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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:02:28 AM EST
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Those aren't firecrackers. "Now these are firecrackers!!" (Thanks Crocodile Dundee) <a href="http://" target="_blank">http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a292/18_Zulu/Firecracker.jpg</a> I was helping the local fish and game guys with deer depredation problems and they gave me several boxes of these as a way of saying thanks. You can tell times have changed when the directions on these say "light fuse and throw away immediately". |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:02:37 AM EST
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Quoted: I remember those from when I was little. Yupper . . . . .25 cents a pack from a guy down the street from my parents house in the 70's .  |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:04:18 AM EST
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I have never heard anyone refer to the little M-80 size firecracker as a "quarter stick" growing up; generally that moniker was reserved for the larger varieties, but maybe somebody just hyped up some M-80s to you and your buddies. 
Speed Uh no. So I guess those same people hyped up everyone else as well. Link "(Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite." Link I also read or hear about statements comparing an M-80 to a "quarter stick of dynamite" or similar exaggerations. Wrong. To begin with, a "quarter stick" of dynamite has 35 grams of pyrotechnic content, while a true M-80 has just under 3 grams. So even if they had a same chemical composition, an M-80 would have less than 10% of the power of a quarter stick of dynamite. But the composition in dynamite (which varies widely) is a high explosive, while the chemical composition in an M-80 (so-called "flash powder") is a low explosive, at least from a scientific standpoint. So really there is no legitimate way to compare an M-80 with a quarter stick of dynamite.  ...do you want me to edit that wikipedia article for you so there is no more confusion?
Maybe somewhere, people called M-80 sized firecrackers "quarter sticks", but that's the norm. Why don't you start another thread with a poll. Something like this: Which of these firecrackers more closely resembles what was sold as a "quarter stick" where you live: #1 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZjrrYYuebok/TUbbdncLSCI/AAAAAAAAAt8/gbCc9FDMAJU/s1600/M-80_Red_Tube_3_Gram_Salute.jpg #2 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Quarter_Stick_Salute_QuarterStick-1.jpg/280px-Quarter_Stick_Salute_QuarterStick-1.jpg 
Speed Dear lord you're dense. Please get out of your basement more. |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:08:18 AM EST
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Quoted: I have never heard anyone refer to the little M-80 size firecracker as a "quarter stick" growing up; generally that moniker was reserved for the larger varieties, but maybe somebody just hyped up some M-80s to you and your buddies. Speed  We called those "Cherry Bombs" |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:08:46 AM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I have never heard anyone refer to the little M-80 size firecracker as a "quarter stick" growing up; generally that moniker was reserved for the larger varieties, but maybe somebody just hyped up some M-80s to you and your buddies. Speed Uh no. So I guess those same people hyped up everyone else as well. Link "(Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite." Link I also read or hear about statements comparing an M-80 to a "quarter stick of dynamite" or similar exaggerations. Wrong. To begin with, a "quarter stick" of dynamite has 35 grams of pyrotechnic content, while a true M-80 has just under 3 grams. So even if they had a same chemical composition, an M-80 would have less than 10% of the power of a quarter stick of dynamite. But the composition in dynamite (which varies widely) is a high explosive, while the chemical composition in an M-80 (so-called "flash powder") is a low explosive, at least from a scientific standpoint. So really there is no legitimate way to compare an M-80 with a quarter stick of dynamite. ...do you want me to edit that wikipedia article for you so there is no more confusion?Maybe somewhere, people called M-80 sized firecrackers "quarter sticks", but that's the norm. Why don't you start another thread with a poll. Something like this: Which of these firecrackers more closely resembles what was sold as a "quarter stick" where you live: #1 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZjrrYYuebok/TUbbdncLSCI/AAAAAAAAAt8/gbCc9FDMAJU/s1600/M-80_Red_Tube_3_Gram_Salute.jpg #2 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Quarter_Stick_Salute_QuarterStick-1.jpg/280px-Quarter_Stick_Salute_QuarterStick-1.jpg Speed Dear lord you're dense. Please get out of your basement more. I'll take your insults as a compliment.  You are scraping Wikipedia for knowledge about street slang ...I was a regular kid in the 80s and 90s. I don't need to defer to the internet.Start a thread with a poll and post those pics. Nobody with any sense actually thinks firecrackers are as powerful as nitro dynamite, nor does anyone in the US call little 1.5" M-80s "Quarter sticks"  Speed |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:12:26 AM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: I have never heard anyone refer to the little M-80 size firecracker as a "quarter stick" growing up; generally that moniker was reserved for the larger varieties, but maybe somebody just hyped up some M-80s to you and your buddies. Speed We called M-80's , "Cherry Bombs" Old school cherry bombs were round, but ya, people called M-80s that around here as well... ...I remember buying some "M-10,000's" off a kid once. I commented that they were the exact same size as the M-5,000s I had bought off someone else These are all just silly street names... Speed |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:15:23 AM EST
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The real stuff.
