It probably didn't seem as funny at the time as it does now! I wonder what extra excitement there might have been if a couple of the .22LR's had been in the same pocket.
stan On Feb 3, 2012, at 11:31 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: > On 2012-02-03 19:57, Larry Colen wrote: > >> Sometimes flash works, but mostly, it just sucks. > > Like those "flash cubes" for the old 110 and 126 instamatics. :-) You could > hold one in your hand, and use a finger or thumb nail to release a little > wire on the base and fire the bulbs one by one. > > OK, you folks will "get" this. > > When I was a kid, my dad was heavily into photography. He had a stupefying > array of different flash bulbs for different camera and flash systems. We're > about to go on vacation, or Christmas is coming up or something. Anyway, Dad > needs "batteries and bulbs" (euphemism for a paper bag full of various > batteries, bulbs, roasted peanuts, caramels, Mary Janes, 0.22LR rounds, > Hoppes #9, and stuff). We load the family up and go to the local K-Mart > department store. Get Dad's selection of stuff, pay our tab, and head toward > the car. We're leaving the store four-abreast, my brother on the left, my > mom, my dad, and me on the right. We get maybe 30 feet out the door and, out > of the corner of my eye, I see my dad's front pants pocket "brighten". About > three seconds later, Dad is dancing quite the little jig! He'd put a > collection of coins, pocket knife, batteries, and "live" flash bulbs in the > same pocket. At some point, enough things connected, and three of the bulbs > went off at once, vaporizing their tungsten, and creating quite a bit of heat > in the process. It took about two weeks for Dad's blisters to heal. > > -- > Doug "Lefty" Franklin > NutDriver Racing > http://NutDriver.org > Facebook "NutDriver Racing" > Sponsored by Murphy > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
