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Feb 25, 2022Liked by Brent Olson

This reminds me of the time I helped the kids make a potato gun

Just some scrap PVC pipes, bigger diameter at the bottom end for the chamber

Drill a hole in chamber, fill with either hairspray or WD-40

Insert potato or whatever vegetable that was handy, Light it up

What could go wrong???

Target was was the silo 300ft away

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I like the plot twist at the end... where it's your wife helping them, not you!

FYI, fire doesn't really follow a trail of black powder slowly along until it reaches a pile of the stuff and explode. Don't ask me how I know. 😱😏🙄

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Feb 26, 2022Liked by Brent Olson

Good old American ingenuity begins with taking backyard (or on the farm) risks. Love that your wife “helped,” and in the process facilitated and guided their curiosity (and safety).

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Feb 25, 2022Liked by Brent Olson

Love this! Your family is awesome!

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Feb 25, 2022Liked by Brent Olson

Oh, to be a kid again ... with an adventurous mother. Mine was a "river rat" with two college degrees and was my first fishing partner. She wasn't much for fireworks and explosions, however ... unless it was the "pop" of a open-mouthed catfish breaking the surface of the water as she jerked the pole (never a rod!) over her head.

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I like your wife's sense of adventure !

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Feb 25, 2022Liked by Brent Olson

Lol. She decided to help!

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Feb 25, 2022Liked by Brent Olson

So much difference in the lives of people in the big cities and us country folks in the Midwest !

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