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:24:32 AM EST
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I have never heard anyone refer to the little M-80 size firecracker as a "quarter stick" growing up; generally that moniker was reserved for the larger varieties, but maybe somebody just hyped up some M-80s to you and your buddies.
Speed Uh no. So I guess those same people hyped up everyone else as well. Link "(Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite." Link I also read or hear about statements comparing an M-80 to a "quarter stick of dynamite" or similar exaggerations. Wrong. To begin with, a "quarter stick" of dynamite has 35 grams of pyrotechnic content, while a true M-80 has just under 3 grams. So even if they had a same chemical composition, an M-80 would have less than 10% of the power of a quarter stick of dynamite. But the composition in dynamite (which varies widely) is a high explosive, while the chemical composition in an M-80 (so-called "flash powder") is a low explosive, at least from a scientific standpoint. So really there is no legitimate way to compare an M-80 with a quarter stick of dynamite. ...do you want me to edit that wikipedia article for you so there is no more confusion?
Maybe somewhere, people called M-80 sized firecrackers "quarter sticks", but that's the norm. Why don't you start another thread with a poll. Something like this: Which of these firecrackers more closely resembles what was sold as a "quarter stick" where you live: #1 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZjrrYYuebok/TUbbdncLSCI/AAAAAAAAAt8/gbCc9FDMAJU/s1600/M-80_Red_Tube_3_Gram_Salute.jpg #2 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Quarter_Stick_Salute_QuarterStick-1.jpg/280px-Quarter_Stick_Salute_QuarterStick-1.jpg
Speed Dear lord you're dense. Please get out of your basement more. Fwiw, you are 100% wrong Stitches. Not even a little bit right. There might have been a retarded kid down the block that actually thought they were 1/4 sticks, but any normal kid knew it was just a street name. Sorry. Just wait till you find out you can't buy a dime bag for a dime. 
