Coming up on the 54 year anniversary.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPM
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    4 months ago

    Now there’s a blast from the past - I remember this doing the rounds back in the day when you had to figure out the right codecs to watch something.

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      4 months ago

      I was born after the event, but when I was in cub scouts, long before the internet, one of my fellow scouts’ parents worked for the news station that shot this piece and brought a VHS of it to a meeting once. It became a legend at our school to the extent that the parent later gave a copy to the school to show to kids so they wouldn’t be left out of the fun.

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    4 months ago

    well that was SOO worth it. thank you.

    when the guy questioned how much explosive it would take I started giggling pretty good. like who the fuuuuck thought THIS was the best idea? lmao

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    4 months ago

    You know someone pitched the idea as a bullshit excuse to use a bunch of dynamite and everyone jumped on the bandwagon. For anyone who does not know, Florence OR is this little seaside town with not that much going on.

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    4 months ago

    Yes my favorite example of “unusual problems require unusual solutions.*”

    *Your mileage may vary.