TheEskimo Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 Meh...he made me mad when he flipped out on you, scarbelly. So I added some comments.Oh yeah, scarbelly, how did the hemis work out for ya?
scarbelly Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) Yeah thank you. It really confused me.I haven't been able to test them out yet. I am waiting on an order from pyrodirect for mortar tubes and rice hulls. It should be here tomorrow. But I probably won't be able to test them until like 3 or 4 weeks from now because schools about to start and what with summer homework and vacations to other cities, life's becoming very stressful. But I'll let you know how they go and hopefully post on youtube. Anyways, another occasional depression:A really dumb kid I know was instant messaging a friend and me (the friend, I was just there with my friend) and the dumb kid (we'll call him A) said he was like 3 times better than me at pyrotechnics (yes he used that term). I seriously doubted the likelihood of A's comment (even though I'm a beginner), so i later IMed him and asked him how it was that he was better than me and he responded with this: "A:What bombs can you makeA: HOW DO YOU MAKE TOUCH EXPLOSIVES *incorrect racist term*A: HOW ABOUT A NAIL BOMB?A: PIPE BOMB?A: FERTILIZER BOMB?A: HYDROGEN EXPLOSIONA: NAPALMA: GRENADESA: MATCH BOMBA: SHALL I GO ON?A: THERMITEA: c4A: alright dude what are you trying to do call me out on good I am blowing shit up? I've blown up a lot of shit ion my day." He then proceeded to tell me that he has only made about half of that anyways... And I kind of doubt even that. Edited August 9, 2009 by scarbelly
The-T Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1W_yhAvNFw...re=channel_page At 3:36 I could hardly watch any longer. Also when he said that crackler bombs are made of little black powder pearls. His little medecine container of flash pissed me off as well. I thought it was funny however that he thinks 20 grams of black powder is a lot, and that he has "black powder" and "meal powder" both of which are the same DaAaaAh!!. I lykz k3wl bomzz!!! Hah, "Super big fuse"
TrueBluePyro Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 wow, I think I would just said rite then and in CAPS..."UR A KE3L!!!!" or you could break it to him slowly..."U do know ur a kewl right?" or "U do know that u know shit about pyrotechnics, and ur a kewl....(and then you can talk about real pyrotechnics)" Anyway, by the looks of that I think he might have his mind set and he still might think, no matter what you say, that he is not kewl and that is still pyrotechncis.
scarbelly Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 I don't think he knows enough about pyro to even know what I meant if I had told him he was a k3wl. I told him that that was explosives and not pyrotechnics. He didn't even know what an aerial shell was.
NightHawkInLight Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 You guys gotta cool it about these k3wls. Despite what they are now, they are likely the sort of person who in a year or two will be yet another pure pyrotechnic if guided in the right direction. Don't you think we could use all we can get to put out a good example? Instead of a verbal beat down in response to whatever comments they throw back your way, give them a link to a respectable pyrotechnic knowledge base that supports your point of view. Send them here, where the whole group of us can get them going in the right direction. They might go straight and be with us for life. If enough people that are currently making bom*z would see the light it might offer a clear distinction to the general public of what separates us from them. Honestly, at this rate this is a dying hobby, we need more right minded members.
scarbelly Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) NightHawkInLight: You're definitely right about that kid on the video i mentioned. I am now talking to him about how he can get to the safer side of things and on the good side of his parents and such. He has shown himself to be somewhat reasonable and is definitely interested in more than just bombs.However, the kid I posted who was yelling in all caps at me is different. I know that he is not going to change. He's the kind of kid who is addicted to all kinds of drugs, plays world of warcraft all the time, and thinks he knows everything about everything. I know him personally, and he's not even into fireworks one bit. Now I can't deny that you are correct about many k3wls and that one only needs to help guide them in the right direction rather than making fun of them. Personally, I think me posting that video was a bit uncool and unnecessary and I am trying to right the wrong at the moment. Edited August 10, 2009 by scarbelly
Mumbles Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 I agree. Think back to when you first got started and interested. How many of you found something like the anarchist cookbook, and the like, and thought you were so cool? Newbies never think that they are until several years later when they look back on what they've done, and cringe. I could name half a dozen people like this who are in stage 1 from the forum right now.
scarbelly Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 I'm definitely one of them. I'm practically brand new to this wonderful hobby (as far as experience goes). I never made bombs, and I'm glad. Its just when people refuse to accept that they're not experts that it is bothersome.
Mumbles Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 I mean those that are beginners and don't accept it, or acknowledge it. You are quite grounded with your experience.
Richtee Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Well...I thought it was just a bad sprain, but my ankle has 2 seperate hunks that SHOULD be attached. Fuck. Off to the ortho-dude.
