39 years ago

Not sure what made me remember this it is funny. When I was about 19 yrs old, 39 years ago I reloaded bullets, make homemade fireworks and shot off dyamite like it was firecrackers. I accidently spilled some gun powder on the carpet of my car, I did not have a vaccuum so I brushed it around with my hand but it was still there somewhere in the carpet just not very noticable. One day I was driving down the highway doing 65 mph one of the wires on the new radio I had installed shorted out on something and the sparks landed on the carpet. About 1/4 lb of gun power went up in smoke in 1/10th of a second. My car filled up instantly with white smoke the smoke was so thick I could barely see the steering wheel. I held my breath and rolled the window down as fast as I could. I stuck my head out the window so I could breath and see to drive and pushed the brake to slow down at the same time. I pulled over to the side of the road and opened the doors smoke was pouring out all 4 doors. People driving by were all rubber necking as they went by. It burned a large black place in the carpet on the floor and I caughed for 30 minutes. It wasn't funny back then but it is now. LOL.