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:33:35 AM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I have never heard anyone refer to the little M-80 size firecracker as a "quarter stick" growing up; generally that moniker was reserved for the larger varieties, but maybe somebody just hyped up some M-80s to you and your buddies. Speed Uh no. So I guess those same people hyped up everyone else as well. Link "(Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite." Link I also read or hear about statements comparing an M-80 to a "quarter stick of dynamite" or similar exaggerations. Wrong. To begin with, a "quarter stick" of dynamite has 35 grams of pyrotechnic content, while a true M-80 has just under 3 grams. So even if they had a same chemical composition, an M-80 would have less than 10% of the power of a quarter stick of dynamite. But the composition in dynamite (which varies widely) is a high explosive, while the chemical composition in an M-80 (so-called "flash powder") is a low explosive, at least from a scientific standpoint. So really there is no legitimate way to compare an M-80 with a quarter stick of dynamite. ...do you want me to edit that wikipedia article for you so there is no more confusion?Maybe somewhere, people called M-80 sized firecrackers "quarter sticks", but that's the norm. Why don't you start another thread with a poll. Something like this: Which of these firecrackers more closely resembles what was sold as a "quarter stick" where you live: #1 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZjrrYYuebok/TUbbdncLSCI/AAAAAAAAAt8/gbCc9FDMAJU/s1600/M-80_Red_Tube_3_Gram_Salute.jpg #2 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Quarter_Stick_Salute_QuarterStick-1.jpg/280px-Quarter_Stick_Salute_QuarterStick-1.jpg Speed Dear lord you're dense. Please get out of your basement more. Fwiw, you are 100% wrong Stitches. Not even a little bit right. There might have been a retarded kid down the block that actually thought they were 1/4 sticks, but any normal kid knew it was just a street name. Sorry. Just wait till you find out you can't buy a dime bag for a dime. I think he's just arguing the wrong point. When I was about 12 years old, kids would sell big ass firecrackers and claim they were as powerful as 1/4 or 1/2 stick of dynamite (these were not M-80 sized though, these were always much larger). Those same kids also told me that the nickel bag I bought off of them smelled like oregano because "that's what really good shit smells like". People are full of shit. However, the name "Quarter stick" has always stuck around, along with a pantheon of other names that surely vary by region, all used to describe very large, illegal firecrackers. Grown men walking into bars buying "quarter sticks" off somebody would usually realize that they are in no way equal to dynamite in power, however, it's just a street name for them. It's like China White Heroin back in the early 90's. The junkies knew it wasn't actually heroin from China, but it was just the street name for the drug. Speed |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:43:33 AM EST
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IDK I've got some Mexican M-1000s that pack a hell of a punch.
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:43:54 AM EST
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I only like snakes and sparklers. You don't have no whistling bungholes, no spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hüsker düs, hüsker donts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistling kitty chaser? |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:46:49 AM EST
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If Stitches grew up in KS/MO, he's right actually.
We always called M80s quarter sticks in the KC area. |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:47:18 AM EST
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So who else used to make 'delayed' fuses with a cigarette?
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:47:35 AM EST
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Quoted: If Stitches grew up in KS/MO, he's right actually. We always called M80s quarter sticks in the KC area. Interesting...what did you call the larger ones? Speed |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:48:38 AM EST
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Quoted: So who else used to make 'delayed' fuses with a cigarette? Mercury switch, 9v, and an Estes model rocket ignitor as a motion detonator...Radio Shack used to be such a cool place Speed |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:49:06 AM EST
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If Stitches grew up in KS/MO, he's right actually. We always called M80s quarter sticks in the KC area. Interesting...what did you call the larger ones? Speed I never had too many of the larger ones but they were referred to as half sticks. |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:51:49 AM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: If Stitches grew up in KS/MO, he's right actually. We always called M80s quarter sticks in the KC area. Interesting...what did you call the larger ones? Speed I never had too many of the larger ones but they were referred to as half sticks. You guys got screwed We would generally get the little M-80s, 1/4 sticks; which were about the size of the red, white, and blue one I posted above, and sometimes "half sticks" which were much larger. The names were interchangeable with M-5000 for 1/4 stick or M-10,000 for 1/2 stick. Anyway, 1/4 sticks were by far the most popular and sold for about $1 or $2/piece. Speed |
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Posted: 7/2/2013 9:51:52 AM EST
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I dare ya to light one off in your hand! I seem to remember that as they got old the wick either didn't burn at all, or burned super fast. 
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Posted: 7/2/2013 10:04:24 AM EST
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I remember those from when I was little. |
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Posted: 7/5/2013 8:14:12 AM EST
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Posted: 7/5/2013 8:24:07 AM EST
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Fwiw, you are 100% wrong Stitches. Not even a little bit right. There might have been a retarded kid down the block that actually thought they were 1/4 sticks, but any normal kid knew it was just a street name. Sorry. Just wait till you find out you can't buy a dime bag for a dime.
