SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — A man was seriously injured Saturday in an apparent explosion inside the same Utah home where police found a cache of weapons and explosives in July.
Sometimes it helps to be taught early. I grew up with an uncle who lost a hand in a dynamite accident and, later, in junior high, a kid lost a hand to a CO2 cartridge stuffed with match heads. Graphic evidence that uncontrolled bangs are best left to someone else.
Meh. Grew up hearing stories from Dad about how he and his friends used to sit around a stick of dynamite and wait to get bowled over from it going off. Subtle lesson was "Don't do this, but if you do, don't put ANYTHING over the stick more dense than toilet paper."
Back in the mid 70's, on Wide World of Sports, they used to have dynamite bucket challenges. place a bucket on its side, put dynamite in open bucket, sit behind the bottom of the bucket, and wait for the explosion. Looked really dangerous until Dad explained the physics behind it. That competition ended when one guy tried to sit on an overturned bucket with a stick of dyno under it.
Sometimes it helps to be taught early. I grew up with an uncle who lost a hand in a dynamite accident and, later, in junior high, a kid lost a hand to a CO2 cartridge stuffed with match heads. Graphic evidence that uncontrolled bangs are best left to someone else.
ReplyDeleteMeh. Grew up hearing stories from Dad about how he and his friends used to sit around a stick of dynamite and wait to get bowled over from it going off. Subtle lesson was "Don't do this, but if you do, don't put ANYTHING over the stick more dense than toilet paper."
ReplyDeleteBack in the mid 70's, on Wide World of Sports, they used to have dynamite bucket challenges. place a bucket on its side, put dynamite in open bucket, sit behind the bottom of the bucket, and wait for the explosion. Looked really dangerous until Dad explained the physics behind it. That competition ended when one guy tried to sit on an overturned bucket with a stick of dyno under it.