Covid-19

[cannabineer]

Add match heads to that combo and you could punch a basketball sized hole in a cinderblock wall

Matches were a watched item in my house; never figured out why

 

[cannabineer]

Search antique mining light fuel. Forget the actual name.

Calcium carbide? None in the stores where I grew up (perhaps for the best)

 

[Singlemalt]

Calcium carbide? None in the stores where I grew up (perhaps for the best)

You could get it a good toy stores, for the carbide cannons

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Calcium carbide? None in the stores where I grew up (perhaps for the best)

Cannons were a big thing at the hobby shops and gun stores in the 70's-80's here.

 

[cannabineer]

You could get it a good toy stores, for the carbide cannons

Not where I grew up, DC suburbs

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Not where I grew up, DC suburbs

Go figure. What do they have to fear?

 

[cannabineer]

Go figure. What do they have to fear?

Dunno. It was what it was. Taught me some improvisational chemistry though.

 

[Singlemalt]

"Since a means for producing a consistent gas charge was important, a special granulated form (about 1 mm grains) of calcium carbide was trademarked as Bangsite in 1952. It could be easily metered in a dispensing mechanism, and promotional materials emphasized that Bangsite was difficult to abuse by hammering, lighting with a match and other things young boys might try."

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Dunno. It was what it was. Taught me some improvisational chemistry though.

I was raised by a gun and knife fanatic survivalist type. Learned alot from that over the years.

 

[cannabineer]

I was raised by a gun and knife fanatic survivalist type. Learned alot from that over the years.

My folks weren’t gunny at all. On my 21st birthday I was in a local shop pulling the trigger (...) on a .357 revolver. Thus began my gun-accumulating phase.

These days my hoard is 1/2 of its maximum.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

My folks weren’t gunny at all. On my 21st birthday I was in a local shop pulling the trigger (...) on a .357 revolver. Thus began my gun-accumulating phase.

These days my hoard is 1/2 of its maximum.

You only need one. And it can acquire more if needed.

 

[cannabineer]

You only need one. And it can acquire more if needed.

I am not at all suited to a Road Warrior universe.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

I am not at all suited to a Road Warrior universe.

Suited. Just too spoiled by convenience.

 

[cannabineer]

Suited. Just too spoiled by convenience.

As evidenced by the big spoiler

 

[MICHI-CAN]

As evidenced by the big spoiler

They are synonymous.

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Wow. Jut did some surfing. D.O.D. is deploying troops. Establishing quarantine centers and setting up check points. And we are worried about the flu?

 

[neosapien]

I'm not crazy about the name Covid-19. Can we all start calling it Wuhan Lung Punch-20?

 

[lokie]

 

[cannabineer]

Truly the lord of the ring

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Truly the lord of the ring

Horde of the ring.