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(08-01-2022, 09:19 AM)dkeener67 Wrote: https://share.icloud.com/photos/07eJ2Awl...hr4Fc4GS7w
I made that in 1965. Still have it. I had made so many slingshots by then that I figured out which tree branch was the best, and ironically the buckeye tree has the best branching pattern meaning a pure or nearly pure "Y".
Pretty strong too. Meaning the wood texture. A neighbor tried to break that when I was in the sixth grade, by pulling it apart. That led to a fist fight. He lost. The best part about having a slingshot was I lived on the railroad tracks, and there was an ample supply of taconite pellets that had fallen out of open train cars. They were the perfect ammo, literally.
So add fighting to that childhood list. And carrying a penknife and playing in the nearby creek catching crawdads. Dirt clod fights.
BB/pellet guns and firecracker wars.
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(08-01-2022, 01:34 PM)dunefan Wrote: (08-01-2022, 09:19 AM)dkeener67 Wrote: https://share.icloud.com/photos/07eJ2Awl...hr4Fc4GS7w
I made that in 1965. Still have it. I had made so many slingshots by then that I figured out which tree branch was the best, and ironically the buckeye tree has the best branching pattern meaning a pure or nearly pure "Y".
Pretty strong too. Meaning the wood texture. A neighbor tried to break that when I was in the sixth grade, by pulling it apart. That led to a fist fight. He lost. The best part about having a slingshot was I lived on the railroad tracks, and there was an ample supply of taconite pellets that had fallen out of open train cars. They were the perfect ammo, literally.
So add fighting to that childhood list. And carrying a penknife and playing in the nearby creek catching crawdads. Dirt clod fights.
BB/pellet guns and firecracker wars.
I'm probably the youngest poster here. We did the paintball and airsoft gun wars. Still shot the BB/pellet guns. I had some old ass lady call the cops on me for shooting a BB gun. Yeah, we hung up a can on a tree. Claimed I was hitting her house, I wasn't even shooting in her direction lol.
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(08-01-2022, 09:24 AM)P1tchblack Wrote: Just to clarify, does the majority of the board believe that allowing male child to play with "girl" toys actually makes them gay?
What a weird comment (in your case a stupid ass question). It can certainly be a sign or a precursor if that's all they want to play with.
(08-01-2022, 04:57 PM)maize Wrote: (08-01-2022, 09:24 AM)P1tchblack Wrote: Just to clarify, does the majority of the board believe that allowing male child to play with "girl" toys actually makes them gay?
What a weird comment (in your case a stupid ass question). It can certainly be a sign or a precursor if that's all they want to play with.
I don't think you actually read my question... at least that's what I'm lead to believe based on your stupid ass comment.
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(08-01-2022, 04:52 PM)maize Wrote: (08-01-2022, 01:34 PM)dunefan Wrote: (08-01-2022, 09:19 AM)dkeener67 Wrote: https://share.icloud.com/photos/07eJ2Awl...hr4Fc4GS7w
I made that in 1965. Still have it. I had made so many slingshots by then that I figured out which tree branch was the best, and ironically the buckeye tree has the best branching pattern meaning a pure or nearly pure "Y".
Pretty strong too. Meaning the wood texture. A neighbor tried to break that when I was in the sixth grade, by pulling it apart. That led to a fist fight. He lost. The best part about having a slingshot was I lived on the railroad tracks, and there was an ample supply of taconite pellets that had fallen out of open train cars. They were the perfect ammo, literally.
So add fighting to that childhood list. And carrying a penknife and playing in the nearby creek catching crawdads. Dirt clod fights.
BB/pellet guns and firecracker wars.
I'm probably the youngest poster here. We did the paintball and airsoft gun wars. Still shot the BB/pellet guns. I had some old ass lady call the cops on me for shooting a BB gun. Yeah, we hung up a can on a tree. Claimed I was hitting her house, I wasn't even shooting in her direction lol.
