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04-17-2005, 10:29 AM
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Country:  | Hi Fly, when I was a kid and we had too many models we used play a game where each throw of a dice starting at the back of the garden/yard you would move your model closer too the house one spot equaling 6 inches your opponant would sit by the back door with his air rifle and would take one shot then you would roll again. The winner would be (after taking it in turns with each others models and the rifle) the person whose plane got the closest to the ack ack and still had at least one wing on.
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04-17-2005, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by trackend Hi Fly, when I was a kid and we had too many models we used play a game where each throw of a dice starting at the back of the garden/yard you would move your model closer too the house one spot equaling 6 inches your opponant would sit by the back door with his air rifle and would take one shot then you would roll again. The winner would be (after taking it in turns with each others models and the rifle) the person whose plane got the closest to the ack ack and still had at least one wing on. |  I LOVE IT - WE GOTTA PLAY SOMETIME
TRACK - I LIKE YOU, YOU'RE A SICK MAN!
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04-17-2005, 01:33 PM
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Where I lived as a boy the ground was very heavy clay so we used to dig up a lump sort of base ball size then knead it same as for potting clay. Next you found yourself a really whippy stick (willow was best ) about 2 -3 ft long then you mould a marble sized ball on the end of your pugh stick, with a bit of practice you could send your clay blob well over 100 yards. We used to divide into 2 teams and have battles wanging these balls of clay at each other it was great fun unless you got hit in the face, bloody hell did it sting, what started out as an inch across ended up about 3 inch's by the time it had splattered against you. it was even worse if the guy had left any little bits of gravel in it.
The best shot I ever did was when I launched my pugh and instead of going in a nice curved arc it went up like a mortar bomb and sailed way over my enemies head. A good 2 hundred yards away a guy was bent over doing his gardening in shorts and it went whack straight on his bare back. He must have chased me for a bleeding mile before he gave up, but it was a terrific shot you could hear him squawk even from that distance. (happy days  )
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04-17-2005, 01:39 PM
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#214 | | He who does not skim
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04-17-2005, 01:46 PM
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Country: | Arn't all kids Skim, don't tell me you never used to fry insects with a magnifiying glass or pull the legs off of crane flys. I had a school mate who used to stick drinking straws up frogs arses and inflate them.
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04-17-2005, 01:48 PM
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04-17-2005, 01:50 PM
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Skim...... Its best described as Quasi-Legal I suppose... But it sure is fun....
Sup CC.... Things ok in Cornish? Is it true that Camilla is the Duchess of Cornish?
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04-17-2005, 01:51 PM
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04-17-2005, 01:55 PM
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#219 | | He who does not skim
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Originally Posted by trackend Arn't all kids Skim, don't tell me you never used to fry insects with a magnifiying glass or pull the legs off of crane flys. I had a school mate who used to stick drinking straws up frogs arses and inflate them. | I'd never hurt an innocent frog! 
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04-17-2005, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by lesofprimus Sup to all the newbs....... Sorry I havent been round of late.... Not much spare time, although its slowin down some now........ Hoo Yah.
Skim...... Its best described as Quasi-Legal I suppose... But it sure is fun....
Sup CC.... Things ok in Cornish? Is it true that Camilla is the Duchess of Cornish? | Things are never ok in Cornwall...Yeah its true. I couldnt care less to be honest though.
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04-17-2005, 02:00 PM
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04-18-2005, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by trackend Arn't all kids Skim, don't tell me you never used to fry insects with a magnifiying glass or pull the legs off of crane flys. I had a school mate who used to stick drinking straws up frogs arses and inflate them. | I'd never hurt an innocent frog!
Spiders are another matter, however. | I bet you've all poured salt on a slug at one time though!
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04-18-2005, 06:34 PM
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#223 | | He who does not skim
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04-18-2005, 06:37 PM
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04-18-2005, 06:50 PM
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#225 | | He who does not skim
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