BajaNomad - Fireworks that go BANG?

Fireworks that go BANG?

Sharksbaja - 5-2-2007 at 11:41 PM

I've found M-3000s (cherry bombs) and M-1000s

Wow, I haven't had or seen cherry bombs for ever!!!! Donde.....puhleeese!

4baja - 5-3-2007 at 06:10 AM

a friend of mine who ownes a shop down there has allways told me that most of the bigger bombs are actually made with the same cracker as the smaller bombs have. that is how they make more money on you. the best ones i have ever found were indead panamanian seal bombs that the tuna fisherman trade with the lacal merchants for money. i once gave one to a kid at allisitos and he ended up blowng the toilet up in the local bathroom,(never again) he did pay for that one. allso the red bombs that are very light are pretty dam good and cheep. :coolup:

Bob and Susan - 5-3-2007 at 07:06 AM

boy's and their toys...

remember dr strangelove the movie....

drstrangelove.jpg - 18kB

bajabound2005 - 5-3-2007 at 07:10 AM

Firecrackers....there's a great way to ruin Baja.

BajaWarrior - 5-3-2007 at 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bajabound2005
Firecrackers....there's a great way to ruin Baja.

Yes, please no more. I've had enough of those damn things for the past 20 years. Dogs don't like it either.

coconaco - 5-3-2007 at 08:48 AM

make your own and experiment with detonators too!

big fun!

is the thread with the exploding propane baloons still out there? lighting up the sky!

this is another great reason to go to baja-
definitly something you can't do at home (anymore) :biggrin:

Fireworks

bajaguy - 5-3-2007 at 09:30 AM

Debated on posting this, but what the heck, we are all adults......right????

many years ago when I was working the road, got a call of an explosion IN a phone booth....well, arrived at the scene, but no phone booth...just wires dangling from the pole.....and small pieces of a black plastic trash bag........

later found out that some kids had filled a large trash bag with acetylene welding gas, put it inside of the phone booth at the top......placed a small lit candle on the shelf of the phone booth.....and ran........

result.....loud explosion, no phone booth!!!

NOT a recommended Baja activity.....we, several responsible sober adults (at the agency) tried it.....sounded like a 155mm artillery round going off!!!!!!!!!!

Just Remember

Baja Bernie - 5-3-2007 at 09:53 AM

Please fire them off away from camp and homes AND remember to toss them rather than holding them after they are activated...............A kid in camp forgot this and had to learn how to grasp things with only a thumb (lucky) and a little pinky...........the other three stumps bled rather profusely before we could find the medical supplies.

Not finding fault because I had several home made launchers in my days of noise and fun. :bounce:

DanO - 5-3-2007 at 10:16 AM

Where's Bajabus? He's the afficianado of things that go bang around here. For my part, I've had good luck with a thing that looks like a full stick of dynamite, with the fuse in the middle. Don't know what it's called, but it makes your ears ring.

Oh, and by the way, we may all be adults as far as chronological age goes, but to paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut, don't fool yourself -- we're just here to fart around.

bajabound2005 - 5-3-2007 at 10:33 AM

and after you toss them and they go bang, please dispose of your trash properly instead of leaving it on the beach as so many (in fact ALL so far) do.

Halboo - 5-3-2007 at 11:14 AM

Mucho Ruido
Remember Rollo. :no:

pargo - 5-3-2007 at 12:58 PM

Call me an ol' fart if you want but fireworks in Baja when i'm trying to chill is freekin' annoying to me. Although I can't blame the mocosos for doing those things I guess...I was once somewhat of a pyro in my days.

Just for the sake of the original thread, heres my two cents. The M1000 and-what- nots with the chalky ends and home made look...beware of those. Alot of those are duds or can also be quite dangerous with a quick fuse. Your best bet is to look for the little guys that are water tight with wax and look machine made. Alot like the chinese made variety. They're smaller but pack a mean wallop. They're around , you just have to look a little harder.

