On 2/16/2017 at 3:27 PM, Reigntax said:

A Newtonian bomb one would guess!

Followed by a Darwin Award.

On 2/16/2017 at 10:17 AM, rak sa_ngop said:

So none of you guys ever messed around with fireworks as kids?

I certainly remember making gunpowder from the contents of my 'toy' chemistry set as a kid. Saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal.

Still have all my fingers though.

Some of us did, but not many of us made small bombs.

20 hours ago, Travel2003 said:

On 2/16/2017 at 4:17 PM, rak sa_ngop said:

So none of you guys ever messed around with fireworks as kids?

I certainly remember making gunpowder from the contents of my 'toy' chemistry set as a kid. Saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal.

Still have all my fingers though.

Some of us did, but not many of us made small bombs.

 

And some of us made big ones.

 

I even carried 2 kgs of black powder in my suitcase from London to Hong Kong so I could make things go bang in HK.  

I was probably 15 at the time (1983).   

 

On 2/18/2017 at 3:58 PM, seancbk said:

> I was only 15 at the time...

A great terrorist disguise. 

1 hour ago, dblaisde said:

On 2/18/2017 at 3:58 PM, seancbk said:

> I was only 15 at the time...

A great terrorist disguise. 

 

I was born in Libya if that makes any difference.

On 2/16/2017 at 11:56 AM, Golden Triangle said:

In a former life, location - Falls road, Divis flats, Belfast, circa 1973, a guy sitting in his lounge on the sofa, making a bomb to be used against God knows who, gets his wires crossed and bnag he is spread all over the place, when me and the team (EOD) arrived his kids were washing the walls down and telling folk that the TV had exploded, unfortunately they couldn't reach the Artex ceiling so we had to pick what was left of him from there, there was also a huge hole in the sofa into which most of him drained into, so no sympathy from me on this one.

 

I hope it teaches the numbskulls to leave that shit well alone. 

      During "The Troubles" in Ireland  ? ?     

1 minute ago, Catoni said:

      During "The Troubles" in Ireland  ? ?     

Yep. 

On 2/17/2017 at 7:05 AM, Travel2003 said:

Some of us did, but not many of us made small bombs.

 

    I think probably a lot of us in the west made our own black powder at least when we were in our teens... ....   and sometimes stuff like Nitro Glycerin like my foolish cousin did..... . 

1 minute ago, Golden Triangle said:

Yep. 

   Bad... sad times....   I hope it's over for good..     My ancestors are Irish, Scottish and English....... both Catholic and Protestant..... some pro English and some pro Scottish and pro Irish...    makes it difficult for me to detemine my loyalties in history .   

Yep. 

Was there myself during that year, Divis, Unity, Springfield, Shankill.

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