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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
Ed, you can say more in several words than I can in pages!
Of course, those items were ubiquitous in virtually most boys backyard epic battles!  |
Particularly after bingeing on Ivanhoe and Robin Hood with the sainted Richard Greene.
I made a bicycle inner tube castle defense cross bow thing that fired a 3 foot plat stake. To this day I shudder at the thought of shooting it at another kid. I did BTW but somehow realized that it wasn't a great idea.
Let me rephrase that: it was a great idea, just not if aimed at other kids.