Martyman - 5-3-2007 at 01:57 PM

I like skyrockets. Where can I get some decent ones in Ensenada? (or anywhere off Mex 1) The last ones I got on the main drag were total duds. I think those are the chinese made gringo rip-off variety

BornFisher - 5-3-2007 at 02:05 PM

I HATE fireworks. Get peeed off every time I hear one!! Think "What an idio that person is".
Then in a moment of weakness I light one!! And it`s instant Mr Hyde!!!!
J Thaddeus Toad I become with a new mania!!!
I don`t quit until all are fired and I fall exhausted into a chair!!
Then the next day, I hate them again!!
BTW my favorite ones are the rockets with the loudest explosions!!

Mexicans firing off more than gringoes....

Lee - 5-3-2007 at 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bajaeng
Hola amigos y amigas,
Is there anything bigger and louder?

gracious

Kids in Todos Santos love fireworks for different holidays. Last Easter was fun: started early, went late. Really, it just sounds like gunfire. You get use to it.

Growing up, I would open and empty 2-3 M3s onto a sheet of newspaper, insert the same fuse, fold into a tight package and tape, and blow it up. Think of a cherry bomb x 3 noise factor. Very dangerous but really fun if you like that sort of thing.

:cool:

Sharksbaja - 5-3-2007 at 02:52 PM

Are we talkin' about Mexico?? :lol:

Sounds more like SoCal to me.

Don't disturb the neighbors! :lol:

Geeze it's not EVERYDAY Mexicans let off steam. Or Gringos for that matter. Ah to be young again.....

Here's a few from last year. Nope not Mexican

Paulina - 5-3-2007 at 02:55 PM

I don't like fireworks. A friend of mine in highschool had one go off too quickly and took off both his thumbs and blinded him. His big toes were used to replace his thumbs, but nothing could replace his eyesight.

Those seal bombs/fireworks can get you into a lot of trouble. We once knew a guy who's nose was pretty wet one night at San Miguel, and accidently tossed one next to some poor strangers tent in the middle of the night. It just so happened to land right beside his head. The bomber almost got his throat ripped out by the then wide awake camper. He's lucky that his wet nose didn't get broken. The lamest part of the situation was the poor guy who took the bomb in his ear went up to the bomber to apologize the next morning, and the bomber wouldn't accept his apology.

I also don't like what they do to my dogs.

That said, my dad used to buy fireworks of all different sizes by the score for our camping trips to San Felipe in the early 70s. He and the grown ups would have lots of fun setting up rockets in beer bottles and watching them shoot off the sand bluffs. One time the wind hit it just right and turned the rocket in mid air. It chased my dad all over the beach. Folks laughed about that one for years. He would sneak them home under the mattress of the cabover camper.

I guess my point is, they can be fun and entertaining if used responsibly and with respect to others be it campers, dogs, children, homeowners with palapa roofs, etc.

P<*)))><

It's true

Sharksbaja - 5-3-2007 at 03:08 PM

that the older you get the wiser you get....hopefully.
No, losing fingers is not a good thing. :no:

Being and acting stupid is stupid at ANY age.
Funny tho how many show up for the show here in thye NW. Mucho popular!

It's also true that the older you get, the less interested you become in fireworks or

bodysurfing or

skiing or

mountain climbing or

windsurfing or

well you get my point. Now damn it, quit gettin' old!!!! :lol:

4baja - 5-3-2007 at 04:19 PM

if you happen to be talking about me paulina as usual you have the whole story wrong. i through a cherry bomb on the beach and it slipped out of my hand and landed about 20 feet from some campers. the dudes chick came running up and i apologist to her but she was so drunk that she woudnt accept it and just kept yelling at me . her boyfriend came up and after i explaining what happend he accepted my appology and then told his ole lady to shut up. please get your story straight next time . thanks

[Edited on 5-3-2007 by 4baja]

Bajalero - 5-3-2007 at 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lee

Quote:

Originally posted by bajaeng
Hola amigos y amigas,
Is there anything bigger and louder?

gracious

Yet actually safer than the M whatevers that have the plaster in the ends to seal them up. A friend of mine has a big chunck of meat gone from his right calf, that the plaster from the end of an m-80 took out. Your purely papered and taped version is better designed for letting off steam and producing just noise and little projectle damage. We used to do more or less the same with old cope cans.

Paulina - 5-3-2007 at 04:40 PM

No names were used.

