For the Old Farts on the Forum

[rondog]

Any of you ever play with real Black Cat firecrackers and bottle rockets? Damn right you did! Still have all your fingers and both eyes? Most likely.

[hatidua]

Any of you ever play with real Black Cat firecrackers and bottle rockets? Damn right you did! Still have all your fingers and both eyes? Most likely.

One of my classmates in 5th grade came back after a long weekend with a bandaged hand minus a finger thanks to waiting too long to toss a lit M-80. The rest of us tossed a little sooner after that.

[rondog]

One of my classmates in 5th grade came back after a long weekend with a bandaged hand minus a finger thanks to waiting too long to toss a lit M-80. The rest of us tossed a little sooner after that.

Well, M-80's are a LOT different than Black Cats! Hell, I'm 57 and M-80's and Cherry Bombs were outlawed long before I was able to get ahold of them.

True story - we were at the lake (I was real little) and my brothers were popping cherry bombs. A grumpy old fart gave 'em hell for it and shut 'em down. The outhouses/restrooms were your typical early 60's shitters, and there was a vent pipe from the honey pit going up the outside wall. Bro Dave saw said grumpy old fart go into the shithouse, and Dave hurried over and dropped a cherry bomb down the vent pipe.

Guess the old bastard was quite po'd, I was too young to remember it. But it was one of my dad's favorite stories 'til the day he died. I think he was actually proud of Dave!