Around 8/13/2005 11:19 AM, Steve wrote:

I now have TWO full canisters of expired flares, both hand held and 12
gauge, with expiration dates that make them old enough to buy booze. I keep
the flares that are up to 3 years expired for backups, just in case, behind
the canisters of the unexpired flares.

I've asked 3 fire departments, 3 police officers, the USCG Auxiliary and the
USPS (Power Squadron, not the post office) and all I get is "I don't
know..." or, one fire department told me to take them out on the Chesapeake
Bay and fire them horizontally, preferably at Bayliners.

What do YOU do?

There's a collection bin at my friendly (non-chain) neighborhood marine
supply store... What /they/ do with them is anyone's guess.

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"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
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