From someone who has spent a LOT of time around
explosives, his words, whether or not they are true, are relatively accurate. As a geologist working in the mines as my first job out of college I learned firsthand about the concussion that explosives (dynamite) create and they are remarkably like what is described in this thread. I have also used a lot of explosives in geophysics (kim-packs that are equivalent to about 1/3 of a stick of dynamite) and it is amazing what they will lift into the air. Twelve or thirteen sticks of dynamite placed correctly could easily pick up 13 or 14 feet of old oak tree stump. I am less convinced about one half sending a fence post into the air but it certainly could happen.

All of that said, I am glad today was a holiday as I could not stop laughing out loud as I read this. It is fairly accurate and really FUNNY.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 16 Feb 2009, 23:12, Reply)