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Post by patty on Dec 7, 2016 17:50:03 GMT
Ive introduced my sisters grandsons to Knex..I think its fab. Kept Tim occupied for hours. Also liked Mechanno which my brother had and I uplifted.... I didn't like dolls..my dolls pram used to transport mud and bricks..my sister was the girly one. I buy grand daughter little cars and er a catapault.....
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Post by JohnV on Dec 7, 2016 17:56:59 GMT
Ive introduced my sisters grandsons to Knex..I think its fab. Kept Tim occupied for hours. Also liked Mechanno which my brother had and I uplifted.... I didn't like dolls..my dolls pram used to transport mud and bricks..my sister was the girly one. I buy grand daughter little cars and er a catapault.....1/4" elastic is for wimps ....... get her some 3/8" ......... don't half build up your arm muscles
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 18:05:24 GMT
Black widow and diablo were my favourite catapults. I used to melt down old roofing lead and pour it into a 1/4 drive 10mm socket then knock it out once quenched. Made excellent ammo. I managed to shoot down a flying pigeon once with the Black Widow. Think I might get myself one for Christmas actually as have not played with one for about 25 years
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Post by JohnV on Dec 7, 2016 18:30:20 GMT
In my schooldays catapults were things you made, not things you bought.
Whispered tales were told of legendary types made from metal but they were as likely to fall into our hands as Excalibur. We were forced to spend days in the deep woods of the wild Surrey hills searching for exactly the right forked piece of wood to make our own weapon. It was sometimes a long search even harder than the search for the right wood for spear and atlatl. (If you wanted something quick and easy you made a Dutch arrow with a hazel wand, card and string.)
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Post by Saltysplash on Dec 7, 2016 18:37:38 GMT
In my schooldays catapults were things you made, not things you bought. Whispered tales were told of legendary types made from metal but they were as likely to fall into our hands as Excalibur. We were forced to spend days in the deep woods of the wild Surrey hills searching for exactly the right forked piece of wood to make our own weapon. It was sometimes a long search even harder than the search for the right wood for spear and atlatl. (If you wanted something quick and easy you made a Dutch arrow with a hazel wand, card and string.) Dont remember ever having a catapult, sticks for swords yes, and the best was always a stout bough over a brook and a decent tow rope nicked off a lorry for a rope swing. Also large chunks of Cardboard were used for sledging down grassy hills
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 18:37:49 GMT
In my schooldays catapults were things you made, not things you bought. Whispered tales were told of legendary types made from metal but they were as likely to fall into our hands as Excalibur. We were forced to spend days in the deep woods of the wild Surrey hills searching for exactly the right forked piece of wood to make our own weapon. It was sometimes a long search even harder than the search for the right wood for spear and atlatl. (If you wanted something quick and easy you made a Dutch arrow with a hazel wand, card and string.) Yes but you are an old git I am merely an aspiring middle aged git
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Post by Saltysplash on Dec 7, 2016 18:38:57 GMT
In my schooldays catapults were things you made, not things you bought. Whispered tales were told of legendary types made from metal but they were as likely to fall into our hands as Excalibur. We were forced to spend days in the deep woods of the wild Surrey hills searching for exactly the right forked piece of wood to make our own weapon. It was sometimes a long search even harder than the search for the right wood for spear and atlatl. (If you wanted something quick and easy you made a Dutch arrow with a hazel wand, card and string.) Yes but you are an old git I am merely an aspiring middle aged git Cruel but fair
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 18:42:21 GMT
I'm not going to go into details for safety reasons, but;
My childhood was partially spent building things that were propelled by discarded camping gas cylinders, sometimes they worked sometimes not. How the eff we all lived through it I don't know.
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Post by JohnV on Dec 7, 2016 18:50:14 GMT
I'm not going to go into details for safety reasons, but; My childhood was partially spent building things that were propelled by discarded camping gas cylinders, sometimes they worked sometimes not. How the eff we all lived through it I don't know. I was fortunate, the school I went to possessed a pre-war edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Published as it was before the fears of the modern world it contained formulae and precise instructions for the making of all sorts of things of great interest to small boys ....... particularly material that went "Bang"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 19:12:34 GMT
I'm not going to go into details for safety reasons, but; My childhood was partially spent building things that were propelled by discarded camping gas cylinders, sometimes they worked sometimes not. How the eff we all lived through it I don't know. I was fortunate, the school I went to possessed a pre-war edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Published as it was before the fears of the modern world it contained formulae and precise instructions for the making of all sorts of things of great interest to small boys ....... particularly material that went "Bang" I tore all the pages about explosives out of the old encyclopedias at school. Late 80s so pre internet. A friend of mine tore all the pages about poisons out. He went on to study pharmacology at Oxford so perhaps it was worthwhile. I don't even know how to make a bomb
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Post by JohnV on Dec 7, 2016 19:36:32 GMT
I was fortunate, the school I went to possessed a pre-war edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Published as it was before the fears of the modern world it contained formulae and precise instructions for the making of all sorts of things of great interest to small boys ....... particularly material that went "Bang" I tore all the pages about explosives out of the old encyclopedias at school. Late 80s so pre internet. A friend of mine tore all the pages about poisons out. He went on to study pharmacology at Oxford so perhaps it was worthwhile. I don't even know how to make a bomb That is shocking ...... you deprived countless children of the delight that can be had in blowing up model boats and aeroplanes without even putting the information to good use. I'm appalled
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 19:38:45 GMT
... I don't even know how to make a bomb I'm not sure either but I think Delta 9's xmas tree would be a good starting point.
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Post by tonyqj on Dec 7, 2016 19:42:22 GMT
I'm sure that if you started googling for how to make a bomb you'd quickly make some new friends in dark suits
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 19:44:34 GMT
I hate suits
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Post by JohnV on Dec 7, 2016 19:47:01 GMT
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