Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[gartermorphs]

yup anyways do you have just garter snakes or do you hav bps geckos of som e type exc.

[mustang]

yup anyways do you have just garter snakes or do you hav bps geckos of som e type exc.

mom said one pet but when i move out im getn a goanna and either a coachwhip or malagasy speckeled hognose

[ConcinusMan]

Interesting labels on some fireworks present at my family's (American Independence day) celebration last night:



Interesting fireworks label:


Now this one left me scratching my head. Way to promote fireworks safety AND responsible drinking, huh? There's nothing like the combination of a bunch of drunks and fireworks.

[ConcinusMan]

All you George Thorogood fans can appreciate this one:

[mustang]

All you George Thorogood fans can appreciate this one:

...NO WAY LUCKY YOU GETA SHOOT THAT PIECE OF AWESOME HARDWARE

[ConcinusMan]

Sorry, I didn't. It's just a slight variation from a regular saturn missle battery. Instead of just popping in the air, it does the sparkly crackle thing.

My brother lit one that was 200 shots. It tipped over and shot the missiles directly at the party in the drive way. We were all sitting there cooking and drinking, and eating. Boy, was that interesting. The neighbor lit one that was 400 shots, with variable types of reports. That was cool. Didn't have the camera rolling either time. Darnit.

[mustang]

ucky i wanna do that lol

[ConcinusMan]

Fort Vancouver public fireworks display in 2008. Prior to 2001, it was the largest and most expensive fireworks display west of the Mississippi river. Even this video shot from Oregon, looking across the river into WA, is a mere shadow of what it was like in the 80's and 90's. Some of those morters (festival balls are a tiny version of the same thing) were the size of basketballs. Even from a mile away, you could feel the concussion from the explosions and they could be heard up to 20 miles away.



Well the private fireworks were awesome this year as usual, and went on from about 9pm to midnight. No way to film all of it. There was no shortage of large 2-5 inch morters (up to 5 gram reports!, BOOM!) like the pro shows use. A neighbor who is a doctor and can afford it, spent $200 on this thing used as a "grand finale" near the end of the night. $200 literally "up in smoke" in a matter of seconds. Yikes. That one minute in the video above cost over $100,000 though.

[mustang]

well all i did was watch the greatest old show ever!(one of em anyways) i love marathons

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, I remember that show. Didn't last long. I didn't think they had enough shows to make a marathon. Anyway, made that song a big hit overnight too.

Had Robert Culp in it. Hey, any relation to shannon I wonder?