And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
42,000 matches, arranged into a sphere, are ignited
When I was a funloving youth, I used to saw off CO2 cartridges & fill them with shaved matchheads, then put the cartridge into a pipe "launcher" which had a hole in the side. Ignition was by Jetex fuse, long enough for me to get behind cover.
Those CO2 cartridges really took off; more like they exploded, but they flew about a half mile if I had the angle right.
These matches don't seem to be as potent as the ones I used to use. I expected the whole ball to go up almost instantly, not burn leisurely across the globe. Things that make me go, "Hmmmmm."
Can you imagine the time it took to put them all together?
ReplyDeleteIn prisons, inmates fill lightbulbs with matchheads to make bombs.
ReplyDeleteWhen they want to kill another inmate, they sneak into his cell while he's away, and screw the lightbulb into the ceiling socket.
They may also saturate the bedding and floor with a flammable accelerant.
Then, when the unsuspecting victim returns and flips the light switch, the bomb explodes, cutting him and setting him and his cell on fire.
Today, I'm just a physically disabled elderly retiree, but many years ago, I was a Correctional Supervisor at the Utah State Prison.
Some people have too much time on their hands, that's why. I for instance spend my retirement time collecting and polishing brass spittoons.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a funloving youth, I used to saw off CO2 cartridges & fill them with shaved matchheads, then put the cartridge into a pipe "launcher" which had a hole in the side. Ignition was by Jetex fuse, long enough for me to get behind cover.
ReplyDeleteThose CO2 cartridges really took off; more like they exploded, but they flew about a half mile if I had the angle right.
These matches don't seem to be as potent as the ones I used to use. I expected the whole ball to go up almost instantly, not burn leisurely across the globe. Things that make me go, "Hmmmmm."