The "I learned something today" thread.
- Thread starter Chris
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I learned if you get the really BIG salute artillery shells and light them off in downtown Rochester while waiting for the planned July 4th Fireworks to begin.......the police are going to pay you a visit. My son loves fireworks so we made a trip to Wisconsin (have for several years). He asks the guy at the store - what are your biggest salute shells?? - and he buys a 6 pack of them with the launch tub included.
Not gonna lie - when we set-up off the first one....a little voice told me that was going to piss somebody off. It was LOUD! You could hear a car alarm start going off a few blocks away to give you an idea of how loud it was. We have 5 more to shoot off so we get after it. Got to #5 when RPD rolled up and told us to knock it off. Specifically mentioned the car alarm as why he came over.....lol. So we took one shell home with us - I'm sure our neighbors enjoyed it when we set it off the next night.
The people around us enjoyed our show - got several thank you's. Especially because Rochester smooched the pooch and the show was cancelled due to technical problems and weather that rolled in shortly after 10 PM. All in all - one heck of 4th of July if you sat near us (we were shooting off stuff for almost an hour - saving the salutes because we KNEW they might be a problem).
Not gonna lie - when we set-up off the first one....a little voice told me that was going to piss somebody off. It was LOUD! You could hear a car alarm start going off a few blocks away to give you an idea of how loud it was. We have 5 more to shoot off so we get after it. Got to #5 when RPD rolled up and told us to knock it off. Specifically mentioned the car alarm as why he came over.....lol. So we took one shell home with us - I'm sure our neighbors enjoyed it when we set it off the next night.
The people around us enjoyed our show - got several thank you's. Especially because Rochester smooched the pooch and the show was cancelled due to technical problems and weather that rolled in shortly after 10 PM. All in all - one heck of 4th of July if you sat near us (we were shooting off stuff for almost an hour - saving the salutes because we KNEW they might be a problem).
Dude pulled a Forest Gump level result on old Ho Chi Minh.
Lead-acid batteries have two different size terminals (F1 and the larger F2). If you order this battery online you are guaranteed to get the wrong size terminal for your needs, and finding a local hardware store that carries the 1.49 adapter is next to impossible. But I'm not bitter.
