Cherry bombs and M-80's make great amunition for a slingshot. You just load
up the slingshot, pull back full, have your partner light the fuse then LOB
IT OVER THE SMALLER BUILDINGS ONTO MAIN STREET. It goes off and shakes the
windows for three blocks......yeha......Nothing like an air strike
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Hensley <susan@bearcom.com>
To: Bill Sohl <billsohl@smtp.interactive.net>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: South of the Border...was Re: 'M80's'
> Hi all!
>
> > > In this store you could buy any form of firearm from a Thomson machine
gun
> > > to a water pistol. We used to buy M80 'cherry bombs.' They were
global in
> > > shape and about an inch in diameter with an inch long 20 second fuse.
When
> > > they exploded they went off like a cannon.
> >
> > Well, there are cherry bombs (look like a cherry with
> > a fuse) and there are M80s which (as you note) are
> > considerably larger.
>
> South of the Border sounds like a great place! ;) If I ever get out
> that way I'll have to check it out.
>
> When I was a kid (12 or 13) in West Virginia we used to get M80's and
> blow up people's mailboxes and stuff with them. One of our favorite
> pranks was to put one inside a hubcap on someone's car and blow it down
> the street. This usually involved splicing a much longer fuse onto the
> things. We also had great fun down in the creek with all of our plastic
> models, M80's and gasoline. No wonder the things are banned in most if
> not all states...
>
> Keep Triumphing,
> Susan :)
>
> PS -- I still have both eyes and all my fingers!
>
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