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Kids Say the Darndest Things
John H. wrote:
On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:26:49 -0500, wrote:
On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:11:43 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
I just didn't grow up with my parents saying, "Why don't you go out and
play with your .22 rifle" just to get me out of their hair. It was bad
enough when (in the middle of the summer) they finally caught me going
outside with a winter coat, knit hat and carrying swimming googles.
They weren't aware of the BB gun fights a bunch of us had.
See that must be a northern thing. I never heard of anyone shooting at
someone else with a BB gun when we were growing up. It was still a gun
and we were taught to not even point it at someone. My father would
have stomped a mud hole in my ass if he saw me point a cap gun at
someone.
We never had BB gun fights, but we did have a lot of 'Fanner 50' fights.
I suppose my parents were a
bit less strict than yours. We had to collect bottles to buy caps with!
Later on we collected wire, burned of the insulation, and sold the copper
to the junk yard. Didn't
get much, but it would be enough to buy a box of .22 shorts. I think they
were about 50 cents a box
then.
Maybe less than that. 22lr was 50 cents a box here. Cheaper by the
brick.
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