[GeoStL] Re: [GeoStL]Now: gunpowder, was: Our world has gone crazy!!!!!

  • From: "GC-RGS" <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:35:55 -0500

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Jim,

I used to buy all my gunpowder supplies (sulpher and saltpeter) at Old
Orchard pharmacy in Webster. We learned that adding powdered aluminum along
with the charcoal make it burn much brighter and worked great in our little
pipe and carbide cannons. This was in the early 50's before drugs so it's
all we had to keep busy.

Rich

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Everman" <everman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 9:22 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Our world has gone crazy!!!!!


> -
> rcope2 wrote:
>
> > "For what its worth",  I'm 41.  So old I can remember when the "Buffalo"
> > roamed "Springfield".  Can I still get the bonus points?
>
>  Buffalo Springfield is/was a machine shop in Springfield, Ohio.
> Richie Furay's dad owned Furay's Drugs in Yellow Springs, Ohio (about
> 25 miles south of Springfield). Teen through twenties I lived part way
> in between the towns. I had a friend who worked at Buffalo Springfield
> and use to buy my gunpowder makings at Furay's Drugs (he sold a lot of
> odd stuff).
>
>  I was 41 once.. (also 51, also 61). :-)
>
> -- 
>    Jim Everman       mailto:everman@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>                      http://webusers.Anet-STL.com/~everman/

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