[mojo2]

Some of you moms and dads may be interested in a fun project that you and the kids can do together and that will help you save money as well. Although if you don't already have all of the ingredients on hand the money thing may be sorta negated. But the fun factor still makes these almost guaranteed summertime fun!

SUMMERTIME FUN!

Play dough

2 cups flour
1 cup salt
2 tablespoons cream of tartar
2 cups water
1 tablespoon mineral oil
food coloring

Mix all ingredients in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring until stiff. Allow to cool, and knead.

Bubbles

1 cup liquid dish soap
12 cups water
3/4 tablespoon glycerin

Gently stir the ingredients together and leave the solution in an open container overnight. This will give the alcohol in the dishwashing soap a chance to evaporate.

[RAILhead]

No way, man.



The Daisy Powerline 880 makes for REAL summertime fun!

[RAILhead]

Oh, and 1 part saltpeter and 1 part brown sugar, mixed well, wrapped in paper towels.

Smokes for hours.

And a little goes a VERY long way.

Those were the days....

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by RAILhead

Oh, and 1 part saltpeter and 1 part brown sugar, mixed well, wrapped in paper towels.

Smokes for hours.

And a little goes a VERY long way.

Those were the days....

Just can't figure out what fun this would be...what does it do? How do you have fun with it?




I know that adding sulfur and a commonly available fossilized carbon source or a charred wood product, suitably prepared and combined with one of the aforementioned ingredients can result in a chemically exciting but dangerous mixture.

[RAILhead]

It "smokes for hours." It's just a basic, low burning smoke "bomb" that really isn't a bomb at all in that it doesn't explode or anything. It just sits there, smoldering and smoking for freaking ever.

You mentioned sulfur -- add some to the mix to make an instant long lasting smoking stink "bomb."

And no, it's not dangerous unless you try and pick it up while it burning or compact it to try and force an explosion (which is a whole other summer fun topic that I'd probably get chided for talking about here).

Maury

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by RAILhead

It "smokes for hours." It's just a basic, low burning smoke "bomb" that really isn't a bomb at all in that it doesn't explode or anything. It just sits there, smoldering and smoking for freaking ever.

You mentioned sulfur -- add some to the mix to make an instant long lasting smoking stink "bomb."

And no, it's not dangerous unless you try and pick it up while it burning or compact it to try and force an explosion (which is a whole other summer fun topic that I'd probably get chided for talking about here).

Maury

Cool!

[RAILhead]

As to how we used to have fun with it, cripes, we got a kick out of just leaving one on someone's driveway or front porch. But we'd usually make them about the size of a 50 cent piece and light them in the bathrooms at school (Junior High, of course) or in the hallways.

Maybe we just had a major hoodlum streak in us, but how can you NOT have fun with something that makes thick, grey smoke for hours?



Maury

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by RAILhead

As to how we used to have fun with it, cripes, we got a kick out of just leaving one on someone's driveway or front porch. But we'd usually make them about the size of a 50 cent piece and light them in the bathrooms at school (Junior High, of course) or in the hallways.

Maybe we just had a major hoodlum streak in us, but how can you NOT have fun with something that makes thick, grey smoke for hours?



Maury

A 50 cent sized piece would smoke for hours?

Somehow the formula to create that type of fun was denied us and all we were able to figure out was papertowels in the urinals then repeatedly flushing them to flood the boys room. Tame stuff compared to the smoke bombs!

[RAILhead]

A 50 cent sized piece would smoke for hours?

No, not for hours. One that small is good for 15 minutes or so, depending upon how tight you pack it. At the same time, if you pack it too tight, you'll stunt the reaction. -- you want to be able to just keep it formed in a ball without it totally falling to pieces.

More brown sugar will yield a slower burn, but you may use-up all the saltpeter, killing the smoke, before you burn off the sugar. Thus, a basic 50/50 mix is the easiest.

For something that will smoke for hours, you need to baseball or softball sized. But, if you don't pack it properly, it will collapse and not burn as well.

