A friend of mine once made a steam-powered spud gun out a steel pipe and an industrial valve. That thing could do a lot of damage.It was a sight to behold.
I made a pneumatic spud weapon some years ago. Thereās plans on the google if you will. Basically itās not explosive in nature and seems to be much more powerful. The design had a barrel that went all the way through to the back end, and used a diagaphram to seal it. Only down side is once you start charging it up, you are committed to firing it.
I used to fold up red shop rags and wrap a little electrical tape around them. Like a badminton thingy. I could, and did, make a cast iron tractor axle housing (model A John Deere) ring like a bell when I hit it. With. A. Rag.
I also tried loading it with paintballs like the grapeshot of the Napoleonic era. I used two styrofoam cups bottoms to contain it prior to firing. The effect was less grapeshot and more ācone of paintā.
ah, good times.
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Tannerite?
Legal in the U.S.
If youāre not an ass about it anyways.
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Thatās why I like gun powder for my application
Also, I can fire 3-4 shots a minute if I were so inclined m
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Death! 
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We never really dieā¦
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Thatās true too
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Can I show you something?
Define death. Like brain dead?
Luckily for me I dont need to define it, Science already has:
āDeath is the permanent, irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organismā
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So, with that said.
I work in a hospital. Sometimes, we have patients who are certified brain dead. Say John Doe. We keep their body on life support, as they find places for the organs to go. When time, they harvest organs, and deliver them to the recipient.
Is John Doe dead by your definition? His organs are are still alive, keeping others alive.
Oh, if we are playing fantasies.
In that case you are correct.
Here are a couple more for you collectionā¦
ZOMBIES
PHOENIX
My definition doesnāt matter, but they are as the doctors define, ābrain deadā they are currently still alive, BUT they will die at some stage and remain dead , forever just like the rest of us
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How about your opinion? If John Doe has a heart in Jane, a Lung in Kyle, a Liver in Rick, etcā¦
Is John doe dead?
I see what you are getting at, I just like playing devils advocate. Plus it makes ya think.
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Did I already mention that this thread tends to lead to incredibly interesting discussions?
I tend to agree to that, simply because things donāt really disappear, they just change shapes (the old ice -> water -> steam thingy, or how energy is transformed and all thatā¦ my physics lessons are too long agoā¦). So, we die. And afterwards, we provide life again - if we rot, plants and animals will feed on us, if we get burnt, our ashes will make a soil more fertileā¦ and so on.
We are no longer a living, conscious being, but we are not āgoneā as well.
That being saidā¦ as an atheist, death is a tiny bit frightening for me. I donāt want my life to end, simply because I like the experiences I make, and it would be sooo nice if I could belive in something like ābeing reunited with all your loved ones in some afterlifeā.
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I personally like knowing that my atoms will recirculate into other organisms as they have for billions of years. Iām kinda glad I wonāt have a conscious afterlife, this one is tiring enough 
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