Quote Originally Posted by hobbitsmoke
please, elaborate
I had this large metal and wood non-BB air-rifle that made a loud blast when you pumped it up and fired it. It was not mine originally, but was given to my by the mother of another kid in the neighborhood. It was probably made in the 1940's or early 50's. We found that by sticking the tip of the barrel in the ground, you could shoot dirt, pebbles, etc. out of it simply by the power of the blast. One time when we were fooling with it my friend pumped it up to the max, stuck it in some mud and dirt, and went to an avenue where the traffic was stopped by a red light. He walked up to a truck with an open window and shot the driver in the face. I don't remember exactly what happened since we both ran, but the driver got out of the cab and chased my friend.

We made "carpet guns" which shot pieces of linoleum through the air. I do remember aiming at open windows, the further the better, as this was before most people had air-conditioning.

Other times friends and I would break into basements of apartment buildings to help ourselves to boxes of old comic books, and other things. I wish I'd have saved the comics, as they'd probably be worth a fortune today.

Simply taunting and challenging older teenage kids, store owners, and other adults, was another thing my friends were fond of. I guess I was too, since I was with them.

One kid, who I stopped hanging out with because I found he was too crazy, was very adept with chemicals and explosives. He made a bomb that was thrown by some of his classmates into their public elementary school one night. This did a lot of damage and blew out windows not only of the school, but homes in the neighborhood as well. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. The perpetrators were caught, and my ex-friend claimed he didn't know the details of what his friends were going to do with the bomb, and that they'd just asked him to make it for them. I think that he was probably put on some kind of probation.