Lastly, there's no need to fuse it -- just light the paper towel and you're good to go.

Maury

[RAILhead]

Originally Posted by mojo2

Somehow the formula to create that type of fun was denied us and all we were able to figure out was papertowels in the urinals then repeatedly flushing them to flood the boys room. Tame stuff compared to the smoke bombs!

Oh sweet Moses, we were always getting into trouble. We loved fire. I know all kinds of fun things that go boom -- but Big Brother would probably not like me posting about them here.

Maury

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by RAILhead

No, not for hours. One that small is good for 15 minutes or so, depending upon how tight you pack it. At the same time, if you pack it too tight, you'll stunt the reaction. -- you want to be able to just keep it formed in a ball without it totally falling to pieces.

More brown sugar will yield a slower burn, but you may use-up all the saltpeter, killing the smoke, before you burn off the sugar. Thus, a basic 50/50 mix is the easiest.

For something that will smoke for hours, you need to baseball or softball sized. But, if you don't pack it properly, it will collapse and not burn as well.

Lastly, there's no need to fuse it -- just light the paper towel and you're good to go.

Maury

I am sitting here laughing with the anticipatory glee of a repressed juvenile delinquent who's finally returned to his true element!

[budster101]

What's the number for home land securatah?

[CreepingDeth]

Here's fun:

Two days ago at my aunt's house, after 10, I would say, I played with Sparklers. Yay! It was boring and the wind in Phily made them impossible to light. I had a good idea: Light them and keep them stationary, like I saw on this cake once. So I go around looking for something to put it in. On the counter was a Corona with the lime and a little bit of alcohol in it. I say, "Perfect" and take it outside.

I set the Corona on the far edge of the deck an proceeded to empty out 4 boxes of Sparklers, roughly 24 of them. I placed them all in the longneck and emptied 2 more so I could have some to light before I put it in there. But I decided it would be easier to put 6 of the 12 in the bottle with the other 24. So I go to the corner and light them successfully. I run over and drop all six lighted Sparklers into the bottle with the other 30.

It went off as I expected at first. It gave off a light amount of sparks. 15 seconds later, the stream coming out the bottle had doubled in intensity, so I thought, "Hey, I better point this out into the yard away from the umbrella." 10 seconds later the moderate stream turned into a torrent of sparks that came out similar to fire. I mean it was just a blaze. I'd say a few seconds later, my hand started shaking from the power of it and my nervousness. I should be nervous. I love fire. This was euphoric. It was bliss. I loved every second of it. 10 seconds later, I started to give out an oh-so-familiar-but-indescribable whistle. My heart was racing and I threw my head back laughing around the same time it picked up even more and you heard the sound that fire makes when it comes out of an aerosol can. Y'know, that windy sound? Well, not 5 seconds after that, it turned bad.

Overall, about a minute into it, the glass broke not two inches above my hands. It cracked in the middle an fell on the stairs. The flaming bottom section in my hand was hot as Hell. I threw it onto the deck and scooped up a bucket from the kiddy pool in 3 seconds. It smoked for awhile. I brushed up what I could see and did my best to clean it up. I decided to pick up the stuff on the stairs the next day. When I found the remaining pieces the next day, I realized that it didn't explode in just one area. I mean that it didn't just break a small line above my hand. It broke the top of that bottle into 300 little pieces. I then realized that I had just held a homemade bottlerocket in my hand.

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by RAILhead

Oh sweet Moses, we were always getting into trouble. We loved fire. I know all kinds of fun things that go boom -- but Big Brother would probably not like me posting about them here.

Maury

An imaginary scene at a 12 year old mojo2's house...

mojo2's Mom:

"mojo2, I don't like you hanging out with that Railhead boy. He's a BAD influence on you. I want to talk to his parents!"

mojo2:

"Aw c'mon mom he's ok."

Mom:

"No, I want you to get his phone number so I can call them."

mojo2:

"Nevermind mom, I'll just stop hangin out with him."

...which, of COURSE, he never stopped.

And thus were sewn the seeds of mojo2's secret underground rebellion.