P<*)))><

[Edited on 4-5-2007 by Paulina]

Cypress - 5-3-2007 at 04:58 PM

Knew an ex-pogey boat captian with a missing index finger. He was tossing an m-80 out of the wheel house. Would make a school of pogies jump so the purse boat could wrap 'em up. Blew up in his hand. :no:

DERN - 5-3-2007 at 07:18 PM

Gee Steve, didn't mean to ruffle your back hairs, but you couldn't have ratted yourself out any better. That was classic!

That was my dictation by the way, just Paulina's fingers typing.

You're forgetting the fact that I was there and witnessed the whole thing from start to finish. It's a good thing you had the posse that you did to help calm down the situation on both parties behalf. Call me a liar if you want, but that is exactly how the whooooole story went down. I realize the fact that people loose their memory with age, but I still have mine.

Just for fun let's test your memory on that particular trip!
( Insert Jeopardy theme song here)
1.) What time of year were we there and why?
2.) Who all was with us?
3.) What was the weather like?
4.)What was the name of that downstairs Hooker bar we visited? (extra points cause I can't remember either)
5.) What taco stand did we eat at prior to going back to San Miguel?
6.) Who met up with you at K58?
7.) Who won money on the pool? (hint for question #1)

I think you get the point. The story was straight from the start. I'll post under my name from now on so you won't have to jump Paulina's ars. I fully expect retaliation but I'll still sleep good tonight. If you look at the big picture, and based on the questions asked, it would make for a great trip report!

See you in "the" baja!
DERN

DENNIS - 5-3-2007 at 07:28 PM

I'm waiting for an answer with directions to #4.

jerry - 5-3-2007 at 07:45 PM

i agree sharks
a lot of simple pleasures are being demented by people who are getting old i may gain in age but

ill never grow up; ill never grow up; ill never grow up;
and you cant make me grow up
matter of fact im shrinking, shrinking, shrinking, but ill never grow up

Sharksbaja - 5-3-2007 at 08:46 PM

:lol:

Just an old Baja fireworks memory of mine

Packoderm - 5-3-2007 at 09:17 PM

On my very first trip to Baja, we bought a bunch of fireworks from a roadside store just south of Ensenada. Further down the peninsula, we stopped when we saw a great big dead cow on the side of the road. It was lying on its back with its mouth wide open. We tried to stick an M-something-or-another the size of the cardboard cylinder of a toilet paper roll in the cow's mouth and then light it. But the cow was just too stinky. We couldn't get close enough. There don't seem to be enough dead cows in the wintertime - the only time I get to travel to Baja these days, so I may not get the chance to see how it would work out. Also, the lack of dead cows in the wintertime ruins the fun of being able to spray paint graffiti on them such as "bite me," "eat me," and "don't have a cow" and stuff like that for all the drivers-by to see. You have to have both white and black spray paint in order to do that because some cows are white and some are black.

Sharksbaja - 5-3-2007 at 10:26 PM

:lol:

See! That's the "real" reason vacationers carry spray paints with them!

Pack, that's disgusting! :lol:

Darn Dern!

Baja Bernie - 5-4-2007 at 06:42 AM

I like your story best and you should stick with it! One typical late night scene at da beach in Baja with a bunch of grown (?) ups playing kids. :lol:

4Baja, We all know it didn't happen.........just a case of Derns darn imagination..........but then he does have witnesses.

Bib Bang Boobs

MrBillM - 5-4-2007 at 06:57 AM

As I have said often to others regarding Adults (including Fireworks lovers that I know), when it comes to the Big Bangs that do nothing other than make noise, I give the user the benefit of the doubt and figure they're just another A-Hole. The alternative would be that they're retarded.

viabaja - 5-4-2007 at 07:48 AM

Bajaeng - keep em on the Pacific side!! After reading these posts, you should be getting the drift!!

Setting off fireworks or flying kites

Lee - 5-4-2007 at 08:39 AM

I don't get it. Light off firecrackers, get a kick out of the explosion, revel in the light display, and I'm an a**hole. Fly kite's that do no more than titter around in the air, and it's a Kodak moment.

My guess is that Mexican's love the sound of fireworks as much as I do. Can't imagine Mex parent's objecting to the danger of fireworks around their children, either.

Call me retarted but I'm happy fireworks are used openly in Baja.

Do it in Colorado, and you'll be arrested. More PC happy marooons with nothing better to do than point out the dangers of gun powder.

Viva Mexico.

