I know, playing with fire is fun, but you can't buy real M-80s any more
either.

Oh, yes you can.... G

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On 9/5/2010 6:32 PM, Steve Barker wrote:
On 9/4/2010 10:57 PM, aemeijers wrote:

I know, playing with fire is fun, but you can't buy real M-80s any more
either.

Oh, yes you can.... G

When I was a kid and teenager we used quarter sticks of dynamite in
traps for foxes, in the Indiana orchards and in place of fire crackers.
Uncles used it in their own small coal mines or dog holes
Dynamite was common and used by Farmers etc all over the place. We
weren't worried about Terrorists. Indeed, terrorists would have provided
a bit of diversion.
I bet he would die of appleplexy if he though the Farmers now used it.
Now you have to hire a licensed outfit to use it for you.
Of course City folks didn't/don't need it.
They were/are dangerous though and nitwits found out the hard way.

On 2010-09-05, Steve Barker wrote:

Oh, yes you can.... G

Not the original M80s, like back in the '60s. The BATF has
reclassified them as HE (high explosives) and it's class D felony to
be caught with one. There are wimpy bogus M80s and perhaps some
illegally imported one's, but it's not like 1964 when you could
legally buy a gross of the real deal for about $10 in any one of a
dozen states.

nb

On 9/6/2010 9:41 AM, notbob wrote:
On 2010-09-05, Steve wrote:

Oh, yes you can....G

Not the original M80s, like back in the '60s. The BATF has
reclassified them as HE (high explosives) and it's class D felony to
be caught with one. There are wimpy bogus M80s and perhaps some
illegally imported one's, but it's not like 1964 when you could
legally buy a gross of the real deal for about $10 in any one of a
dozen states.

nb

How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood? I seem to
remember being able to purchase WWII surplus hand grenades.

TDD

Gracious. Not sure I'd ever have a use for one of them.

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"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
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How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood? I seem to
remember being able to purchase WWII surplus hand grenades.

TDD

On 9/6/2010 10:47 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Gracious. Not sure I'd ever have a use for one of them.


Booby-trap the garage to take out dobads or to protect your crops. 8-)

TDD

In article ,
"Stormin Mormon" wrote:

How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood?

Only those of us that did, did. Some of us did foolish things and got
away with it. Some of our friends did foolish things and didn't survive.

On 9/7/2010 10:14 AM, Smitty Two wrote:
In ,
"Stormin wrote:

How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood?

Only those of us that did, did. Some of us did foolish things and got
away with it. Some of our friends did foolish things and didn't survive.

The fact that I've worn eyeglasses since I was six years old is the
reason I still have two eyes. 9-)

TDD

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
"Stormin Mormon" wrote:

How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood?

Only those of us that did, did. Some of us did foolish things and got
away with it. Some of our friends did foolish things and didn't survive.

I should have fallen from some trees.
I used about the whole set of trees in two villages.
Statistically I should not be here .

Sjouke Burry wrote the following:
Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
"Stormin Mormon" wrote:

How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood?

Only those of us that did, did. Some of us did foolish things and got
away with it. Some of our friends did foolish things and didn't survive.

I should have fallen from some trees.
I used about the whole set of trees in two villages.
Statistically I should not be here .

When I was a kid, I lived in a 5 story apartment building in the Bronx.
I lived on the 5th floor and the entrance door to the roof was never
locked. People used to go up there to sunbathe in the Summer. Of course,
it was a good place to play for us kids and drop water balloons on the
pedestrians below..
One day, when there was no one on the roof with more brains than me, I
took a stroll along the clay tiled caps on the brick edge of the roof.
On one side, the roof about 2 feet below, on the other side, a drop of 5
stories to the courtyard below.
I get chills now whenever I think of it.


--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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On 9/7/2010 11:14 AM, Smitty Two wrote:
In ,
"Stormin wrote:

How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood?

Only those of us that did, did. Some of us did foolish things and got
away with it. Some of our friends did foolish things and didn't survive.

(Nods and raises an imaginary glass to the memory of absent friends).
Yeah, one of the mental milestones of middle age is realizing that a
significant fraction of the people you ran around with as a kid are in
the ground. And no, I wasn't raised in the 'hood- we were all vanilla
middle class families with good medical care and plenty of food. Some
were lost to 'shit happens' freak stuff or illness, but many were lost
mainly due to a lack of common sense. You lose situational awareness,
and fate comes up and smacks you.

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aem sends...

On 2010-09-06, The Daring Dufas wrote:

How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood?

I suspect it was due to the fact we hadn't learned to drink, yet!

I know it was as a young drinking adult I began to get careless. Had
two firecrackers blow up in my fingers cuz I'd been drinking. One
incident was straight out of a National Lampoon movie, where I lit the
firecracker with my cigar stub, then tossed the cigar!! I'm older and
wiser, now, and luckily still have all my digits, but if either one of
the aforementioned episodes had involved a real M80, I have no doubt
my nickname would now be Lefty.

nb

On 9/6/2010 11:59 AM, notbob wrote:
On 2010-09-06, The Daring wrote:

How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood?

I suspect it was due to the fact we hadn't learned to drink, yet!

I know it was as a young drinking adult I began to get careless. Had
two firecrackers blow up in my fingers cuz I'd been drinking. One
incident was straight out of a National Lampoon movie, where I lit the
firecracker with my cigar stub, then tossed the cigar!! I'm older and
wiser, now, and luckily still have all my digits, but if either one of
the aforementioned episodes had involved a real M80, I have no doubt
my nickname would now be Lefty.

nb

'Here, hold my beer'
'Watch this!'
'Oh, I've done this a hundred times before'

Anybody remember the others? Foxworthy had a several-minute bit with
them on one of his old standup routines.

And yeah, as I remarked on here before, it is a small miracle that I
still have all my limbs and digits, and both eyes and both ears, and
they all still work, sorta. I try real hard not to do stupid stuff any
more- I don't heal up near as fast or well as I used to.

--
aem sends...

On 9/6/2010 11:42 AM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 9/6/2010 9:41 AM, notbob wrote:
On 2010-09-05, Steve wrote:

Oh, yes you can....G

Not the original M80s, like back in the '60s. The BATF has
reclassified them as HE (high explosives) and it's class D felony to
be caught with one. There are wimpy bogus M80s and perhaps some
illegally imported one's, but it's not like 1964 when you could
legally buy a gross of the real deal for about $10 in any one of a
dozen states.

nb

How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood? I seem to
remember being able to purchase WWII surplus hand grenades.

TDD

Only as paperweights, with the charge removed, or inert 'training'
grenades. (Other than ones idiots snuck home as souvenirs, of course.)
Way too tempting for kids playing soldier, even back then.

--
aem sends...

On 9/6/2010 9:41 AM, notbob wrote:
On 2010-09-05, Steve wrote:

Oh, yes you can....G

Not the original M80s, like back in the '60s. The BATF has
reclassified them as HE (high explosives) and it's class D felony to
be caught with one. There are wimpy bogus M80s and perhaps some
illegally imported one's, but it's not like 1964 when you could
legally buy a gross of the real deal for about $10 in any one of a
dozen states.

nb

Oh yes, the real deal. Get a gross each year. Just like the ones dad
got in the 60's.

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Steve Barker
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