TheSidewinder Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Ewwwww!!! That description made me cringe. Hope whatever went wrong, isn't serious. Details??
Richtee Posted August 20, 2009 Posted August 20, 2009 Ewwwww!!! That description made me cringe. Hope whatever went wrong, isn't serious. Details?? A puppy, a 4' deck and Jim Beam. Chasing that little sucker around the deck and he jumped off..and so did I. Right onto a rock I din't see. Just got back from the Doc... 2 screws and 4 weeks no weight on it, next Wed. One part was just a displacement, but the end of the tibia popped off. Contacted my disability insurer whom I have been paying for almost 20 years. They better pony up. Shit... do happen I guess. I'll be fine eventually... they asked me how the hell I been walking the last two weeks. I dunno? I'm not a pussy?" LOL
TheEskimo Posted August 20, 2009 Posted August 20, 2009 (edited) Owehhh...my ankle hurts just reading that...... Edited August 20, 2009 by TheEskimo
TheSidewinder Posted August 20, 2009 Posted August 20, 2009 Sweet Jesus! That really sucks. And it does surprise me that you were able to walk on it for so long before getting it fixed. Not sure if that's machismo or stupidity, though.
Aimlesspayload Posted August 22, 2009 Posted August 22, 2009 It won't f-ing rain! I can't do my first lampare until the woods around my house is soaked. For the past 4 days the forecast has consistently been rain all day... but it never rains!
50AE Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Yesterday, the son of the second wife of my divorced father, not in our family bloodline, but almost like a brother has quit our world yesterday . He was 28 years old, he was a very good guy, I remember chatting with him, playing online with him, going out together, sharing things and so much, now he is just gone. Weird world, I tell you. How his mother will bear it, he was its only son
Swede Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Don't EVER BALL MILL RED GUM! I didn't know it could not be milled. I got my 2 pound "free chunky red gum" bonus from Skylighter months ago, and only now got around to trying to break it down into a finer powder. I loaded my best jar with it, added media, and milled for 4 hours. When I opened it, all I saw was media. Weird. I upended the jar, and it was nothing but red stainless media. No powder at all. Looking in the jar, all I could see was a red interior. The red gum had been hammered into a coating on the walls of the jar that was like epoxy! Screwdrivers, chisels, barely scratched it. It was unbelievable. The only way to get it out was to add a pint of ethanol, and mill some more. What poured out was like red syrup. I am trying to evaporate the ethanol, and recover the red gum, but what a titanic mess. All I want to do now is save my best mill jar and get it cleaned up.
TheEskimo Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Swede, I got that bonus. Thanks for milling it before I did. Now I think I'll go at it with a hammer, or something. A baseball bat, and a soup can works well, too.
flying fish Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Chunky style red gum really is a pain in the ass, aint it? I recently aquired some of the air-milled stuff. So...much...better. My chunky style also posseses an odd smell which the air milled stuff doesn't. I wonder if there is some junk in there along with the red gum. Oh yeah...Depression. A good friend of mine...both her parents are in the hospital (for different reasons). They are both "probably" going to be OK, but I can't imagine how stressfull this is for her. Heck, it's stressing me out and I don't even know her parents that well. I don't feel like I've been very productive myself. I've spent obscene amounts of time on this forum, and other places on the internet in the last few days...yet I've only spent a little time on homework, which I'm quickly becoming very behind on. Severe case of senioritis I guess... This is my last term (semester) of undergrad. If the admins knew what was best for me, they'd ban me from the forums .
TrueBluePyro Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 buggar, that must suck swede, muct be why red gum is air milled.
Swede Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 After three days, the red syrup (2 pounds red gum in maybe 16 ounces ethanol) has not reduced in volume significantly. The stuff forms a skin which locks in the ethanol, and short of artificial heat, I don't think there is any way to recover the red gum. Then I had a thought - I could bottle the syrup and call it "concentrated red gum tincture" or something, and it might possibly see some use... if it can be drizzled into a comp, and be reasonably distributed by mixing, it might do the job it was supposed to do in the first place. Otherwise, it's a waste. The chunks were really hard before I attempted milling. Placing the chunks in a heavy plastic bag, and hammering the bag with a rubber mallet, resulted in a split bag. I think the only way to powder it would be to add it to a stout container and flog it into submission with a large dowel rod end or some sort of rammer. Or, perhaps this would be a case where a coffee mill might be superior to a ball mill.
Ralph Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 probably why it was free does any one know were i might be able to buy some silicon powder my problem is i live in Australia so every supplier i have tried has refused to post to me
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