:cool:

DanO - 5-4-2007 at 10:32 AM

I'm still waiting for Max to post about his gigantic homemade roman candles. Anyway, IMHO, if used with appropriate safeguards, fireworks are good clean fun. The two main things I avoid are (1) holding anything in my hand and lighting it (duh!) and (2) setting things off after the neighbors have retired for the evening. That being said, most of my neighbors down south are avid pyrotechnicians, including one family from Idaho who are devout mormons. Man, they love to blow stuff up (I hate to imagine what they'd be like if they drank coffee and tequila).

Then there's my buddy who for a New Year's show sprayed down my old Christmas tree with diesel and gas, took it down to the beach, and secured what looked like a half stick of dynamite to its base. He tethered some 60 lb test to a rock behind the tree, secured the other end at a station on the cliff above, threaded a piece of PVC pipe onto the line, and taped a bottle rocket to the pipe. Just a simple matter then to light the bottle rocket and launch the pipe down the line. It ignited about halfway down, zipped into the tree and exploded, igniting the fuel and the tree and when the fire reached the bottom, the half stick of dynamite. Truly an impressive display, and much fun was had by all (I recall a few shouts of "encore, encore!").

Dag nabit Luke!! Light a nuther one!

Sharksbaja - 5-4-2007 at 12:42 PM

My oh my! You just never know..... :rolleyes:

Panties in a twist?

Quite frankly, people need to offgas occasionally. You stiffs with the sensitive lives most definitely should stay home , lock the doors and pray. Pray that those noises are for fun and not for intentional harm. You know, like in urban L.A. where firecracers have been replaced by the 9mm. And you can buy those any time of year. In fact they are more "correct" in L.A. than a cherry bomb. Carry a cherry bomb these days and you may be called a terrorist and go to prison, but carry a 9mm and a pocket full of bullets and you're just considered a normal resident. :lol:

For defense against A-holes with m-80s what else. :biggrin:

Not really funny but I'll bet Mr. Bill has an opinion on that! :wow:

Dang I love these emoticons. :saint:

FIRE CRACKERS, and such-------

Barry A. - 5-4-2007 at 01:20 PM

Let me ponder this subject for a while---------seems to me that compared to what me and my friends did as children these noise-makers you can get today are fun, and pretty harmless if handled by normally intelligent folks (duh)-------and they are really exciting!!!

We used to sneak down to where the Navy Seals (then UDT) trained and gather up the electric blasting caps left by them on the beach, bringing them home, wiring them up, and attaching them to our electric train transformers and blowing up our play forts, and such. That was great fun, and we all still have our body-parts, as far as I know. Bet you could not do THAT today. Those blasting caps were REALLY noisy!!!!

Ahhhhhh, the things we survived before OSHA. Today, what is left for the kids to do for kicks------ drugs????? I prefer our explosives for getting a "thrill", and we ALL need a thrill now and then-----even now. :yes:

By Popular Demand...

thebajarunner - 5-4-2007 at 01:31 PM

o.k. rocket men,
here is my thread from last year on really, really, really serious stuff.
engage at your peril

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=17208#pid1475...

also, for the query on buying rockets in Ensenada, they are available at several of the junky tourist places on the tourist strip, try the East side of the street, a couple blocks north of El Cid.
and, negotiate if buying more than one or two...

(ask Elgatoloco about the time our camp sent rockets over his beach camp- and we didn't even know each other)

Suspicions Confirmed

MrBillM - 5-5-2007 at 11:39 AM

I'm glad to see once again my evaluation of the "Big Bang" crowd confirmed.

Over the years, I've found myself dealing with LOUD, OFFENSIVE, PROFANE Clods letting off their "Gas" in ways determined to offend others around them and display their inability to cope with the effects of Alcohol in a civil manner. Clearly, while they've heard the phrase that "Your Rights END where mine begin", they give it NO serious consideration, determined to act as if they haven't progressed past age 10. In the U.S., I've dealt with them by calling the law or confronting them with the ubiquitous 9mm or 45acp. In Mexico, it's been a little different and, sometimes, patience has been required to confront the situation, but I've always found a way, some of which I'd rather not be known.

There is NO excuse for FUN Behavior which interferes with the rights and enjoyments of others. PERIOD.

