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hunter

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8. Both my grandfathers remembered buying dynamite in the hardware stores.

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Original post)

Sun May 26, 2019, 04:13 PM

May 2019

My mom had a friend who blew his hand off as a young man.

Alas, I had to make my own explosives.

Fortunately the agricultural chemical store would sell anything to a kid driving his dad's truck.

But blasting caps were getting a little hard to get by then.

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Was there a time when we were awash with blasting caps everywhere? [View all] ThoughtCriminal May 2019 OP

Sometimes I wonder how we made it through childhood. hlthe2b May 2019 #1

those were the days! rampartc May 2019 #2

Willie Mays Adsos Letter May 2019 #3

When I was a kid in the '50s abqtommy May 2019 #4

And there were signs near blasting areas ThoughtCriminal May 2019 #5

I can recall seeing those signs up in the Sierra. Adsos Letter May 2019 #6

Back in the 60s and 70s blasting caps were easy to obtain where I lived. PufPuf23 May 2019 #7

Both my grandfathers remembered buying dynamite in the hardware stores. hunter May 2019 #8

Yes - half the kids in my'50's and early '60's neighborhood lost hands to them jpak May 2019 #9

Wouldn't say we were awash with them but plenty were used.... KY_EnviroGuy May 2019 #10