skepler
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the inputs you guys. Basically my sentiments. I didn't leave any opinion in the opening because I am so pissed off at all the regs to protect ourselves. I remember when we could go down to the local pharmacy and get the ingredients for gunpowder. Paregoric Acid (anhydrous morphine) was over-the-counter, Primatene asthma medication was ephedrine and phenobarbitol, also over-the-counter. You could mail-order components for flash powder, the stuff in M80s and Cherry Bombs, and you could get 5" casings and waterproof fuse that would clear a 6' diameter circle of grass on a lawn. We made one to three stage rockets with mail-order supplies. Never heard of anyone getting injured, and everyone I knew was involved in the same things. It seemed like we learned to do things for ourselves in small-town rural USA of old.