I'm saying they are NOT 1/4 sticks and have been saying that all along , but they have been "called " 1/4 sticks for years and in many places. Please learn to read and stop twisting my words. Quoted:
"Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite. Dynamite generally contains a stable nitroglycerin based high explosive, whereas M-80s or any other kind of firecracker contains a low explosive powder, like flash powder or black powder." |
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Posted: 7/5/2013 8:25:42 AM EST
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Your lack of M-80 1/4 sticks of dynomite disturbs me. "Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite. Dynamite generally contains a stable nitroglycerin based high explosive, whereas M-80s or any other kind of firecracker contains a low explosive powder, like flash powder or black powder." And they have been illegal for a long time, late 50s I think. |
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Posted: 7/5/2013 8:29:37 AM EST
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Your lack of M-80 1/4 sticks of dynomite disturbs me. "Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite. Dynamite generally contains a stable nitroglycerin based high explosive, whereas M-80s or any other kind of firecracker contains a low explosive powder, like flash powder or black powder." And they have been illegal for a long time, late 50s I think. Yep, but you could get them imported for the longest time. The last time I personally light one was in the early 90's |
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Posted: 7/5/2013 8:33:15 AM EST
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If Stitches grew up in KS/MO, he's right actually. We always called M80s quarter sticks in the KC area. Shit tons of people do. I think it is an old military thing. |
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Posted: 7/5/2013 8:34:22 AM EST
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If Stitches grew up in KS/MO, he's right actually. We always called M80s quarter sticks in the KC area. Shit tons of people do. Thank you. |
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Posted: 7/5/2013 2:01:02 PM EST
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Fwiw, you are 100% wrong Stitches. Not even a little bit right. There might have been a retarded kid down the block that actually thought they were 1/4 sticks, but any normal kid knew it was just a street name. Sorry. Just wait till you find out you can't buy a dime bag for a dime.
I'm saying they are NOT 1/4 sticks and have been saying that all along , but they have been "called " 1/4 sticks for years and in many places. Please learn to read and stop twisting my words. Quoted:
"Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite. Dynamite generally contains a stable nitroglycerin based high explosive, whereas M-80s or any other kind of firecracker contains a low explosive powder, like flash powder or black powder." What you are claiming, is such common sense, that it's confusing. Point is, there was never any controversy or Urban Legend regarding M-80 or any other firecracker being the same as a dynamite. Back in the day, Did you think that n***** chasers were actually designed to home in on people of dark complexion? It's a street name. Everybody understood that. |
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Posted: 7/5/2013 2:21:06 PM EST
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Hey fart goblins this thread is about me making a shit ton of money off of old fireworks, not to talk about M80's!
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Posted: 7/5/2013 2:30:32 PM EST
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Posted: 7/5/2013 2:36:09 PM EST
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growing up in south jersey in the 1970s and 80s where everything but sparklers were illegal, common parlance was M-80s were called quartersticks, and cherry bombs were the 1" red spheres of boom. we depended on various family vacations to Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia for the good stuff being smuggled in for the holidays.
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Posted: 7/5/2013 2:37:40 PM EST
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Fwiw, you are 100% wrong Stitches. Not even a little bit right. There might have been a retarded kid down the block that actually thought they were 1/4 sticks, but any normal kid knew it was just a street name. Sorry. Just wait till you find out you can't buy a dime bag for a dime.
I'm saying they are NOT 1/4 sticks and have been saying that all along , but they have been "called " 1/4 sticks for years and in many places. Please learn to read and stop twisting my words. Quoted:
"Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite. Dynamite generally contains a stable nitroglycerin based high explosive, whereas M-80s or any other kind of firecracker contains a low explosive powder, like flash powder or black powder." What you are claiming, is such common sense, that it's confusing. Point is, there was never any controversy or Urban Legend regarding M-80 or any other firecracker being the same as a dynamite. Back in the day, Did you think that n***** chasers were actually designed to home in on people of dark complexion? It's a street name. Everybody understood that. What ever you want to believe. I will let you play in your own little personal world. 
