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GraphiteZen
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Title says it all, but first:
Ok so how are we gonna light it off? Dude finds one of those long-neck BBQ lighters, GREAT.
So I take the typical running-in-the-other-direction-with-your-arm-extended-behind-you pose of your average idiot, light the thing off and get about a half a step away before I thought I had leveled the entire damned DRIVEWAY... Not Smart.
Here's the kicker and a real sign of the times: 10 minutes later the Sheriff shows up, not to ask us if we were playing with illegal fireworks or blowing stuff up with black power at 12 am, but to search for beer LOL!!! :dance:
So, I was about 16 and hanging with a buddy and his cousin who were into blackpowder rifles. It was about 12am and we were getting ready for a "Rendezvous" (gathering of muzzleloading enthusiasts). One of them comes across a full canister of old power that they felt might have drawn moisture and ideas quickly began to circulate as to how we might get rid of it... They lived right in the middle of town btw... So I see a piece of plywood they were using to cover the burn barrel with an empty 12oz Pepsi bottle sitting on the top and am hit with the greatest idea: I volunteer to fill the Pepsi bottle full of black powder, prop it up on a 2x4 and run a little trail powder the length of the plywood for a fuse and all..Children, don't play with fire!DISCLAIMER
Ok so how are we gonna light it off? Dude finds one of those long-neck BBQ lighters, GREAT.
So I take the typical running-in-the-other-direction-with-your-arm-extended-behind-you pose of your average idiot, light the thing off and get about a half a step away before I thought I had leveled the entire damned DRIVEWAY... Not Smart.
Here's the kicker and a real sign of the times: 10 minutes later the Sheriff shows up, not to ask us if we were playing with illegal fireworks or blowing stuff up with black power at 12 am, but to search for beer LOL!!! :dance:
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