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From: kellym@iddic.UUCP (Kelly McArthur)
Newsgroups: net.rec
Subject: Re: Blowing things up
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Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 13:03:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  6 13:03:28 1985
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>                Blowing Things Up
> How about a litre or two of gasoline?  Use a large paper box to
> concentrate the vapours above the liquid.  Then let it rip.  Nice
> fireball.
> 


(my two cents worth.......)

Many years ago, I had an acquaintance generally known 
around the county as Crazy Barry who demonstrated a great fondness
not only for spectacular  explosions, but also for large caliber
handguns, fast cars, machetes' and the indiscriminate use of martial arts.
Later, the folks around the Co-op said it was only natural when
became a police officer. The following idea was his:

One of the neatest enormous-bright-orange-fireball-type
explosions you've ever seen, let alone created, can be made very easily
and at great personal danger by simply taking one of those $1.79 propane
torch cylinders, taping on a 15 minute road flare, backing off about
a half mile and shooting it with a 30-.06. This is best done while standing
behind some impenetrable barrier such as a concrete bunker, granite wall
or a '50 Buick. If you just want a taste of this effect, you might 
use a discarded "empty" cylinder for starters.  This conflagration is
guaranteed to add a festive touch to any outdoor occasion.

The inherent dangers should be intuitively obvious to even the most
casual reader (so like, don't tell them you heard it from me, eh?).

					Kelly McArthur
					Tektronix Information Display Division
					Wilsonville, Oregon
					(503)-685-4536
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