Sometimes I really wonder how we lived past adolescence.
Did you ever make acetylene bombs? Get the cutting torch perfectly dialed in, snuff the flame out on the bench, and fill balloons with the gas. We usually put the ballon in a paper bag, and lit the bag on fire after dark. Spectacular homemade firework.
One kids Dad was a pipe insulator, and always had some sort of industrial contact cement you couldnt buy at a store on hand. We would paint the inside of a cardboard box with the stuff, quickly tape the box shut, and launch it into a bonfire at night.
Everything I like is illegal.
Best,
Ted