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Posted: 7/5/2013 2:38:01 PM EST
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Posted: 7/5/2013 2:38:24 PM EST
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Quoted: What you are claiming, is such common sense, that it's confusing. Point is, there was never any controversy or Urban Legend regarding M-80 or any other firecracker being the same as a dynamite. Back in the day, Did you think that n***** chasers were actually designed to home in on people of dark complexion? It's a street name. Everybody understood that. You mean "jumping jacks"? |
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Posted: 7/5/2013 2:39:42 PM EST
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What you are claiming, is such common sense, that it's confusing. Point is, there was never any controversy or Urban Legend regarding M-80 or any other firecracker being the same as a dynamite. Back in the day, Did you think that n***** chasers were actually designed to home in on people of dark complexion? It's a street name. Everybody understood that. You mean "jumping jacks"? No N***** chasers are not jumping jacks. IIRC it was something like a whistling rocket ( plastic ) w/o a stick on it and a bit longer. |
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Posted: 7/5/2013 3:32:50 PM EST
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When I was young the neighbor lady across the street died and they had an auction of her estate. I found a box of misc bullets, including 3 20mm rounds which I thought were awesome. So I bought them for a dollar or something.
In the bottom of the box were some fire crackers called Polar Bears. They were the same size as black cats - but they were MUCH more powerful. If you put a tuna can on top of a black cat it will pop the can about 3 ft up. We tried this trick with a Polar bear and it went higher than the power lines running through the back yard. They made things so much better back then. I used to LOVE jumping jacks. They would last like 5 seconds when I was a kid. Now they fizzle after one. |
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Posted: 7/5/2013 3:54:18 PM EST
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i loved wrapping the fuses around incense sticks and lighting them just as mom would call us in for dinner... we would get done with our meal and be washing dishes then all hell would break loose outside... it was great... now i guess that would be some sort of an IED or something and everyone would go to prison....
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Posted: 7/5/2013 3:58:15 PM EST
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When I was young the neighbor lady across the street died and they had an auction of her estate. I found a box of misc bullets, including 3 20mm rounds which I thought were awesome. So I bought them for a dollar or something. In the bottom of the box were some fire crackers called Polar Bears. They were the same size as black cats - but they were MUCH more powerful. If you put a tuna can on top of a black cat it will pop the can about 3 ft up. We tried this trick with a Polar bear and it went higher than the power lines running through the back yard. They made things so much better back then. I used to LOVE jumping jacks. They would last like 5 seconds when I was a kid. Now they fizzle after one. Same. I bought a brick yesterday for my niece and nephew and all they did was shoot out small sparks for a second and didn't even jump. They were about 1/3 the size of a normal jumping jack when I was a kid. Now I know what not to buy next year. |
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Posted: 7/5/2013 4:07:07 PM EST
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So who else used to make 'delayed' fuses with a cigarette? Another thing that can't be done anymore. The new "Fire Safe Cigarettes" (all types, by fed law) go out rather quickly if you aren't continually puffing on them.
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Posted: 7/5/2013 4:14:43 PM EST
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Posted: 7/5/2013 11:57:43 PM EST
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For the OP. yes they are valuable they would sell at auction for more than 50 bucks a brick. I would need to see much more detailed pics of the labels and wrapping to give you more detail.
IM me for more info. |
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Posted: 7/6/2013 12:14:51 AM EST
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I know they are collectable, but not how much to ask or accept?
Really? I never would have guessed that. Most of the originals got lost in a series of terrible explosions. 
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Posted: 7/6/2013 12:14:56 AM EST
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What you are claiming, is such common sense, that it's confusing. Point is, there was never any controversy or Urban Legend regarding M-80 or any other firecracker being the same as a dynamite. Back in the day, Did you think that n***** chasers were actually designed to home in on people of dark complexion? It's a street name. Everybody understood that. You mean "jumping jacks"? No N***** chasers are not jumping jacks. IIRC it was something like a whistling rocket ( plastic ) w/o a stick on it and a bit longer. That's essentially what they are. When we were kids, we used to snap the stabilizing sticks off of whistle rockets and make our own. |
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