Re: [Paddlewise] expired flares

juliom_at_cisco.com wrote:
> 
> What do we do with the expired flares?
> 
> I tried to fire one last 4th of July.
> To avoid trouble with police and fire dept I chose to fire them
> in what I thought it was a controlled environment--the bathtub.
> 
> The thing must have bounce several times between walls and eventually
> found its way out of the shower and fell on the floor.  Everything
> was black around me, and the only thing I could see was that bright
> pink sparking thing on the floor.
> 
> I spend the rest of the weekend venting the smoke, cleaning up the
> black good from the bathroom walls, and changing the floor vinyl.
> 
> Lesson learned: do not try this at home. ;-)
> But in the experience I also learned that it would be extremely hard
> to fire one of those aerial flares with cold hands in rough seas.
> 
> Anyway, does anyone know where to fire aerial flares without getting
> in trouble?
> 
> - Julio
>

You might try the toilet. You know, fire and then slam the lid.

Please tell me that you were kidding about firing that in the tub..
If so, I can't wait to read your profile! :-)

James


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