You guys are bringing back memories of a 4th of July w/o fireworks. We did, however, have access to baloons, beer, oxygen and acetylene. An impressive combination in the correct proportions. Its amazing most of us manage to survive our youth

>Why not buy a gallon of gasoline, put it into a container and let’er rip! The amount of energy in one gallon of gasoline is 62.5 times greater than one stick of dynamite. Imagine the bang! :)
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>Uhm, if my wife had read this, her reply to you would have been, "please, don't give him any ideas".
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>She's still mad at me because of what happened 2 years ago - I was taking single tubes and placing them side-by-side, lighting one and then the other in the span of about two seconds.
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>The impact of the first launch caused the one beside it to tip as it launched. And it tipped in my direction as I was running away. I turned and ran in a different direction, tripped over the backyard hose, and wound up cracking a rib.
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>Small price to pay for the party gods.