“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 403

There have been a couple of incidents recently involving old guys falling off boats into the water and dying.

I’m not making fun of them: mad props to these guys for being out there. But, as Lawrence put it: “Important safety tip: try not to fall off the boat.”

From the National Safety Council, circa 1972: “Find a Float”.

Bonus #1: in honor of the late Bobby Unser, “Hazards of Mountain Driving”.

Bonus #2: “Blasting Cap Danger” brought to you by the “Institute of Makers of Explosives” circa 1957.

I remember when I was young and reading “Boy’s Life”, every now and then they’d have a public service advertisement depicting various types of blasting caps and warning young Boy Scouts not to mess with them. My question was: why? Was there a real problem with people just leaving blasting caps lying around for kids to find?

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One Response to ““What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 403”

  1. Joe D says:
    May 8, 2021 at 2:30 pm

    I remember those blasting cap PSAs too.

    I always wanted to find some and blow something up.

    But yeah, looking back, it makes me wonder why they were on. Were there so many blasting caps just scattered randomly around? What happened to them?