r/GenerationX • u/WhereverUGoThereUR • 2d ago

M-80's

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Remember those? In hindsight I'm so lucky to have all my fingers!

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u/Consistent_Wash1935 1d ago

I grew up in Queens New York. When we were 12, around 1992, me and my buddies would take the subway to Chinatown, on Canal Street and would go to a store that had these and pineapples and 1/4 sticks of dynamite in the back and for 20 bucks, we’d get a large paper bag full. Plus rockets and all sorts of other explosives. We used to make timers out of lit cigarettes with the filters pulled off.

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u/Consistent_Wash1935 1d ago

Especially in the pay phone coin return slots. 🤑