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bill_g wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 11:01 am Years ago one of our neighbor's kids dropped his M80. He decided to step on it to extinguish it or something. BANG went his shoe and one of his toes. That was the end of his fun for the evening.

neonzx wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 2:59 pm

bill_g wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 11:01 am Years ago one of our neighbor's kids dropped his M80. He decided to step on it to extinguish it or something. BANG went his shoe and one of his toes. That was the end of his fun for the evening.

Probably not just for the evening.

We had M80s growing up. I think they were banned at some point.

M80’s – The original M80 was a military simulator that was sold as a firecracker. It contained two grams of flash powder and was responsible for hundreds of serious injuries due to its powerful blast. These items were banned by the CPSC in 1966, and made illegal by ATF in the 1970’s. Illegal M80’s sometimes contain compositions that are sensitive to shock and can injure or kill people. Make no mistake – M80’s are not fireworks. They are dangerous explosives and should not be handled by fireworks consumers.

Cherry Bomb – A cherry bomb is a round firecracker, red in color, and approximately one inch in diameter, with a fuse sticking out the side. The original cherry bomb contained more than one gram of flash powder and was very powerful. These were declared illegal in 1966 by the federal government. They are dangerous and are not considered consumer fireworks.

MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 12:53 am I remember cherry bombs and M-80s from my high school days (I graduated in '71). Fireworks were not legal at all in Iowa at that time. That didn't stop high school boys from getting hold of them though.

• small firecracker - not powerful enough
• M80 - illegal and don't exist anymore
• cherry bomb - illegal and don't exist anymore
• mortar - flies before exploding
• rocket - flies before exploding
• Roman candle - I like Roman candles, but you can't shoot yourself in the headbone with one

neonzx wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 7:09 am

Foggy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 6:30 amWould he have access to professional level fireworks?

bob wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 4:14 pm

Foggy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 6:30 amWould he have access to professional level fireworks?

Some states (and nearby countries) sell what I call near-commercial-grade fireworks. Like you can buy them off the street, but they perform like the smaller fireworks in a professional's show.

But they usually launch themselves out of a tube, and there's some delay between launch and explosion. So my total WAG would be a fuse failure, i.e., what should have been a 5-second delay turned out to be a .5-second delay.

northland10 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 4:30 pm The Uncle Sam-dressed dude was also running around with a cigarette in his mouth. Explosives and burning tobacco (fueld by booze) are not a good mix.

bob wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 4:37 pm

northland10 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 4:30 pm The Uncle Sam-dressed dude was also running around with a cigarette in his mouth. Explosives and burning tobacco (fueld by booze) are not a good mix.

Oh, no doubt.

But I grok Foogy's fascination. If someone put a lit firework under their hat, I suspect the launched firework would just fly up with the hat.

But if someone put the crown of a hat on the ground, put a firework into the hat, lit the fuse, and put the hat on their head (right side up) so the firework was now pointing at their head ... well, I don't have enough of a scientific background to predict where the firework would try to go before exploding.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A motorcyclist died from heat exposure in Death Valley National Park on Saturday amid record-breaking temperatures, according to Death Valley officials.

Park officials said the visitor, who was part of a group of motorcyclists traveling through the Death Valley, died near Badwater Basin, in Inyo County, California, from heat exposure. Another motorcyclist was treated for severe heat illness and transported to Las Vegas. Four others were treated onsite and released.

Preliminary data showed that Saturday and Sunday’s high temperature at Death Valley was 128 degrees Fahrenheit, which surpassed the previous official record of 127 degrees, recorded in 2007.

Due to the high temperatures, emergency medical flight helicopters were unable to respond, as they generally cannot fly safely over 120 degrees, according to Death Valley.

“High heat like this can pose real threats to your health,” Park Superintendent Mike Reynolds said. “While this is a very exciting time to experience potential world record setting temperatures in Death Valley, we encourage visitors to choose their activities carefully, avoiding prolonged periods of time outside of an air-conditioned vehicle or building when temperatures are this high.”

neonzx wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 12:08 pm Anyway, if you're in a place named Death Valley, that might be a clue...

Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor’s bodyguards shoot would-be carjacker outside her home

Ronny Reyes and Joe Marino
Published July 9, 2024 Updated July 9, 2024, 3:12 p.m. ET

Two deputy US Marshals shot a would-be carjacker who pulled a gun on him while they were guarding Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s home in Washington, DC, authorities said.

The marshals were parked outside Sotomayor’s home in northwest DC on July 5 when Kentrell Flowers, 18, allegedly walked up to one of their cars around 1:15 a.m. and pointed a gun one of the federal agents, the US Marshals Service told The Post.

One of the federal agents drew his weapon and fired several shots at the suspect, with the second officer also firing his weapon at Flowers.

Flowers, of Southeast DC, was arrested and treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.




https://nypost.com/2024/07/09/us-news/s ... -her-home/

bill_g wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 3:12 pm Shut up and eat your asbestos. It's good for you.

noblepa wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 4:57 pm

bill_g wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 3:12 pm Shut up and eat your asbestos. It's good for you.

And Joe Camel says "all the cool sixth graders smoke unfiltered Camels".