Gee, this all sounds like it was so much fun that I'm almost sorry that I wasn't My Evil Twin.

Then I could have made my own rocket propellant from melting saltpeter and sugar together or created a neat-o flare with K(MnO₃) and glycerin. I might have experimented with railroad flares, M-80s, cherry bombs, and thrown firecrackers at other people and even have had them go off in my fingers (which would have created quite a tingle). I could have taken apart .22 bullets and 12 gauge shells to get at the powder inside and even created my own blank cartridges.

So much I lost out on, praying all the time.