You know you're a Pyro when...

[derekroolz]

When your on the ski lift to the top of park city and here snow blowers, and it reminds you of a rocket being launched and you get a sudden urge to go make a rocket.

[50AE]

...when you know it's a bad idea to prepare SGRS when hungry, because you eat most of the rice while it gets cooked.

[FUZE]

You know your a pyro when...You test mix's so often the neighbors ask if you installed a color changing flood light

[Cookieman]

.....the neigbors keep threatening to call the cops every shoot on the holidays

.....everyone that goes into your toolbox asks you "are you making a bomb"

..... everytime theirs a professional dislay you try to figure out what stars they used.

..... people keep asking you to make m80s

..... everytime you see kitty litter you think "How can I make a better rocket nozzle"

.....everytime you bar BQ with charcoal you think of making a faster BP

.....everytime you see a comp.you want to change it and make it better.

.....people keep asking you why you have so many lighters if you don't smoke.

[pyrogeorge]

...you see cement powder and you imagine that it is BP

[dagabu]

...you pour water on the campfire to harvest the charcoal in the bottom.

 

(just did that last Sunday when burning grape vine clippings)

[50AE]

When you parents blame you for the smell of rotten eggs, even if you are innocent.

[Ventsi]

When a nap turns into a nightmare because your parents decide to fly to Europe the next day. And you can't get a certain pyro what you promised him...

[50AE]

You scared me

[Gunzway]

...when you see 'TT racks' in chemistry class and you're thinking of something entirely different to test tube racks.

[pyrochris732]

.....the neigbors keep threatening to call the cops every shoot on the holidays

.....everyone that goes into your toolbox asks you "are you making a bomb"

..... everytime theirs a professional dislay you try to figure out what stars they used.

..... people keep asking you to make m80s

..... everytime you see kitty litter you think "How can I make a better rocket nozzle"

.....everytime you bar BQ with charcoal you think of making a faster BP

.....everytime you see a comp.you want to change it and make it better.

.....people keep asking you why you have so many lighters if you don't smoke.

 

 

haah classic..

[TrueBluePyro]

You know you're a pyro when your shovelling cermet into a concrete mixer and instead of shovelling sand and gravel in you wish you where shovelling your favourite star comp in there.

[TrueBluePyro]

when you accidentally leave an empty nesquick can on your neighbors fence while their having a party and everyone retreats to the far end of their yard until one brave guest approaches with a broomstick and knocks it off the fence

note, after i turned back to get it i saw them all panicking and was trying to stop myself from laughing, after it was pushed of, just because i could, i let of a snap

 

your gonna make friends quick here mate

[oldguy]

When you have a..........Consumer Commodity ORM-D....................bumper sticker on your car or truck.

 

When instead of going fishing you spend a lot of time scrounging magnesium at scrap metal yards.

 

Whenever you see a machine shop, you stop & inquire if they ever work with magnesium, aluminum, exotic metals & if so, would they sell you the scrap powder, chips, turnings, or shavings.

 

When you offer to buy all the brake drum turnings they have from the local brake repair shop.

 

When you open an account with UNLINE to buy kraft mailing & shipping tubes.

 

When you read a Watco clear lacquer MSDS sheet to see exactly how much nitrocellulose resin is in it.

 

When you change brands of laundry soap, because the little plastic buckets are perfect for storing chemicals in.

 

When you keep a note pad in your glove box & jot down where dead willow trees are, complete with a GPS position.

Then get a firewood cutting permit, take a truck & chainsaw and go get them.

Edited January 29, 2011 by oldguy

[madmandotcom]

.when the manager of the local walmart had the charcoal moved to the opposite side of the garden section FAR away from the stump remover after having a few with you one night.

and the sulfur

 

when people try to prevent you form getting bored-otherwise you will start inducing combustion

when you don't even notice when you burn your hands

when your local dairy stops selling you lighters

when one of your smoker mates loses there lighter, they ask you for one before anyone else

when you spend hours just looking at the skylighter catalogue even though you have no intention of buying anything

[madmandotcom]

visco is your favorite brand of mattress

[MadMax]

When you have the shakers on your kitchen table labeled NaCl and BP - you know you're really bad if the BP is actually black powder and not black pepper.

 

When you don't have any clean dishes at the moment but never seem to have trouble finding a test tube or a clean mortar and pestle.

 

When you have shot glasses but use them for test tubes and just drink out of mini plastic cups instead.

 

When you are at the grocery store and ask them where the sucrose is.

 

When you get excited about finding a bunch of cardboard tubes in the trash on the side of the road.

 

When you see something for free and can't help but think "gee, I wonder if this has any pyrotechnic uses".

 

When your buds get pissed at you during movies whenever there's an explosion and you start explaining why that could never happen.

 

When all your friends mutually agree that your house is "the spot" if zombies ever attack.

 

When your hands have perpetual black and silver stains on them.

 

When the smell of burning sulfur brings a smile to your face.

 

When you keep backup fuses in your glove box at all times.

 

When your back yard has scorch marks all over the place.

 

When you tell everyone about your latest composition even if they know nothing about pyrotechnics or chemistry.

 

When your friends who hunt with muzzle loaders and are disappointed by their bp substitute pellets and you gladly accept them knowing you can probably find some use for them or modify them for something.

 

When your wife wonders why you need to stock up on so many ziplock bags, plastic spoons, and tupperware.

 

When the guy at the 7-11 recognizes you and always wonders why you need 20 spoon straws to eat 1 slush puppy.

 

When you've had at least one fight with your wife over your use of her hair drier.

 

When poeple ask you why you always carry a cigarette lighter even though you don't smoke.

 

When you usually have a piece of paper in your pocket titled "formulas to try" and the end of the day.

 

When people wonder why you need 5 different fire extinguishers, 2 boxs of baking soda and a bucket of sand.

 

When you are known in headshops for buying lots of digital scales but never anything else.

 

When the hair on the backs of your hands have gotten thin over the years.

 

When people don't even bother asking if they can smoke in your house.

 

When you go through more litter then your cat.

[madmandotcom]

you don't see it as a loss when your toaster breaks

[50AE]

... when you take a look at the snow near you and you wish it was potassium chlorate

... when sellers give a confused look at you, because instead of asking them for wallpaper glue, you name it carboxyl methyl cellulose.

... when you go near every lathe, cutter or miller into a workshop and touch any metal shavings or powder there. You lately ask the personal if you can take them with you.

... when you can spend a lot of time in a chinese shop, especially on the kitchen accessories part.

... when other friends become very impressed when you extinguish burning paper using your bare hand, which you consider as normal.

[Ralph]

... when sellers give a confused look at you, because instead of asking them for wallpaper glue, you name it carboxyl methyl cellulose.

 

No you do that because you wish to feel more intelligent and somehow superior to the person at the store not because your a pyro

 

 

[eggi96]

... when you can spend a lot of time in a chinese shop, especially on the kitchen accessories part.

 

 

haha so true 50AE

[eggi96]

when you need to do uni work and all you think about is going outside and lighting that rocket you made.

[eggi96]

when you ask your gf's dad to make you some tooling for your rockets on his lathe

[Peret]

... when you're hanging out on APC forum on Sunday afternoon when there are 1001 other things need doing around the house

[NightHawkInLight]

... when you're hanging out on APC forum on Sunday afternoon when there are 1001 other things need doing around the house

Indeed. 370 of them pyro related emails that need answering.

 

Also, when you get depressed at the price of industrial milling equipment, and would love to have such equipment cluttering your own backyard. That also may be an indication that I'm a redneck.