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Old 05-08-2012, 03:20 PM
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I would jump over the back of my big wheel just like Speed Racer did, one day it broke in half and I was sitting on the ground with the handlebars in my hands. We did the chopper bicycles with forks of another bike too. Our favorite was building ramps and trying to outjump the last guy. Then we got mini bikes and go carts, what a hoot. And who hasn't had a good rock fight, or shot with a bb gun?

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Old 05-08-2012, 03:32 PM
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And who hasn't had a good rock fight, or shot with a bb gun?
Or knocked over a couple of picnic tables and break out the bottle rockets!

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I would jump over the back of my big wheel just like Speed Racer did, one day it broke in half and I was sitting on the ground with the handlebars in my hands. We did the chopper bicycles with forks of another bike too. Our favorite was building ramps and trying to outjump the last guy. Then we got mini bikes and go carts, what a hoot. And who hasn't had a good rock fight, or shot with a bb gun?
I used to have flaming stick fights! And the 1 pump bb gun battles.

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what?
no one wore pin striped bell bottom pants?

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Old 05-09-2012, 11:21 AM
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I remember at age 7 and up playing with fireworks, estes rockets, black gun powder all unsupervised, never blew myself up or caught the fields on fire. We had a steel cannon that my brother made in metal shop that used black powder and packed a punch. Did anyone else make tennis ball cannons with tin cans, duct tape and lighter fluid? Ah the good old days. I would hate to be a child in this modern day.
And yes sadly I had pin striped bell bottoms at one point, that I don't miss.

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Did anyone else make tennis ball cannons with tin cans, duct tape and lighter fluid?
We called them "Polish Cannons".

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We called them "Polish Cannons".
Damn things could shoot a tennis bowl well over 100 yards if you put just the right amount of juice in them but you better have a good roll of duct tape handy.

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