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.
Always avoided that brand. The fuses burned almost instantaneously, making it hard to light them and throw 'em before they went off. Black Cats or nothing.
Love how the burnt powder smells, nothing like it. Remember letting off old ones, dried out you could barely chuck one and it went off just out from your fingers. Great for growing at your best friend in a chicken contest.
Back in the late 50's and early 60's, my father was stationed in Japan. We lived in Tokyo. Anytime that we got 25 cents together and converted that to 100 yen, and then we'd head to the nearby Japanese neighborhood and purchase either this kind of firecracker or "strikers."
One of my childhood memories is of making model airplanes....today, the glues and paints alone would probably get you a trip to jail. Anyhoo, I used to buy little cheap models, drill a small hole somewhere, and stuff the thing with a firecracker just like one of these. It was a way for the 8-9 year old me to create a real life special effect.
I can still recall stinging fingers from not letting loose of them fast enough. Also never toss a lit M-80, seems to have worked, I still have both hands..
Always avoided that brand. The fuses burned almost instantaneously, making it hard to light them and throw 'em before they went off. Black Cats or nothing.
ReplyDeleteLove how the burnt powder smells, nothing like it. Remember letting off old ones, dried out you could barely chuck one and it went off just out from your fingers. Great for growing at your best friend in a chicken contest.
ReplyDeleteMy brothers and I spent a good portion of our youth blowing up everything we could find- we still give each other High Fours when we see each other!
ReplyDeleteBack in the late 50's and early 60's, my father was stationed in Japan. We lived in Tokyo. Anytime that we got 25 cents together and converted that to 100 yen, and then we'd head to the nearby Japanese neighborhood and purchase either this kind of firecracker or "strikers."
ReplyDeleteMade me laugh. Thank you.
DeleteOne of my childhood memories is of making model airplanes....today, the glues and paints alone would probably get you a trip to jail. Anyhoo, I used to buy little cheap models, drill a small hole somewhere, and stuff the thing with a firecracker just like one of these. It was a way for the 8-9 year old me to create a real life special effect.
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burnt the shit outa my fingers lighting them short fuse ones.
ReplyDeleteWe pulled the fuse out just a little more
DeleteI have a bag of many fireworks that is 35 years old. they still work
ReplyDeleteYou put them in a slingshot and have someone light it and you let it go.
ReplyDeleteI can still recall stinging fingers from not letting loose of them fast enough. Also never toss a lit M-80, seems to have worked, I still have both hands..
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