Barry A. - 5-5-2007 at 11:55 AM

Wow------------This time, Mr. Bill, you have gone wayyyyyyyyy to far in your wide sweeping condemnation of others---------

In general I support what you say here, but there are many, many exceptions. I will not go into the dozens of things that "people" do that tend to offend my senses. When they happen, I just suck up and get over it as I really do not have the right to impose my eccentricities and unreasonable standards on others, in my opinion. It is called "getting along"!!!!

My answer is to spend much of my time in semi-isolation with folks that tend to have similar standards, and that do NOT offend each other. Now if some yahoo invades that solitude, then he will have to deal with our condemnation, but to make such wide sweeping comments like you just made is anti-social, it appears to me.

What do you think?

Sharksbaja - 5-5-2007 at 12:16 PM

I think a gun brandished to intimidate someone can get you killed. For a firecracker. :wow:

That is some serious hate!

shari - 5-5-2007 at 01:06 PM

Whoahhhh...lots of weird stuff in THIS thread! Anyway, this is my favorite BIG BANG story....where I lived in Guerrero Negro was a cool barrio with tons of kids who loved playing tricks on everyone, especially the nasty old fart who lived across the street from me whose nickname was "culero". My favorite rascally amigo came to borrow some tinfoil but me being afraid he was gonna make a crack pipe asked What for? and he came in and showed me what it was for...he crinkled up the tinfoil and stuffed it in a litre pastic pop bottle then poured some muriatic acid in it, put the cap on and threw it in the guys tin garbage can...WHOOOOAH KABAAMMM...it was the loudest bang I'd ever heard and we laughed like hell! I hate loud bangs, firecrackers etc. but I must admit, I loved that bang.

Going TOO Far ?

MrBillM - 5-5-2007 at 04:24 PM

Needless to say, I disagree.

To sum up my Life Philosophy on the subject (and I have on occasion fell short):

As an adult, There is Absolutely NO justification for Ever making your neighbors Uncomfortable to be where they are. Loud or Intimidating Speech, Braggadocio, Music, Actions (afoot or in a vehicle) are Rude, at the very least. Anyone who thinks that their attention-getting antics (drunken or sober) that intrude on the pleasure of others are justifiable, is an immature Boob.

Returning to the subject of the No-Display "Big Bangs", there isn't a single argument that a mature adult can make to justify their use around others. They are clearly meant to annoy, just as drunken party bully-behavior and loud offensive music is and does.

Packoderm - 5-5-2007 at 04:36 PM

While I agree with BM that one should not violate the sanctity of another's being, I also do not think that I could stand to live in a society where nobody pulls a wild hair and make a spectacle of himself/herself even if it bothers some goody too-shoes somewhere.

DENNIS - 5-5-2007 at 05:24 PM

That's just MrBill being MrBill. He always has strong opinions. Doesn't make him a bad guy.

Barry A. - 5-5-2007 at 06:12 PM

Dennis-------No, it doesn't make MrBill a "bad guy", but I think he is being a little cranky today---------that's all.

Like Packo says, a world without a little crazyness is pretty boreing, at least to me. Of course, this from a guy that loves all loud bangs.

But yes, if I knew that my antics disturbed my neighbors, then I would be wrong to annoy them, and wouldn't. Thank God my neighbors like "loud bangs", just like I do, and almost always participate, and even try to top me.

DENNIS - 5-5-2007 at 06:34 PM

Barry ------

MrBill is always cranky when he's feeling good.

Barry A. - 5-5-2007 at 07:04 PM

Well, I have just had a "situation" that makes me more sympathetic to MrBill's point of view.

The weather is so nice that we decided to have dinner out on our back patio-------turned on the outside speakers and played soft jazz, Meredith put out a fantastic feed, and we both sat down to enjoy a peaceful dinner. BUT, for the entire time we were out there, the 1/2 of our neighbors that have dogs entertained us with their incredibly annoying yapping mini-dogs------------they yapped, and yapped, and yapped, and yapped!!!!!!!! I got so irritated that I though of getting my pellet gun and going hunting, but my saner wife stopped me.

Now THAT is irritating, and suddenly I knew what MrBill was talking about---------what is with these normally considerate neighbors letting these incredible little rat-dogs carry on and on like that? How RUDE!!!!!!