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by CreepingDeth

Here's fun:

Two days ago at my aunt's house, after 10, I would say, I played with Sparklers. Yay! It was boring and the wind in Phily made them impossible to light. I had a good idea: Light them and keep them stationary, like I saw on this cake once. So I go around looking for something to put it in. On the counter was a Corona with the lime and a little bit of alcohol in it. I say, "Perfect" and take it outside.

I set the Corona on the far edge of the deck an proceeded to empty out 4 boxes of Sparklers, roughly 24 of them. I placed them all in the longneck and emptied 2 more so I could have some to light before I put it in there. But I decided it would be easier to put 6 of the 12 in the bottle with the other 24. So I go to the corner and light them successfully. I run over and drop all six lighted Sparklers into the bottle with the other 30.

It went off as I expected at first. It gave off a light amount of sparks. 15 seconds later, the stream coming out the bottle had doubled in intensity, so I thought, "Hey, I better point this out into the yard away from the umbrella." 10 seconds later the moderate stream turned into a torrent of sparks that came out similar to fire. I mean it was just a blaze. I'd say a few seconds later, my hand started shaking from the power of it and my nervousness. I should be nervous. I love fire. This was euphoric. It was bliss. I loved every second of it. 10 seconds later, I started to give out an oh-so-familiar-but-indescribable whistle. My heart was racing and I threw my head back laughing around the same time it picked up even more and you heard the sound that fire makes when it comes out of an aerosol can. Y'know, that windy sound? Well, not 5 seconds after that, it turned bad.

Overall, about a minute into it, the glass broke not two inches above my hands. It cracked in the middle an fell on the stairs. The flaming bottom section in my hand was hot as Hell. I threw it onto the deck and scooped up a bucket from the kiddy pool in 3 seconds. It smoked for awhile. I brushed up what I could see and did my best to clean it up. I decided to pick up the stuff on the stairs the next day. When I found the remaining pieces the next day, I realized that it didn't explode in just one area. I mean that it didn't just break a small line above my hand. It broke the top of that bottle into 300 little pieces. I then realized that I had just held a homemade bottlerocket in my hand.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I FIND THIS SO DAMN FUN EVEN READING ABOUT IT IS THRILLING AND EXCITING AND I'VE GOT TEARS IN MY EYES FROM THE LAUGHTER AND MY HEART IS BEATING FASTER...it is really interesting to note the reaction I have to this stuff!

MAYBE that's why I love all things military despite my abhorrence of killing.

[budster101]

Hill-flucking-larious dude.

Flasback to my childhood scenario that paralleled that sequence.... and the time my best friend shot me in the back of the leg with the very afformentioned model BB/Pellet Gun as was walking home from his house...

Don't forget the Roman Candel Fights...

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by budster101

Hill-flucking-larious dude.

Flasback to my childhood scenario that paralleled that sequence.... and the time my best friend shot me in the back of the leg with the very afformentioned model BB/Pellet Gun as was walking home from his house...

Don't forget the Roman Candel Fights...

Ok, the statute of limitations has expired so this can finally be told.

I had a R/C airplane and used some of the fuel (maybe a cup's worth) to construct a molotov cocktail and threw it against the wall of the municipal swimming pool in our neighborhood. It caught fire and we got nervous so we called the fire dept. However, thankfully and regrettably (yes BOTH!) there was no damage done to anything except I got a slight burn on my hand from tossing it.

There is a real art to throwing one of those things so YOU don't become a casualty!

And I DO NOT recommend this be done by ANYONE for ANY reason. It is a BAD thing.

[CreepingDeth]

Glad everyone liked the story.

Just imagine a 16 year-old kid on the deck of a McMansion watching a bottle rocket go off in his hands. I wish I recorded it. It was absolutely the most fun minute I've had. Almost makes up for the shitty school year/jilting. Would I do it again?


**** YEAH!

[Stradlater]

Originally Posted by CreepingDeth

Here's fun:

Two days ago at my aunt's house, after 10, I would say, I played with Sparklers...