Stephen wrote:

> What I did as a kid was to make my own fireworks and explosives. I nearly
> blinded myself I was so good.

Heh, I convinced my mom to purchase potassium permanganate from the 
local pharmacy. She thought I was going to use it to grow crystals (huh, 
huh) No. I proceeded to take it out to the back porch, dump a little 
pile of it in a small tin, and drip just a few drops of glycerin on it. 
Waited for a few minutes for the 1 or 2 foot high purple jet.

Needless to say, mom didn't purchase any unknown chemicals at the 
pharmacy anymore.

...

Oh, God. I hope my son doesn't turn out like me. Then again, maybe I do? 
Hmmm. Just so long as he doesn't do something like this:

http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html

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