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Fireworks in Seekonk
We went to setup a fireworks show in Seekonk, private affair at a very posh golf club. We were the first folks on-site, and made some Caddyshack references as we gazed out upon the greensward and sand-pit assigned to us. We grabbed hammers, got stuff done in record time. Fusees (flares) were lit, and much glorious blamming ensued. Then the finalle was fired.
This is when everything went wrong...
Date: 07/02/2007
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 Stew outside his natural habitat
 
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Date: 06/30/2007
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Stew nearly challenged the locals to a game of 'upper-class twit' when they started to play through. c'mon, it's a good monty python reference. 06/30/2007
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 lounging in the shade
 
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Date: 06/30/2007
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Muse made one of many Caddyshack references, in rather poor taste. Please note that his car is worth less than the insurance premium on most of the other cars in the lot. 06/30/2007
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 off to scout the site
 
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Date: 06/30/2007
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trudging off to scout the site. Please note the freaky 'lion, the witch & the wardrobe' lamp that they'd stuck out there. It's the middle of the frigging practice range... 06/30/2007
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 setting up the racks
 
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Date: 07/01/2007
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like most simple torch shows, you spend most of your morning throwing around lumber and driving nails. 07/01/2007
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 stew loading 3" chains
 
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Date: 07/01/2007
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07/01/2007
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 everyone loves a good solid 8"... shell.
 
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Date: 07/01/2007
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everyone loves a good solid 8"... shell. 'nuff said. 07/01/2007
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 view down the center of the columns
 
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Date: 07/01/2007
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view down the center of the columns, racks were angled away from the viewing area (and camera). we had wind blowing towards the viewing area, and the parking lot behind. These folks don't appreciate hot cinders falling on their Porsches and Alfas. 07/01/2007
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 view across the columns
 
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Date: 07/01/2007
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Finale racks to the right. the top of the 8"s are sticking out of the sandpit in the middle. 07/01/2007
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 this is when things went wrong...
 
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Date: 07/01/2007
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this is when things went wrong. the finale was fired, and we had several low-breaks and 2 flowerpots that never lifted out of the tubes. 07/01/2007
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 low-altitude blamming has commenced...
 
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Date: 07/01/2007
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in addition to the low breaks, we had one of the tubes thrown out of the rack. Stew took home the bottom plug as a souvenir. 07/01/2007
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 pat goes for broke
 
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Date: 07/01/2007
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While the rest of us were running around like chickens with their heads cut off, Pat makes the call and mashes all the remaining firing squibs and sets of the rest of the racks. This is not a callous attempt to burn us all alive, it's known as 'the show must go on'. 07/01/2007
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 remains of the 6" finale rack
 
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Date: 07/01/2007
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remains of the 6" finale rack. two of the tubes were blown open like a cartoon shotgun when Daffy puts his finger in the barrel. 2x4" shrapnel made it most of the way to the safety fence. 07/01/2007
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 it dun blowed up
 
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Date: 07/01/2007
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another view of the ravaged 6" racks. 07/01/2007
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 one of the blown tubes
 
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Date: 07/01/2007
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this is what happens when a 6" shell fails to clear the firing mortar before it's display charge goes off. 07/01/2007
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