[TheForge] [OT] Pyro-boom (Re: Thanks for the info...)

Fri May 30 23:50:01 2003

Pyro Boy quoth:

> Imagine a 150' long piece of 5 mil anitstatic plastic bag roll (we
> make smaller bags from the large roll of tube with a heat sealer) Then
> imagine some idiot and all his buddies, and 3 full 235 CF sets of
> oxy/acet tanks, and a mixing valve preset to the perfect
> mix...........

Um, have you *done* this?  Why didn' I hear?

"Antistatic plastic", eh?

I once touched off a small party balloon full of no particular ratio
of oxy/acet with a 4' piece of rod heated one end.  Exceeded
expectations by an order of magnitude.  Rattled distant
windows. Deafened me for awhile.  Before trying a second one, I got to
thinking about static electricity.  Hmm....  I have 9.8 fingers,
decided to keep it that way.

Is there a way to guarantee that a party baloon will remain
static-free for a predictable period of time?

I've also thought, in my more irritated moments, that a clear trash
bag, filled with oxy/acet, with a peeled flash bulb inside, hung high
in the old apple tree by the road and connected to the house with some
lamp cord would offer a remarkable surprise to the deer jackers who,
in the dark of an autumn night, check the tree for deer nibbling the
drops.  And then I thought, "Do I need deaf, blind, frightened, armed
drunks staggering around in my pasture?"

- Mike

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Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada 

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