Posted by notbob on September 6, 2010, 11:59 am
> How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood?
I suspect it was due to the fact we hadn't learned to drink, yet!
I know it was as a young drinking adult I began to get careless. Had
two firecrackers blow up in my fingers cuz I'd been drinking. One
incident was straight out of a National Lampoon movie, where I lit the
firecracker with my cigar stub, then tossed the cigar!! I'm older and
wiser, now, and luckily still have all my digits, but if either one of
the aforementioned episodes had involved a real M80, I have no doubt
my nickname would now be Lefty. ;)
nb
Posted by aemeijers on September 6, 2010, 12:14 pm
On 9/6/2010 11:59 AM, notbob wrote:
>> How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood?
> I suspect it was due to the fact we hadn't learned to drink, yet!
> I know it was as a young drinking adult I began to get careless. Had
> two firecrackers blow up in my fingers cuz I'd been drinking. One
> incident was straight out of a National Lampoon movie, where I lit the
> firecracker with my cigar stub, then tossed the cigar!! I'm older and
> wiser, now, and luckily still have all my digits, but if either one of
> the aforementioned episodes had involved a real M80, I have no doubt
> my nickname would now be Lefty. ;)
> nb
'Here, hold my beer'
'Watch this!'
'Oh, I've done this a hundred times before'
Anybody remember the others? Foxworthy had a several-minute bit with
them on one of his old standup routines.
And yeah, as I remarked on here before, it is a small miracle that I
still have all my limbs and digits, and both eyes and both ears, and
they all still work, sorta. I try real hard not to do stupid stuff any
more- I don't heal up near as fast or well as I used to.
--
aem sends...
Posted by aemeijers on September 6, 2010, 12:02 pm
On 9/6/2010 11:42 AM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
> On 9/6/2010 9:41 AM, notbob wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, yes you can....<G>
>>
>> Not the original M80s, like back in the '60s. The BATF has
>> reclassified them as HE (high explosives) and it's class D felony to
>> be caught with one. There are wimpy bogus M80s and perhaps some
>> illegally imported one's, but it's not like 1964 when you could
>> legally buy a gross of the real deal for about $10 in any one of a
>> dozen states.
>>
>> nb
> How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood? I seem to
> remember being able to purchase WWII surplus hand grenades.
> TDD
Only as paperweights, with the charge removed, or inert 'training'
grenades. (Other than ones idiots snuck home as souvenirs, of course.)
Way too tempting for kids playing soldier, even back then.
--
aem sends...
Posted by Steve Barker on September 6, 2010, 4:50 pm
On 9/6/2010 9:41 AM, notbob wrote:
>> Oh, yes you can....<G>
> Not the original M80s, like back in the '60s. The BATF has
> reclassified them as HE (high explosives) and it's class D felony to
> be caught with one. There are wimpy bogus M80s and perhaps some
> illegally imported one's, but it's not like 1964 when you could
> legally buy a gross of the real deal for about $10 in any one of a
> dozen states.
> nb
Oh yes, the real deal. Get a gross each year. Just like the ones dad
got in the 60's.
--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email
Posted by FatterDumber& Happier Moe on September 5, 2010, 12:11 pm
James wrote:
> I live in North Florida. There is a yellow jacket bee hive in a big clump
> of pampass grass (sawgrass), that I can't get rid of. I have used the
> long-shot Black Flag sprays, using a total of (3 ) 18 oz cans at one
> time, but I cannot get rid of the nest. The bees come right back to it.
>
> I used the long-shot spray method because of the danger of getting too
> close, but even that was risky, as I had to fight off many bees with the
> spray, as they were coming after me.
>
> My wife got stung 8 times while she was working near this spot, and that
> is how we first learned of it...
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations on how I can get rid of this nest ?
> The pampas grass is quite large, and I cannot see the actual nest, but
> dozens and dozens of bees continue to fly in and out of the plant, so I know
> it is in there somewhere.
>
> Please help !!!
>
> Thank you.
>
> James
>
>
Tennis racket, you march to the den of death and dare them to come at
you knowing "to the victor goes the spoils". Wear something with a
tight collar they fight dirty when they go down your shirt.