Arms collecting and nostalgia

[Ed]

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.