Yeah, the bb/pellet guns were not shot at each other. Just a rite of passage. A Christmas Story I'm sure brings back memories for many people. Firecrackers, on the other hand, were most definitely thrown at each other (garbage can lid shields).
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(08-01-2022, 01:34 PM)dunefan Wrote: (08-01-2022, 09:19 AM)dkeener67 Wrote: https://share.icloud.com/photos/07eJ2Awl...hr4Fc4GS7w
I made that in 1965. Still have it. I had made so many slingshots by then that I figured out which tree branch was the best, and ironically the buckeye tree has the best branching pattern meaning a pure or nearly pure "Y".
Pretty strong too. Meaning the wood texture. A neighbor tried to break that when I was in the sixth grade, by pulling it apart. That led to a fist fight. He lost. The best part about having a slingshot was I lived on the railroad tracks, and there was an ample supply of taconite pellets that had fallen out of open train cars. They were the perfect ammo, literally.
So add fighting to that childhood list. And carrying a penknife and playing in the nearby creek catching crawdads. Dirt clod fights.
BB/pellet guns and firecracker wars. We were pretty primitive. We had apple trees and a large garden so it was apple and dirt clod wars for us
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(08-01-2022, 09:49 AM)P1tchblack Wrote: (08-01-2022, 09:28 AM)dkeener67 Wrote: (08-01-2022, 09:24 AM)P1tchblack Wrote: Just to clarify, does the majority of the board believe that allowing a < Kindergarten aged male child to play with "girl" toys actually makes them gay? If anybody I knew played with girls toys in kindergarten, the rest of us would've probably beat him up.
Yep. That's the standard misogynistic attitude of males. My son used to go with my wife to get his sister from school every day, before he was in school himself, and he'd often bring one of his "girl" toys. Well, one day an ignorant, a-hole dad made a comment to my wife to the extent of 'You need to get that boy some GI Joe's". He's fortunate I wasn't there, but the damage was done. He never carried the toy(s) he liked in public, again.
Or certainly booted him from our gang. And just to be clear, I don't care if somebody's gay or not these days. Machts nichts.
Right... but do you believe it makes kids gay? I remember my cousins playing with Barbies.  There were no other kids so I went along with it … or tried to.  Just couldn†t have been less interested, even when she started making them have sex which was not something I had encountered yet.  We were.. 8???  She was a farm girl.  I was not a farm boy.
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(08-01-2022, 05:24 PM)P1tchblack Wrote: (08-01-2022, 04:57 PM)maize Wrote: (08-01-2022, 09:24 AM)P1tchblack Wrote: Just to clarify, does the majority of the board believe that allowing male child to play with "girl" toys actually makes them gay?
What a weird comment (in your case a stupid ass question). It can certainly be a sign or a precursor if that's all they want to play with.
I don't think you actually read my question... at least that's what I'm lead to believe based on your stupid ass comment.
My speed wobble event ended up red and bloody. I didn†t make it to the bushes
How do some people avoid them???
(08-02-2022, 10:59 AM)TroyKidd Wrote: (08-01-2022, 05:24 PM)P1tchblack Wrote: (08-01-2022, 04:57 PM)maize Wrote: (08-01-2022, 09:24 AM)P1tchblack Wrote: Just to clarify, does the majority of the board believe that allowing male child to play with "girl" toys actually makes them gay?
What a weird comment (in your case a stupid ass question). It can certainly be a sign or a precursor if that's all they want to play with.
I don't think you actually read my question... at least that's what I'm lead to believe based on your stupid ass comment.
My speed wobble event ended up red and bloody
As did mine. I was 13 or 14 and was pulled on a skateboard behind my older cousin's car. It started getting wobbly, so I let go.... but it was too late. I eventually went down. Luckily it was going forward, so I was able to shoulder-roll and come away with only a ripped shirt and some scrapes on my arm and back.
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