Slydog
has rocks in the head
Member since February 2006
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Post by Slydog on Jul 28, 2007 18:34:21 GMT -5
Well, this afternoon, after a few days of phone tag, I had the privilege of meeting Wm7734, Bill. He is on vacation, and stopped over to see some of my latest rocks. Bill has lots of interesting stories about rocks----and did you know this guy built a cannon???!!!!! And the darn thing works--boom! Bill is shooting cannon balls! Wild story. We had a nice visit, gorgeous day for a change. I do thank Bill for stopping by. He can't figure out where all the rocks went to in Wisconsin----
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Post by parfive on Jul 28, 2007 20:51:01 GMT -5
"He can't figure out where all the rocks went to in Wisconsin---- "
Maybe he's not the only guy with a cannon. ;D
Rich
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stefan
Cave Dweller 
Member since January 2005
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Post by stefan on Jul 31, 2007 11:30:18 GMT -5
A cannon??? Reminds me of a little story from my youth>
My dad was in the navy- and they used to participate in war games and one of the things they did was toss REAL M-80's (not those whimpy ones you see now adays- but the real ones- something like an eighth of a stick of dnaymite) into the water and to let off smoke bombs on the ships- well after being discharged he brought home one of each of the explosives home- well 1976 was Americas 200th so he decided to set off the naval explosives (figuring they were 10 years old they probably would just fizzle out) First the smoke bomb- he lit it and we all ran- it popped witha great big FLOOOUP and started to smoke and smoke and smoke and soon the entire block was filled with thick grey smoke- People came running out of their houses to see what the hell was going on so dad figured it would be a good time to try the M-80- he lit it and we ran- BA_BOOM the entire block rock, dogs started barking everywhere, and for 3 or 4 days my ears were ringing- dad blew a nice divot into the lawn- mom hid from the neighbors for a couple weeks, the police started to cruise up and down the street- needless to say my dad has not been aloud near explosives since!
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Slydog
has rocks in the head
Member since February 2006
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Post by Slydog on Jul 31, 2007 19:27:44 GMT -5
Stefan-----your Dad totally rocks!!!!!!!
Nona
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Post by BuiltonRock on Aug 1, 2007 12:14:46 GMT -5
Stefan, I agree with Nona!
Nona, My dad's sister is named Nona, not many with that name around! I always liked her!
john
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