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And on that note, I will reiterate my annual stance that fireworks are freaking stupid.
And on that note, I will reiterate my annual stance that fireworks are freaking stupid.
And on that note, I will reiterate my annual stance that fireworks are freaking stupid.
As of tonight I am officially retired from firing fireworks. I've always been the guy that our family and now subdivision counts on to fire off the fire works show for everyone. I like doing it and it's something I've always enjoyed.
Well...tonight a 700 gram canister mortar blew up in the tube literally three feet in front of me. The only reason I am not hurt or lost my sight or whatever was by Gods grace. Not kidding this canister was one of the big boys that makes really neat colors and all that jazz but one of them decided just to explode without going up. Scared the living crap out of me....just a massive flash and debris and embers everywhere. Got burnt holes in my shirt...black pelt marks all over my chest...jeez...I am DONE. So thankful to not have been hurt.
And on that note, I will reiterate my annual stance that fireworks are freaking stupid.
As of tonight I am officially retired from firing fireworks. I've always been the guy that our family and now subdivision counts on to fire off the fire works show for everyone. I like doing it and it's something I've always enjoyed.
Well...tonight a 700 gram canister mortar blew up in the tube literally three feet in front of me. The only reason I am not hurt or lost my sight or whatever was by Gods grace. Not kidding this canister was one of the big boys that makes really neat colors and all that jazz but one of them decided just to explode without going up. Scared the living crap out of me....just a massive flash and debris and embers everywhere. Got burnt holes in my shirt...black pelt marks all over my chest...jeez...I am DONE. So thankful to not have been hurt.
And on that note, I will reiterate my annual stance that fireworks are freaking stupid.
As of tonight I am officially retired from firing fireworks. I've always been the guy that our family and now subdivision counts on to fire off the fire works show for everyone. I like doing it and it's something I've always enjoyed.
Well...tonight a 700 gram canister mortar blew up in the tube literally three feet in front of me. The only reason I am not hurt or lost my sight or whatever was by Gods grace. Not kidding this canister was one of the big boys that makes really neat colors and all that jazz but one of them decided just to explode without going up. Scared the living crap out of me....just a massive flash and debris and embers everywhere. Got burnt holes in my shirt...black pelt marks all over my chest...jeez...I am DONE. So thankful to not have been hurt.
The whole experience had a weird vibe from the get go. A couple neighbors showed up who were wasted (they had fired a ton off the night before) and they had lots of "advice" for me and the other two guys firing these off.
The guy who latched on to me was slur speech drunk and couldn't stop talking about how we should fire these mortars off. Kept telling me about him being a Marine and doing two tours in Afghanistan....which I appreciate....but it was annoying as all hell. I had (6) tubes for the (6) different brands of mortars we had and was perfectly fine with doing it all in my own but he infused himself into the process. I didn't feel like starting an argument with a drunk 6'-4"ish Mari e so I just let him join in.
Well, once I started firing them off he was just loading one after another at such a rapid pace. I had (60) total to shoot off so I was fine with the pace but thinking back on it (I couldn't fall asleep last night I was so freaked out...a lot of "what if's going on) I'm not to sure that dude didn't put the wrong mortar in the wrong tube? Those tubes are generally the same size but prior to shooting off as I tested each one by sliding mortars in and out....some were easy to see they belonged in a certify tube. Plus, when I load a tube I give it a test to make sure it slides good.
Anyway, this thing blows to pieces and as I said earlier it was just insane how big this flash of light and debris was.....I was freaked out. This guy, Scott....says "C'mon...that was nothing. Let's go...keep going" I'm like "that thing just blew up! Hit me all over the chest with chunks of crap,?" He's like "I seen worse in Afghanistan....that was nothing.." I didn't say anything but was thinking "So friggin what....I haven't and that just scared the :censored out of me!"
It's the morning after and I'm not as freaked out now but I'm still retiring from shooting fireworks off like that.
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(https://i.imgur.com/HyEVuVS.gif)I must know who that woman is.
We had our first real fireworks scare this year. I have no clue how it happened, but a 500 gram repeater tip over 90 degrees and unloaded directly at the area where everyone was sitting. One charge blew right next to this woman's head. She got a good burn on her neck and her hair literally caught fire, and a buddy of mine had one go off about 6 inches from his dick. A huge bush tree thing caught fire in the front garden as well. It's been a dry last couple of weeks and this thing went up like a rag soaked in gasoline. It took a minute to get the hose going, so three of us grabbed the flaming thing and literally ripped it's roots out of the ground in order to pull it away from the house.
I was really pissed about the whole event as I'm always the one who buys the fireworks and lights most of them off. Admittedly, I lit the one that shot toward the crowd. I've always held this party at my parents' house, but we switched the location this year to my girlfriend's parents' house last minute. I always build a cinder block wall around the launch site, and when similar mishaps happened in the past, everything stayed contained. I was assured there'd be wall building materials I could use (her dad owns a paving company that does stone work as well), but there were none to be found. I'm glad no one got seriously fucked up seeing as all aerials are illegal in my state and any hospital trips are required by law to be reported to the police.
That being said, everyone at the party accepts the risk, and it won't stop us from doing the same thing next year.