I thought we were the only ones that did that! Bonus if you could find two holes that connected. The gas would accumulate between them and you'd get an extra loud boom. We had a little creek that ran through our neighborhood that was the source of our crawdads and their holes.
I used to find them that big down by our church pond. I caught one in our creek once (only about 4" long) and put him in my fish tank. He started out brown, but after being in the clean water and molting a couple of times he turned blue. They sell those in pet shops as "blue lobsters" and charge a pretty penny for them. They're just crawdads though.
I used to find them that big down by our church pond. I caught one in our creek once (only about 4" long) and put him in my fish tank. He started out brown, but after being in the clean water and molting a couple of times he turned blue. They sell those in pet shops as "blue lobsters" and charge a pretty penny for them. They're just crawdads though.
You have to get the ones that have just molted for bait (soft shells). We used to fish with them up on Lake Freeman/Tippecanoe River. They made special hooks for them that were kind of like little harnesses.
Another thing we did with carbide was make tennis ball cannons (kind of like potato guns). Back then pop cans were made out of steel instead of paper-thin aluminum. We'd cut the ends out of all of them except the bottom of the bottom can, duct tape them end to end to make our cannon, punch a small ignition hole in the side of the bottom can. Add carbide, a little water then the tennis ball (which would stop at the bottom "ridge" of the top can), let the gas accumulate then stick a match in the ignition hole. They were about as loud as a 12 gauge and had quite a kick. They'd send the tennis ball up so high that it would almost go out of sight.
Another thing we did with carbide was make tennis ball cannons (kind of like potato guns). Back then pop cans were made out of steel instead of paper-thin aluminum. We'd cut the ends out of all of them except the bottom of the bottom can, duct tape them end to end to make our cannon, punch a small ignition hole in the side of the bottom can. Add carbide, a little water then the tennis ball (which would stop at the bottom "ridge" of the top can), let the gas accumulate then stick a match in the ignition hole. They were about as loud as a 12 gauge and had quite a kick. They'd send the tennis ball up so high that it would almost go out of sight.
I bought a Big Bang cannon a few years ago that uses carbide powder and water for its charge, ignited by a spark from a flint. It makes a pretty loud bang!
Was that the Drano and aluminum foil or something "bombs"?We made noisemakers from 2 liter soda bottle, put [common household items] inside. Shake it up and step away.
Some kids in KY got a visit from the BATFE and Homeland Security for doing the same thing.
Some people used to use either lighter fluid or even hairspray instead of carbide for the cannons. Carbide worked so much better though. I mean, it makes freakin' acetylene gas!We made noisemakers from 2 liter soda bottle, put [common household items] inside. Shake it up and step away.
Some kids in KY got a visit from the BATFE and Homeland Security for doing the same thing.
Pro tip: Do NOT make a trail of gasoline on snow and light it. As the gasoline burns and melts the snow, it also spreads across the top of the melting snow. We did it in our front yard as a kid and had a helluva time getting it stomped out. I was a latch key kid in case you hadn't guessed...
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