[mpa] Fireworks at Joe's

[Lee Bussy]

Yeah, I think we met your "commitment". :)



On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Chad Dailey via MPA <mpa at kclo3.com> wrote:

> A very nice show and get-together, thanks to everyone for their
> hospitality and helping Shandah feel welcome!  I appreciate everyone's hard
> work to get it all put together, I've been remiss in my pyro duties this
> year due to other commitments.
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> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Dan Creagan via MPA <mpa at kclo3.com> wrote:
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>> Dale,
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>> Yes, several came by but couldn't stay to help - picked up their stuff
>> and left.  We started around 8:15 - hangovers and all.  It was a tough
>> weekend to have a big shoot. Many had to be with their families.   Joe
>> isn't capable of doing heavy work - his back is messed up - so someone had
>> to help break down racks, get all the guns, racks, modules, wire,
>> cardboard, foil and mess cleaned up else he would have killed himself
>> trying.  Gotta love him.
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>> I must have sweated out 10 bottles of water - it got warm towards noon in
>> that valley.  My truck was registering 95 degrees when I drove out at 2:00
>> or so - and it dropped to 88 up on Platteview.
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>> Were all your guns intact?  If not, I have spare tubes.
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>> Dan
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>> *From:* Dale Miller [mailto:drmiller at futuretk.com]
>> *Sent:* Monday, July 07, 2014 7:28 AM
>> *To:* Dan Creagan; Midlands Pyrotechnic Association Mailing List
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>> *Subject:* Re: [mpa] Fireworks at Joe's
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>> I was there between 6:30 & 7 am. Nobody around. I picked up my mortars
>> and left. I was not going to be able to stay too long anyway, but I did
>> show. Had a great time. Good company and great fireworks
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>> Glad I could help set up. Learned a few things too. Never too late for
>> this old dog.
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>> *From:* Dan Creagan via MPA <mpa at kclo3.com>
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>> *Sent:* Sunday, July 06, 2014 8:00 PM
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>> *To:* Midlands Pyrotechnic Association Mailing List <mpa at kclo3.com>
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>> *Subject:* Re: [mpa] Fireworks at Joe's
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>> Arc flash burns.  Sand in your eyes.  Got it bad when I was taking
>> welding school out of high school. ..  Guy next to me was helicarcing a
>> snow shovel (more like building a slab of aluminum) and I caught it out of
>> the periphery for about an hour.  Couldn’t see the next day.  Scared the
>> crap out of me.
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>> *From:* Michael Johnson via MPA <mpa at kclo3.com>
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>> *Sent:* Sunday, July 06, 2014 5:36 PM
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>> *To:* Lee Bussy <lee at bussy.org> ; Midlands Pyrotechnic Association
>> Mailing List <mpa at kclo3.com>
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>> *Subject:* Re: [mpa] Fireworks at Joe's
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>> I was looking forward to the fireworks display and setting up, ended up
>> with a bad case of arc flash burns on my eyes from
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>> welding on a project.
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>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Lee Bussy via MPA <mpa at kclo3.com> wrote:
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>> Sorry I bailed last night - we left right after the show and I got called
>> by our call center for some issues - spent the night on the phone talking a
>> client off the ledge.  We left the hotel at 11 and I never considered you'd
>> still be cleaning up.  Very sorry about that Danny.
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>> Thank you and everyone that helped. Special thanks to Joel for my
>> tinnitus.  Those Gabe Mort were spicy spicy.
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>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Dan Creagan via MPA <mpa at kclo3.com>
>> wrote:
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>> I wanted to thank all those who showed up on Saturday to help out.  We
>> got it going because of you!
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>> I was the only one from our club who showed up for cleanup this morning
>> but we finished about an hour ago and it is all done and locked away.
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>> I especially want to thank those who contributed.  I received about $1000
>> total from club members. That helped a lot.
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>> We shot about 35 cases of shells (retail value somewhere North of $6500)
>> which came from the ATF auction shells.  That means the actual price was
>> more like $2500 or so.  The contributions were significant! Joe must have
>> tossed in a big chunk of change for all the goodies and such.  Heck, we
>> were running a skid loader for about 8 hours - that had to be significant
>> all by itself.
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>> Pyros tend to pick shows apart and I wasn't pleased with some of the show
>> but in general I thought it was good.  To support that, we have received a
>> lot of messages and feedback from the audience - many said it was the best
>> they had seen down there.  My wife, daughter and son-in-law (and kids) and
>> neighbors came over and they were happy.
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>> I ended up with Ron's torch, a pair of Craftsman anvil cutters, and a
>> boatload of stuff that ended up being mostly Joe's.
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>> I'm sun baked, dehydrated, and happy.
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>> Dan
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