I remember those hot-air balloons as a kid! I favored ground-based paper bags flaming on the porch, with a surprise inside. Usually left on some authority figure's porch, such as a church office holder or teacher...you know, that would still be amusing even today. The police tend to frown on that kind of thing when you're 50 years old, however... On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Kim <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
As a careless teenager, my friends and I would occasionally launch our own UFO's, consisting of laundry bags, kite sticks and birthday candles. They could easily reach a couple of thousand feet in height before burning up, with flaming debris often raining down on our neighbors. I apologize if I inadvertently started anyone's house on fire.