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Cape Cod MINI · Sep 10th, 2004, 12:07 PM

Anyone see any good FIREWORKS DISPLAYS this past weekend?
Evan and I saw a great display in Seekonk, MA but I HEARD A RESOUNDING CACOPHONY of BLASTS coming somewhere from a south westerly direction.
John, did you see any?

Cape Cod MINI · Sep 10th, 2004, 06:31 PM

Come on John.

ice · Sep 10th, 2004, 08:20 PM

We saw a combination arial/ground display that was damn near deadly in its spectacularity. It was dark so I could not tell who was the pyrotechnician but whoever it was, was a genius (or madman). There were shells shooting high into the sky and suddenly they were shooting horizontally. I would have guessed this was random but the fact that no one was killed indicates the display was carefully orchestrated and controlled. By the time it was over, the sounds of party guests shouting hopefully for their loved ones in the heavy smoke all around the pond signalled the end of a memorable display. And Max, get this, we didn't lose a single duck! There was this one guy who was limping a little but hey, that is a small price to pay for such grandeur.

jcsinnh · Sep 11th, 2004, 01:36 AM

I called Atlas Fireworks yesterday and tried to speak with Steve Pelkey, a fellow I've met a few times and the owner as well as a world famous pyrotechnician. If you saw the PBS firworks special, you saw Steve and his crew. He uses music a lot.

Anyway, he was unavailable so I asked this guy how fast a charge might be moving as it comes out of this box called the Firefly. He wasn't sure but thought 80-95 mph was a reasonable guess. My left leg agrees.

Remember kids, do not try this blah, blah, blah. A scary moment but, as the ice man said, 3 good things came from it. 1. Nobody was hurt (yeah, right) 2. No major forest fires were started that were not extinguished quickly. 3. (Until now) Nobody knew it was me setting those things off.

MaxaMini · Sep 26th, 2004, 06:46 AM

Nice work John but you really do need to get more vertical. I'm verticaly impaired in some areas of my life

but my pyrotechnics are launched well off the horizontal axis without fail. Isn't that why sunroofs are made?

And being mobile it makes it all the more difficult for John Law to pinpoint your location.

Sep 10th, 2004, 12:07 PM	#1
Cape Cod MINI Exposing the Beast Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cape Cod, MA Local Time: 12:54 AM Posts: 5,365 Offline	Labor Day Fireworks Anyone see any good FIREWORKS DISPLAYS this past weekend? Evan and I saw a great display in Seekonk, MA but I HEARD A RESOUNDING CACOPHONY of BLASTS coming somewhere from a south westerly direction. John, did you see any? Missing my buddies Dan and Ed but glad I have two angel buddies, And on a quest to Right Secco's Wrongs

Sep 10th, 2004, 06:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cape Cod MINI Exposing the Beast Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cape Cod, MA Local Time: 12:54 AM Posts: 5,365 Offline	Come on John. Missing my buddies Dan and Ed but glad I have two angel buddies, And on a quest to Right Secco's Wrongs

Sep 10th, 2004, 08:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
ice MINI2 Master Join Date: May 2003 Location: Connecticut Local Time: 04:54 AM Posts: 933 Offline	We saw a combination arial/ground display that was damn near deadly in its spectacularity. It was dark so I could not tell who was the pyrotechnician but whoever it was, was a genius (or madman). There were shells shooting high into the sky and suddenly they were shooting horizontally. I would have guessed this was random but the fact that no one was killed indicates the display was carefully orchestrated and controlled. By the time it was over, the sounds of party guests shouting hopefully for their loved ones in the heavy smoke all around the pond signalled the end of a memorable display. And Max, get this, we didn't lose a single duck! There was this one guy who was limping a little but hey, that is a small price to pay for such grandeur. Click Here For Coolness 2003 LY/B JCW-S

Sep 11th, 2004, 01:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
jcsinnh MINI2 Master Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: fools & tools proof Local Time: 11:54 PM Posts: 4,856 Offline	Just call me sparky I called Atlas Fireworks yesterday and tried to speak with Steve Pelkey, a fellow I've met a few times and the owner as well as a world famous pyrotechnician. If you saw the PBS firworks special, you saw Steve and his crew. He uses music a lot. Anyway, he was unavailable so I asked this guy how fast a charge might be moving as it comes out of this box called the Firefly. He wasn't sure but thought 80-95 mph was a reasonable guess. My left leg agrees. Remember kids, do not try this blah, blah, blah. A scary moment but, as the ice man said, 3 good things came from it. 1. Nobody was hurt (yeah, right) 2. No major forest fires were started that were not extinguished quickly. 3. (Until now) Nobody knew it was me setting those things off. Lawdy, Lawdy, the Cross I bear.

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MaxaMini Privileged & Gifted Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Area 51 Local Time: 12:54 AM Posts: 8,138 Offline	Nice work John but you really do need to get more vertical. I'm verticaly impaired in some areas of my life but my pyrotechnics are launched well off the horizontal axis without fail. Isn't that why sunroofs are made? And being mobile it makes it all the more difficult for John Law to pinpoint your location.

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