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Someone would quietly say "Lighter in the fire" as they stood up from the campfire and walked away.
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Fifty Dangerous Things
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Someone would quietly say "Lighter in the fire" as they stood up from the campfire and walked away.
dravnx
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All the crazy ways to sled because after a while just going down hill was just going down hill.
This was all done with Flexible Flyers. Every kid had one.
There was the airplane, the train and the rocket.
For the airplane, you lay another sled on top of yours perpendicular. One guy sat on each wing and the inside foot on each handle. This worked pretty good until you hid a bump. Then everything would shoot off in all directions.
The train was done by hooking your feet into the sled behind you. Hook 6 or 8 together and head down the hill. It always broke apart and caused mayhem.
The rocket was the dumbest. You tie a rope to the back runner of your sled and then tie it to a tree, lamp post or whatever. You got about 1/2 way down the hill and wang, you shot off the sled like a rocket. Mom always got pissed because it would tear up the front of your jacket if the rivets were working loose on the slats.
This was all done with Flexible Flyers. Every kid had one.
There was the airplane, the train and the rocket.
For the airplane, you lay another sled on top of yours perpendicular. One guy sat on each wing and the inside foot on each handle. This worked pretty good until you hid a bump. Then everything would shoot off in all directions.
The train was done by hooking your feet into the sled behind you. Hook 6 or 8 together and head down the hill. It always broke apart and caused mayhem.
The rocket was the dumbest. You tie a rope to the back runner of your sled and then tie it to a tree, lamp post or whatever. You got about 1/2 way down the hill and wang, you shot off the sled like a rocket. Mom always got pissed because it would tear up the front of your jacket if the rivets were working loose on the slats.
GAJ
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mean dad
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Was at a snow park with a handful of friends, fucking around on the part with the innertubes. We'd sit on the tube with our legs hooked into the lap of the person in front, and they'd hold on to your feet/legs.
We tried grouping everyone together in various formations until they finally shut the fuck and listened to me; we put the fattest dude in the back all the way to the lightest person in front.
Holy.
Fucking.
Shit.
We went across the flatland "slow down" part like a train and the little hill they used as a stop damn near sent our front guy into the air and onto the highway past the fence.
We tried grouping everyone together in various formations until they finally shut the fuck and listened to me; we put the fattest dude in the back all the way to the lightest person in front.
Holy.
Fucking.
Shit.
We went across the flatland "slow down" part like a train and the little hill they used as a stop damn near sent our front guy into the air and onto the highway past the fence.
Climber
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Lawn darts.
King of the hill in the barn, trying to climb up the hay bales with the guy on top tossing down bales to know you off.
Surviving falls from high up in trees by grabbing branches as you went by to slow yourself down.
Bumper hitching with unsuspecting drivers, some of who got going faster than you expected.
Skateboarding down from the top of parking garages.
Launching my younger brother out of the top bunk by kicking up in the middle when he taunted me about getting the top bunk. I can still hear his scream of surprise.
It's a wonder that many of us made it to adulthood!
King of the hill in the barn, trying to climb up the hay bales with the guy on top tossing down bales to know you off.
Surviving falls from high up in trees by grabbing branches as you went by to slow yourself down.
Bumper hitching with unsuspecting drivers, some of who got going faster than you expected.
Skateboarding down from the top of parking garages.
Launching my younger brother out of the top bunk by kicking up in the middle when he taunted me about getting the top bunk. I can still hear his scream of surprise.
It's a wonder that many of us made it to adulthood!
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Dunking things in liquid oxygen then attempting to set them on fire.
Coming back from a night-on-the-town in a foreign country only to realize that I left my ID in the barracks, so logically rather than call my roommate I find a darkly lit corner of the perimeter fence and climb 20ft over it and through the concertina wire on the top.
Catching a drunk military guy attempting to steal an armed military jeep with a K-Bar in his hand, and holding him at gunpoint with one hand on the bottom of the grip so he cannot see that there isn't a magazine in the weapon (no cartridge in the chamber either).
Sitting underneath an F-4 Phantom in full afterburner.
Marshalling an F-5 into its spot on the flightline and letting (trusting) the pilot to stop when the pitot tube lightly touches your sternum.
Partially squeezing through an opening between two 10 ton hangar doors to reach the 'open' button on the inside only to feel (not see) a set of buttons that are unfamiliar to you, so you think 'I'll just quickly tap one to see which way the doors move' and I'll figure it all out, only to tap the 'close' button first and have it squeeze all of the air out of your lungs (cannot yell for help now), so you strain to reach the 'other' button, open the door and fall onto the hangar floor trying to recover.