So, I guess I sorta owe MrBill an apology------------and man am I now cranky!!!!!

pargo - 5-6-2007 at 08:56 AM

Barry, no please, don't use the pallet gun on the dogs. Your neighbors obviuosly are not the pack leaders letting those little basturds yelp away like that. Call the Dog Whisperer and let Cesar, in his words, " get bottom this" and "remain calm submissive"

Feeling Good

MrBillM - 5-6-2007 at 09:14 AM

From Dennis:

"Barry ------
MrBill is always cranky when he's feeling good."

------------------------------------------------------------

I like that. There's more than a little truth there.

Speaking of Barking Dogs, that is my latest problem and they're MY Dogs !

Returning to El Norte last month, my dogs were doing their normal morning routine putting the desert creatures and occasional Human beyond the back fence in their place. A guy comes over from next door who had rented one of the houses on that lot while we were gone. He proceeds to tell me that he is a DAY Sleeper and the dogs disturb him. I'm now engaged in a fulltime behavior modification program with my GROWN Dogs trying to break them of a habit of many years. So far, with pretty decent success, but it sure is hard explaining to them in a language they understand. The irony is that, with open desert behind us, we hadn't minded the dogs barking since it made us aware of whoever wandered through there.

Barry A. - 5-6-2007 at 09:14 AM

I firmly believe that those little rat-dogs haven't a clue even what a "pack leader" is----------any native intelligence has long ago been bread out of them!!! (why else would they just yap, yap, yap, yap, etc.)

But, not to worry, even as mad as I am I will not shoot a dog unless he/she threatens to bite me, or mine.

(crazy little rat-dogs!!!!----why would anybody want one of those insanely noisy critters?)

Feeling Good

MrBillM - 5-6-2007 at 09:15 AM

From Dennis:

"Barry ------
MrBill is always cranky when he's feeling good."

------------------------------------------------------------

I like that. There's more than a little truth there.

Speaking of Barking Dogs, that is my latest problem and they're MY Dogs !

Returning to El Norte last month, my dogs were doing their normal morning routine putting the desert creatures and occasional Human beyond the back fence in their place. A guy comes over from next door who had rented one of the houses on that lot while we were gone. He proceeds to tell me that he is a DAY Sleeper and the dogs disturb him. I'm now engaged in a fulltime behavior modification program with my GROWN Dogs trying to break them of a habit of many years. So far, with pretty decent success, but it sure is hard explaining to them in a language they understand. The irony is that, with open desert behind us, we hadn't minded the dogs barking since it made us aware of whoever wandered through there.

DanO - 5-6-2007 at 09:35 AM

I always wondered whether little barky dogs would make good mop heads.

bajabound2005 - 5-6-2007 at 09:53 AM

the littlest dogs make the most noise...we put a bark collar on ours.

Packoderm - 5-6-2007 at 10:46 AM

I don't know - maybe you could combine exploding fireworks and little yapping dogs into one fun-filled activity?

DanO - 5-6-2007 at 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bajabound2005
the littlest dogs make the most noise...we put a bark collar on ours.

I have an idea for one of those. Kinda like a cigar cutter, but bigger. We can call it the Doguillotine. They'll be completely silent afterwards.

:lol:

DanO - 5-6-2007 at 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Packoderm
I don't know - maybe you could combine exploding fireworks and little yapping dogs into one fun-filled activity?

Saw that done once with a frog when I was a kid. Not pretty.

Done sucking up?

Lee - 5-6-2007 at 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DENNIS
That's just MrBill being MrBill. He always has strong opinions. Doesn't make him a bad guy.

Quote:

Originally posted by DENNIS
Barry ------

MrBill is always cranky when he's feeling good.

This thread isn't about how reasonable BM can be. It's not about dogs yapping and someone's intolerance to barking.

This thread is about something as patriotic as Mom's apple pie, and the Fourth of July. I'm writing about the joys of explosions -- be it Black Cat firecrackers or M-80's like my Dad use to enjoy.

Check it out!!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salute_(pyrotechnics)

No mistake this form of entertainment is called "salutes."

Fortunately, Baja will never go the way of the politically correct El Norte around fireworks. PC gringos -- go the f*ck home!

Viva Mexico! Viva Zapata! Viva La Raza!

