26.06.2009, 19:24
Hi Nuk3m, hi Holy Grail,
Thanks for your responses. Obviously, I had no idea about your background, or where you grew up. The internet can be a strangely personal/impersonal place. I wrote it mainly, because the first thing that came to mind, were my mom's stories about her work as a nurse and social worker during and after WWII. Like any little boy, I used to like to play with fire crackers and the like
However, my mother told me a lot about kids she had treated, or whose families she had to visit, who had body parts blown off, etc., just as Nuk3m described.
One New year's Eve, my friends and I were playing with fire crackers just after midnight. I held four or five of the big ones (about the size of a really big highlighter felt pen) in my hand, trying to light the fuse of just one of them with a lighter. I did, and as I waited for the fuse to catch and as I was getting ready to throw the thing, suddenly the other firecrackers in my hand went off, because the flame must have caught more than one fuse. It nearly scared the living s..t out of me! :o
I had held so many firecrackers in my hand, I couldn't close my fingers around them. That's probably what saved me, because I didn't get a scratch. But that was the last time, I played with them for fun. :oops:
Anyway, just wanted to let you know, I have yet to make it to Romania, but I have been to the Czech Republic and to Prague (beautiful place!) and we have a few Romanian and Czech friends.
Take care,
RB
Thanks for your responses. Obviously, I had no idea about your background, or where you grew up. The internet can be a strangely personal/impersonal place. I wrote it mainly, because the first thing that came to mind, were my mom's stories about her work as a nurse and social worker during and after WWII. Like any little boy, I used to like to play with fire crackers and the like
However, my mother told me a lot about kids she had treated, or whose families she had to visit, who had body parts blown off, etc., just as Nuk3m described. One New year's Eve, my friends and I were playing with fire crackers just after midnight. I held four or five of the big ones (about the size of a really big highlighter felt pen) in my hand, trying to light the fuse of just one of them with a lighter. I did, and as I waited for the fuse to catch and as I was getting ready to throw the thing, suddenly the other firecrackers in my hand went off, because the flame must have caught more than one fuse. It nearly scared the living s..t out of me! :o
I had held so many firecrackers in my hand, I couldn't close my fingers around them. That's probably what saved me, because I didn't get a scratch. But that was the last time, I played with them for fun. :oops:
Anyway, just wanted to let you know, I have yet to make it to Romania, but I have been to the Czech Republic and to Prague (beautiful place!) and we have a few Romanian and Czech friends.
Take care,
RB