GR translation: rum-smoky, dynamite man

[Mike Jing]

I did find this on Wikipedia.  It was the "man" that threw me off.  Now it makes sense.  Thanks, everyone.

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> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:17:24 -0700
> Subject: Re: GR translation: rum-smoky, dynamite man
> From: jedkelestron at gmail.com
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
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> And then there's the one that actually looks like a big red
> firecracker (wick on end of tube) and is called a quarter stick:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_stick