:cool:

Packoderm - 5-6-2007 at 02:03 PM

My brother lives in India off and on. He told me about the celebration of Diwali. He says that for one entire day, virtually every single person in India is busy setting off as many fireworks as possible. It's a religious thing I guess.

Thanks Lee

Sharksbaja - 5-6-2007 at 02:06 PM

I really like the aerial bombs as they make a huge blast with your choice of show.

Viva Indendencia-Viva Mortar Shells :wow:

Still young and viable??

DENNIS - 5-6-2007 at 02:19 PM

Lee ---

It's just the new me, Lee. The heavily medicated new me. But, not too medicated to ask, Whats the viva la raza stuff all about?

Sharksbaja - 5-6-2007 at 02:27 PM

"Mortar shells? ...... hmmm, please divulge to this sheltered gringo.

See all those funny roundish thangs surrounding the milk crate. Place one of those in the mortar tube(Black Cat) shown and light fuse, get away.....................then just ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......................

Instant Disneyland :coolup:

Packoderm - 5-6-2007 at 02:28 PM

Doesn't Viva la raza mean Long live our race?

DanO - 5-6-2007 at 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sharksbaja
"Mortar shells? ...... hmmm, please divulge to this sheltered gringo.

See all those funny roundish thangs surrounding the milk crate. Place one of those in the mortar tube(Black Cat) shown and light fuse, get away.....................then just ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......................

Instant Disneyland :coolup:

Damn right, get away. Especially if one of the bombs gets stuck in the mortar. I had one of those puppies get stuck for a second. It then spurted out and up, but only about fifteen feet, then came barrelling back down and exploded on the ground. By the way (and this may seem self evident, but some people . . . ), always do this on cleared ground, well away from any combustibles. If it's windy, give serious consideration to abstaining, at least with the airborne stuff. Nothing kills a good evening of fireworks like a brush fire.

coconaco - 5-6-2007 at 03:10 PM

Quote:

Instant Disneyland :coolup:

my favorite thing about the mortars is the sound they make leaving to tube
THUMP :bounce:

Thanks for the bringing back the link on the propane balloons...I for one can't wait for the summer camping season. We now have another way to spot nomads on the sea of cortez this summer.

Hey -- welcome back, Dennis!

Lee - 5-6-2007 at 03:58 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Lee ---

It's just the new me, Lee. The heavily medicated new me. But, not too medicated to ask, Whats the viva la raza stuff all about?

Viva Mexico y La Raza. Long live Mexico and the People.

:cool:

DENNIS - 5-6-2007 at 04:09 PM

Well, thank you, Lee -----

I appreciate your sentiment. I do but, Viva La Raza, as a rouseing fist pumping statement of solidarity is more closely associated with the Chicano and Immigrants Rights movements in the United States. It means a lot more there than Long Live The People.
But, that's for another thread.

elgatoloco - 5-6-2007 at 04:34 PM

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Originally posted by thebajarunner
o.k. rocket men,
here is my thread from last year on really, really, really serious stuff.
engage at your peril

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=17208#pid1475...

(ask Elgatoloco about the time our camp sent rockets over his beach camp- and we didn't even know each other)

I had completely forgotten about that.............watch your back cuz pay back is a bear? :saint:

elgatoloco - 5-6-2007 at 04:42 PM

It is illegal in Mexico to discharge fireworks within 300 meters of a dwelling or other similar structure.

I tend to categorize fireworks with jet skis and quads and other noise makers. That is to say that unless I am blowing them up or riding them they can be REAL annoying. :biggrin:

Party on.:moon:

que???

k1w1 - 5-6-2007 at 04:49 PM

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Originally posted by Lee
This thread is about something as patriotic as Mom's apple pie, and the Fourth of July. PC gringos -- go the f*ck home!

:cool:

patriotism / apple pie / 4th July ??? somebody DEFINITELY needs to "go the f*ck home!"
this is baja kook

[Edited on 5-6-2007 by k1w1]

O.K. catman, this is war!

thebajarunner - 5-6-2007 at 10:21 PM

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Originally posted by elgatoloco

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I had completely forgotten about that.............watch your back cuz pay back is a bear? :saint:

Next time it will be F-18's.... beware of sneaky Gringo attacks on unsuspecting beach camps...