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.
Cap guns, that little metal bomb you could put caps in and drop or throw, and yes!, the hammer for the big bang! I can smaell that photo too. Ahhhhhh...
When I was about 7 years old, a neighbor had a short length of railroad rail he used as an anvil. We would sit a roll of caps on it and hit it with a sledge hammer, (which we could just lift). Great noise, flash and yes I remember the smell. And every kid had a cap gun. Great days, gone forever. But, safety, you know for the children.
I lost my 1973 SAA in the woods. Pulled the old man's hammer out and pounded away on those caps. Those things were loud back then
ReplyDeleteI can smell that picture...
ReplyDeleteAh, childhood summers: some of these, a hammer, and a flat rock on which to unroll the caps. Thanks for evoking the memory!
ReplyDeleteWho remembers scratching them with your fingernails
ReplyDeleteBurn 🔥 YES!
DeleteCan you still buy these without "driving across a state line", hey, heh, like?
ReplyDeleteI remember ditching the cap gun, a just having at it with the hammer. The climax was putting a roll in the vice (in the house. Sorry, Ma).
I never used a hammer but my friends and I sure played more than our share of Cowboys and Indians with our cap guns. Good times. Care free.
ReplyDeleteThose were the days, my friend.
ReplyDeleteStand it up on the driveway then bring the baseball bat down on it.
ReplyDeleteYes, the smell.
Cap guns, that little metal bomb you could put caps in and drop or throw, and yes!, the hammer for the big bang! I can smaell that photo too. Ahhhhhh...
ReplyDeleteAh, the bomb! Now you've brought back some childhood memories.
DeleteMy hearing loss and tinnitus goes back a long, long way.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was about 7 years old, a neighbor had a short length of railroad rail he used as an anvil. We would sit a roll of caps on it and hit it with a sledge hammer, (which we could just lift). Great noise, flash and yes I remember the smell. And every kid had a cap gun. Great days, gone forever. But, safety, you know for the children.
ReplyDeleteI used a rock on them. Great fun.
ReplyDeleteThe good ones had the holes. And when choosing a hammer, don't use a claw hammer.
ReplyDeleteIn a vise...deafening surprise when it finally went!
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