Fireworks Rock!

**Motu** · 2nd November 2006, 13:52

I wonder if the locals are going to have the ''Battle in the Park'' over the road like last year? I have never seen so much ordinance going off,it would put any official event to shame.It was like being in a John Wayne movie with continous streams of tracer and grenades cannons and smoke.There was a bunker in the skateboard park and another in the trees and they were at it from 9.00pm to past midnight.I wonder if my camera has a manual shutter setting so I can get a good shot of the tracer?

I see my son in law has a broomstick with eight 20 shots tied around it,and inside and outside the bundle are big crackers.....and being an army type he has his camo uniform and camo paint gun helmet.Does he get picked for a team or will he be a lone agent?

**jeremysprite** · 2nd November 2006, 14:42

Can you still buy any of this crap nowadays, or do you have to have 'special access'? E.G. Oxy/acetylene? I know you a site which has a whole lot of fuse, chems etc to make some really special stuff, coupled with the anarchists cookbook and you could make some plastic explosives.

'Course, the easiest thing is (if you can get your mits on some) nitric acid on a cotton shirt, very unstable explosive, but no complex mixing etc involved.

**98tls** · 2nd November 2006, 14:55

Originally Posted by jeremysprite

'Course, the easiest thing is (if you can get your mits on some) nitric acid on a cotton shirt, very unstable explosive, but no complex mixing etc involved.

Cheers......i work nightshift and the fucken neighbour keeps waking me up mowing lawns.........next time they hang out some washing.....WHAMMO...

**Finn** · 2nd November 2006, 15:49

Originally Posted by MisterD

What!? Raving loony Catholic terrorists? Ok, I suppose we could set them on the raving loony Muslim terrorists.....

Can't be more damaging than a Labour led government.

**Charlie** · 2nd November 2006, 16:18

Am a big fireworks fan but have moved across the ditch to Aus (been missing in action from KB for a bit) and am devistated to find that you can't buy fireworks ANYWHERE here!

**98tls** · 2nd November 2006, 16:22

Originally Posted by Charlie

Am a big fireworks fan but have moved across the ditch to Aus (been missing in action from KB for a bit) and am devistated to find that you can't buy fireworks ANYWHERE here!

probably just as well......imagine the fires they would start over there....

**Charlie** · 2nd November 2006, 16:45

I know. Its only November and as I step outside you can smell bush fire.
It's not to say there is no fireworks here; you go to any entertainment at any time of the year and organisers usually put on a show thats pretty spectacular.

**Colapop** · 2nd November 2006, 16:55

You make friend wif asin. Asin have good fiework.

**Korumba** · 2nd November 2006, 17:10

This is cool..I may have got it from here, but its topical.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...tals+and+water

**Mom** · 2nd November 2006, 17:34

Having an apprentice bomb maker in the family I really try to get over the multi-coloured craters in the back lawn......lol

**Colapop** · 2nd November 2006, 17:36

Just be thankful for the internet! So many recipes, so little access to ingrediants...

**Mom** · 2nd November 2006, 17:43

Originally Posted by Colapop

Just be thankful for the internet! So many recipes, so little access to ingrediants...

I used to work in the local farm supply, you would be really surprised what ingredients there are in a place like that.........my boss was paranoid about the youngsters coming in and buying some obscure stuff....

**geoffm** · 2nd November 2006, 21:29

I remember blowing anvils in the past. Take one anvil, upside down, add iberal quantity of black powder, add another anvil (right way up), light fuse and stand well clear. like http://www.anvilfire.com/news1/index12.htm
Nothing llike seeing 100kg+ of anvil 20-30 feet up in the air. They always come down point first. One year in Christchurch, they were a bit enthusiastic, and the cops turned up after we had finished. nope, no loud noises here - of course it is a blacksmiths shop so with the hammering officer, couldn't hear a thing. At Westport the cops turned up as well (along with the rest of the town). Since the copper had missed it the first time, had to do it again.... Different part of the world the West Coast.