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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (11767)	8/6/1998 5:03:00 AM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

Ooh, kewl. I may try that.

To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (11767)	8/6/1998 12:47:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

I didn't get many regular firecrackers (a bootleg item in suburban Maryland) when I was a teen. Two packs had to last me. So those what I did got, I used with some thought. Most of 'em, anyway. (One of the best must be the one I gave my unsuspecting sister. "Here. Hold this.") I learned that a beer can could be crushed tuna-can flat with an unlit firecracker inside. light the fuse, step back, and Bang! The can resumes its original shape, give or take. These were those brand-new aluminum beer cans - we'd just transitioned out of the little steel drums like Foster's still uses. Those took bigger firecrackers, natch. The coolest trick I learned required expending two rounds at a time. I had a one-foot length of brass tubing whose inside was a nice slip fit for a firecracker. I took one firecracker, nipped the fuse short and pushed it tailfirst into the breech of my minimalist flak weapon. (My first gun!!!!!) A second firecracker, shimmed if necessary with a scrap of paper, closed the breech (clearly demarcated by several tight windings of high-tensile duct tape) and supplied the driving charge for the assembly. The tube was secured in a rakish "artillery command" angle with bricks, rocks&whatnot, then the fuse was lit. The first firecracker would go off and propel the second one three-four feet into the air, where IT would explode in a shower of paper tatters. The setup was remarkably reliable. The closely-spaced double report was a real crowd pleaser. Don't try this indoors - you'll never get all the stink and scraps out of the carpet in time to avoid a little 'splainin when Dad comes home.