Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unmvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!unmvax!cliff From: cliff@unmvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rec Subject: Re: Blowing things up Message-ID: <711@unmvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 11:29:31 EST Article-I.D.: unmvax.711 Posted: Fri Mar 1 11:29:31 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:39:13 EST References: <579@unmvax.UUCP> <52300001@hpfcla.UUCP> <5038@fortune.UUCP> <210@ihlpg.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 24 > > > > > Does anyone else on the net like to blow things up or see huge fireballs? > >..., > > but I am told the combination is UNSTABLE. > > Yeah, I used to love doing this sort of thing when I was a kid. > > Until I lost a finger during the creation of one of my more spectacular > projects. WISE UP, powderhead! This kind of nonsense can be far too > costly for the cheap thrill it provides. > > Bob Fishell > ihnp4!ihlpg!fish I know many more people who have had much more serious trouble from the use of an automobile. Careful use of explosives can eliminate much more unpredictability then you can ever hope to eliminate when driving on public roads. Please don't post comments saying--don't do it at all...the comment about potassium perchlorate being bad news is appreciated (although anyone who has read anything about the history of fireworks would know to avoid the stuff). Telling us how you lost your finger might be more useful than the condescending, "WISE UP, powderhead!." --Cliff