Have an Explosive Fourth of July: West Des Moines Editor's Notebook
Fourth of July memories – or, have you seen my finger?
The potential for losing a finger or your hearing aside, if you’re a kid, is there any better place in the world to be on the Fourth of July than a state where fireworks are legal? During my trip to Missouri for a class reunion last weekend, I resisted temptation at the fireworks stands that dot the state line – not because I’m uptight about breaking interstate commerce laws, but because it was about 500 degrees and driving around for a week with a bunch of explosives near the fuel tank of my vehicle didn’t seem like a good idea. Maybe it would have been OK. They have to get from point A to point B somehow, probably by truck, and, presumably, this ground transportation doesn’t always occur in cold-weather months. But still. I wouldn’t …
Susan L. McAtee
3:22 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
As a kid, we had some of those M-80s. They sure seemed like a quarter stick of dynamite to me. I remember my dad blowing up a hunk of 2x4 into a million pieces. WOW, those were the days. I never really wanted to touch them myself but sure had fun watching. more ›