Silly things ya did as a kid.

[Hitcher]

Indeed. It only takes about half an hour after any tragedy for the jokes to start. I cite the death of Diana Princess of Wales, both space shuttle tragedies, 9/11, the list goes on. All of the people involved in all of the above had friends and loved ones.

There is humour in all human misery. It is that, together with revenge and cooked food, that sets us apart from all other life on this planet.

Get over it.

[Tank]

If you guys had family over in australia in the fires how would you feel, already 108 people have died,who knows how many next its not a laughing matter.Heck i dont know if my uncle earl is still alive yet

Most people if they are genuinely concerned do something proactive like - picking up the phone and calling to make sure loved ones are all ok.

Others just make comments like yours to make their post seem more serious.

Anyway ...

Stupid things I used to do as a kid? Fireworks night we used to sit on my mates garage roof and use skyrockets as missiles and fire them at the fuel pumps of the depot behind his house.

[slofox]

Fireworks night we used to sit on my mates garage roof and use skyrockets as missiles and fire them at the fuel pumps of the depot behind his house.

I didn't do this myself but sometimes I wish I had....

Guy I knew built a "rocket launcher"...four cardboard tubes taped together in a 2x2 format. Put carefully selected wires through the tubes close to the bottom...attached wires to horn circuit of the scooter he rode...strapped launcher onto side of same...Tubes were loaded with skyrockets, pulled down so that touch paper was in contact with wires....when horn button was depressed, wires would heat, ignite touch paper and launch rockets....so if a car was in the way......you get the idea.
He used it against trains mostly although he did accidentally shoot a van in the city once when he "forgot" he had it loaded....and went to honk the horn...
I did see this thing in action once...impressive to say the least although launch was a little slow. Getting just the right weight of wire was the trick - it had to glow with the current but not burn out....I think he used heavy gauge fuse wire or nichrome or somesuch....he eventually dismantled it in a hurry and buried the evidence after a tipoff that the rozzas were onto him....funny that...

[jim.cox]

Guy I knew built a "rocket launcher"...four cardboard tubes taped together in a 2x2 format. Put carefully selected wires through the tubes close to the bottom...attached wires to horn circuit of the scooter he rode...strapped launcher onto side of same...Tubes were loaded with skyrockets, pulled down so that touch paper was in contact with wires....when horn button was depressed, wires would heat, ignite touch paper and launch rockets....so if a car was in the way......you get the idea.
He used it against trains mostly although he did accidentally shoot a van in the city once when he "forgot" he had it loaded....and went to honk the horn...
I did see this thing in action once...impressive to say the least although launch was a little slow. Getting just the right weight of wire was the trick - it had to glow with the current but not burn out....I think he used heavy gauge fuse wire or nichrome or somesuch....he eventually dismantled it in a hurry and buried the evidence after a tipoff that the rozzas were onto him....funny that...

A friend and I tried a similar thing back in the days of Dunedin's Unicol skyrocket wars.

VW kombi with two dozen waterpipe tubes in the back, open the door, fire the rockets and go

At least that was the plan

Forgot to allow for all smoke - inside the van - we couldn't see to drive

[wbks]

But there are no more skyrockets in NZ... I'm off to the drawing board to make my own v2 flying bomb launchable from the back of my car when I sound the horn

[Dean]

Most people if they are genuinely concerned do something proactive like - picking up the phone and calling to make sure loved ones are all ok.

Others just make comments like yours to make their post seem more serious.

Anyway ...

Stupid things I used to do as a kid? Fireworks night we used to sit on my mates garage roof and use skyrockets as missiles and fire them at the fuel pumps of the depot behind his house.

I have picked up the phone and called about 5 times on tuesday afterschool tank but he never answered no one picks up the phone, i cant be ringing him every minute of the day 24/7 i have done many things to contact uncle earl. And you think im trying to make my post more serious, farkk youre a dick.

[slofox]

But there are no more skyrockets in NZ... I'm off to the drawing board to make my own v2 flying bomb launchable from the back of my car when I sound the horn

You want me to video that?

[wbks]

Sure, and when posting on youtube, make sure to include my name and contact details and the date of the launch.

[Shadowjack]

Oh man, I've laughed 'til I stopped.

There's been a swag of them, then again, I am an old fart:

From the BMW (Before Motorcycles & Women) files -

Using a can of ether-based Ezy-Start for an extended period whilst assisting Dad with a recalcitrant chainsaw in an enclosed part of the workshop resulted in a unique and unspoken "No-one need know - Cone of Silence" father/son bonding moment. After we had stepped outside for a few breaths of the clean stuff.

And using a pitch-fork as a helpful device to cross a drain full of water may have worked better if one of the fork tines did not suddenly find itself protruding from the bottom of my foot, having entered from the top of my foot. The most recent job the fork had done was moving pigshit....

[Shadowjack]

Oh man, I've laughed 'til I stopped.

There's been a swag of them, then again, I am an old fart:

From the BMW (Before Motorcycles & Women) files -

Using a can of ether-based Ezy-Start for an extended period whilst assisting Dad with a recalcitrant chainsaw in an enclosed part of the workshop resulted in a unique and unspoken "No-one need know - Cone of Silence" father/son bonding moment. After we had stepped outside for a few breaths of the clean stuff.

And using a pitch-fork as a helpful device to cross a drain full of water may have worked better if one of the fork tines did not suddenly find itself protruding from the bottom of my foot, having entered from the top of my foot. The most recent job the fork had done was moving pigshit....