http://blog.skylighter.com/fireworks/2007/01/which-birds-nest-for-supper.html Confessions of a Fireworks Man - Harry Gilliam of Skylighter, Inc. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:59:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://blog.skylighter.com/fireworks/2007/01/which-birds-nest-for-supper.html/comment-page-1#comment-9199 jeff evans Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:18:58 +0000 http://bottlesparklers.com/skyblog/?p=59#comment-9199 Harry, I was fortunate enough say 35 years ago to cave the same cave" the birds nest soup" comes from.It's the batu neah cave in eastern malasia(BORNEO),there was no tourism there yet just a giude you tipped after he lead you through the different parts of the cave.At one point you had to do the military shuffle on your chest to get through it,then I slipped while traversing a steep path and slide about 50 feet nothing to hold onto landed in about 2 feet of bat shit.True story my gf at the time was with me!I smelled like shit for awhile.Bat pooh has a very distinct oder.The nest are about 200 feet on the ceiling of the cave the go up on flimsy bamboo poles pick the nest and back down,very dangerous I guess you had to be there! Jeff Harry,
I was fortunate enough say 35 years ago to cave the same cave” the birds nest soup”
comes from.It’s the batu neah cave in eastern malasia(BORNEO),there was no tourism there yet just a giude you tipped after he lead you through the different parts of the cave.At one point you had to do the military shuffle on your chest to get through it,then I slipped while traversing a steep path and slide about 50 feet nothing to hold onto landed in about 2 feet of bat shit.True story my gf at the time was with me!I smelled like shit for awhile.Bat pooh has a very distinct oder.The nest are about 200 feet on the ceiling of the cave the go up on flimsy bamboo poles pick the nest and back down,very dangerous I guess you had to be there! Jeff

]]> http://blog.skylighter.com/fireworks/2007/01/which-birds-nest-for-supper.html/comment-page-1#comment-88 rockyd999 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:48:53 +0000 http://bottlesparklers.com/skyblog/?p=59#comment-88 As a kid we took plastic float making material and made hot air balloons as you have described. We used 4-5 foot of this tubular material simular to the plastic you get from the dry cleaner. We would gather the top and tape it. We would use thin slivers of bamboo to make a hoop taped to the the bottom and suspend aluminum foil across the hoop with an aluminum foil cradel to hold fuel. We would lite them and release them on a cool evening without even a brease. Then listen on the radio for reports of UFO's. The tubes were 2' in diameter and 5-6 foot high and ranged in color from red, green, yellow, and blue. We had great fun in the late 60's and early 70's. It was great to be reminded of the great fun we had. As a kid we took plastic float making material and made hot air balloons as you have described. We used 4-5 foot of this tubular material simular to the plastic you get from the dry cleaner. We would gather the top and tape it. We would use thin slivers of bamboo to make a hoop taped to the the bottom and suspend aluminum foil across the hoop with an aluminum foil cradel to hold fuel. We would lite them and release them on a cool evening without even a brease. Then listen on the radio for reports of UFO’s. The tubes were 2′ in diameter and 5-6 foot high and ranged in color from red, green, yellow, and blue. We had great fun in the late 60′s and early 70′s. It was great to be reminded of the great fun we had.

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