The things we did as kids back in the day would gobsmack most nowadays. Saltpetre and sugar smoke bombs, match head rockets , stuffing a .22 through your handlebars as you pedaled through the city to get to your favorite gopher patch. Used to be able to buy firecrackers at the corner store. That disappeared 40 years +ago. You used to be able to go to the gas station, buy a case of oil filters and get a Martini henry thrown in as a bonus. Ef'fen social engineering.