Going 178mph on a BARF rally.
Coming back from a night-on-the-town in a foreign country only to realize that I left my ID in the barracks, so logically rather than call my roommate I find a darkly lit corner of the perimeter fence and climb 20ft over it and through the concertina wire on the top.
Catching a drunk military guy attempting to steal an armed military jeep with a K-Bar in his hand, and holding him at gunpoint with one hand on the bottom of the grip so he cannot see that there isn't a magazine in the weapon (no cartridge in the chamber either).
Sitting underneath an F-4 Phantom in full afterburner.
Marshalling an F-5 into its spot on the flightline and letting (trusting) the pilot to stop when the pitot tube lightly touches your sternum.
Partially squeezing through an opening between two 10 ton hangar doors to reach the 'open' button on the inside only to feel (not see) a set of buttons that are unfamiliar to you, so you think 'I'll just quickly tap one to see which way the doors move' and I'll figure it all out, only to tap the 'close' button first and have it squeeze all of the air out of your lungs (cannot yell for help now), so you strain to reach the 'other' button, open the door and fall onto the hangar floor trying to recover.
Going 178mph on a BARF rally.
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Guess you missed the "children" part.
mean dad
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Holy shit Tim, you did all that as a child? 
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Holy shit Tim, you did all that as a child?
Yeah, missed that part.
Looking back, most of it took place before I was 21, so yeah...child.
EDIT: at 16 years old, we'd toss toilet paper rolls out of the airplane and see how many times we could intercept them before they hit the ocean.
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We are all children. Still.
Actually, some fuckers became old.
Not me!
Nor many of yous.
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Actually, some fuckers became old.
Not me!
Nor many of yous.
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This conjured up some memories, we weren't quite as creative, but we'd build ever larger jumps or, when sledding a hill with a lot of pine trees on those flexible flyers, we'd take full advantage of the steering to thread the needle at speed. I recall doing this at sunset and watching sparks from the runners hitting rocks lighting up the snow as my brother came down the hill. Good times, and amazingly, no head injuries.
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Evel Knievel dudes...
we used to build ramps between picnic tables and jump the gap. Nobody died. Folded some wheels though.
we used to build ramps between picnic tables and jump the gap. Nobody died. Folded some wheels though.
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TylerW
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Weird thing to let your kids do
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Our original smoke bomb recipe came from “Steal This Book” by Abby Hoffman.
I recently came across this:
The classic smoke bomb is a great project for the home or lab, producing lots of safe smoke, with purple flames. If you get dye and consider the shape of your creation, you can make a smoke bomb that billows clouds of brightly-colored smoke. Adult supervision is required.
Colored Smoke Bomb Materials
60 g (3 tablespoons) potassium nitrate (sold as saltpeter in garden supply shops)
40 g (2 tablespoons) sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
60 g (3 tablespoons) powdered organic dye (such as synthetic indigo or an aniline-based dye, found in some craft & hobby shops; not common water-based dye)
Cardboard tube (best is an iced push-pop tube (eat the treat first), or you could use a toilet paper roll or section of paper towel tube, or even a rolled/taped paper tube)
Duct tape
Pen or pencil
Firework fuse (hardware, rocketry, construction, or hobby shops, or scavenge it from a firework)
Cotton balls
Saucepan…
https://www.thoughtco.com/ultimate-colored-smoke-bomb-605967
I recently came across this:
The classic smoke bomb is a great project for the home or lab, producing lots of safe smoke, with purple flames. If you get dye and consider the shape of your creation, you can make a smoke bomb that billows clouds of brightly-colored smoke. Adult supervision is required.
Colored Smoke Bomb Materials
60 g (3 tablespoons) potassium nitrate (sold as saltpeter in garden supply shops)
40 g (2 tablespoons) sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
60 g (3 tablespoons) powdered organic dye (such as synthetic indigo or an aniline-based dye, found in some craft & hobby shops; not common water-based dye)
Cardboard tube (best is an iced push-pop tube (eat the treat first), or you could use a toilet paper roll or section of paper towel tube, or even a rolled/taped paper tube)
Duct tape
Pen or pencil
Firework fuse (hardware, rocketry, construction, or hobby shops, or scavenge it from a firework)
Cotton balls
Saucepan…
https://www.thoughtco.com/ultimate-colored-smoke-bomb-605967
Climber
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Organic powdered dye would be, by far, the most expensive component of the smoke bombs! 