Happy 4th of July!!!

[Andybev01]

They could trademark it as 'Shock and Awe' and I'd bet people would pay to see it.

I would.

[Pumpkin_Man]

I enjoy watching fireworks go off, but not nearly as much as I LOVE lighting fireworks off. Lighting those wicks is 99% of the fun for me. Smoke bombs, fire crackers, display items, you name it. If it has wick, I want to light it off.

Mike

[johnsoneliza52]

lol, Mike!!! just like a little boy child, aren't ya? lol

[Pumpkin_Man]

When it comes to fireworks, yes. I'm like a child in a toy store with a 100 dolar bill.

NeverMore, Kansas City still has trollies? Are they actual electric streat cars that run on a track or are they just busses made up to look like a trolly? In other words, a "jolly trolly." That would be a fun trip.

Mike

[NeverMore]

I don't know if Kansas City has trolleys but San Diego does. That's what we call our light train service. When I referred to the Kansas City BBQ I was talking about the restaurant where the bar scenes in Top Gun were filmed. I stopped there after our failed fireworks and had a couple beers.

[Pumpkin_Man]

Very interesting, Nevermore. Do these "light trains" actualy run on a track on the street?

Speaking of trollies, my dad use to tell me some wild stories about the electric trolly cars that use to run the streets of Chicago. A friend of his got a hold of these "railroad torpedos." They where placed on the track as a warning to locomotive engineers that they are entering a speed restricted zone of track. Anyway, my das and his friends decided that it would be a really funny joke if they were to place some of these "railroad torbedos" on the trolly tracks, and the explosion caused the trolly to be derailed.

Mike

[NeverMore]

Yeah... they're a lot like NYC's subway, or the 'L' in Chicago, or the cable cars up in San Fran... except they are powered by electricity supplied from a line above the train. No chance of someone stumbling on the third rail, though non-attentive people do get hit by it from time to time. You can buy a day pass and hop on and off all you like. Good way to see some of the town without driving. Very good way to get downtown and to the border.

[Pumpkin_Man]

Looks like fun. I am a bit of a railroad buff.

Mike

[Murfreesboro]

My computer crashed in late June, so I've been off the 'net for a while. Our 4th of July was very subdued, because we are having a drought and no one was supposed to light personal fireworks or even grill outside. However, we did have a very nice municipal fireworks display that evening.

[Boogeyman]

Welcome back. You missed the return of Ihaunt.

http://halloween.com/forums/viewtopic.p ... 7&start=30

You will have to scroll down some to see it.