When I was young and foolish...

Wolfeboro Matt · 08-23-2006, 03:43 PM

Great thread...

FLboater – It’s good to hear I wasn’t the only one who though tipping boats was a god idea. I used to flip Sunfish out in the middle of Wolfeboro Bay. For some reason I thought it was fun to upright them again. Not a good idea with the traffic out there nowadays.

And definitely do not try this one at home – I knew it was a bad idea and I was only 7 or 8 at the time. The “grownups” (if you could call them that) thought it would be a neat idea to take all the firework duds that failed to go off, put them in a card board box, douse them with lighter fluid, and ignite it. But wait, it gets better. Rather than do so on the beach (too close to the house), they put them on the swim dock. The wooden swim dock. Nothing but charred remains in the morning. (Mee-n-Mac – I figured for sure I was alone on this one.)

And of course there were the bottle rocket wars. Another brilliant concept.

08-23-2006, 03:43 PM	#25
Wolfeboro Matt Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: middleton, ma and wolfeboro, nh Posts: 85 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Boats and fireworks - a common theme Great thread... FLboater – It’s good to hear I wasn’t the only one who though tipping boats was a god idea. I used to flip Sunfish out in the middle of Wolfeboro Bay. For some reason I thought it was fun to upright them again. Not a good idea with the traffic out there nowadays. And definitely do not try this one at home – I knew it was a bad idea and I was only 7 or 8 at the time. The “grownups” (if you could call them that) thought it would be a neat idea to take all the firework duds that failed to go off, put them in a card board box, douse them with lighter fluid, and ignite it. But wait, it gets better. Rather than do so on the beach (too close to the house), they put them on the swim dock. The wooden swim dock. Nothing but charred remains in the morning. (Mee-n-Mac – I figured for sure I was alone on this one.) And of course there were the bottle rocket wars. Another brilliant concept.