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Originally Posted by corn18
Do kids these days still make their own black powder and/or flash powder? Had a lot of fun with that although M80's were awesome and readily available without restrictions. We used to blow up everything. We got dangerous when we discovered fertilizer and diesel fuel.
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OMG. You're taking me back to 1975 when we lived in Manhattan, KS. Ft. Riley was a few miles outside of town and we'd always go exploring around there and one day found some unspent shells. We gathered about 8 or 10 oz of black powder and started building a megashell. Just as we were about to detonate, my parents made me go back inside because they had some event or another to attend. About 15 mins later I hear the huge detonation and sirens about 5 mins later. The megashell blew up, burned my 2 friends with 2nd and 3rd degree burns sending them to the hospital. I literally dodged a bullet.
Life is made up of a bunch of close calls.
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