That's all part of the fun of doing up an old property.
Law change on catapults?
- Thread starter Triggermortis
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I was a fair hand with mine too. I could generally sink a penny into a fencepost at ten yards.
('69 Gen X. Tread worn almost to the canvas, bit wheezy on hills, far too heavy on the gas, horsepower is down a bit, body work is a bit saggy, and the emissions are beginning to cause concern. Not too bad otherwise though)
The difference between kids of our generation and these days, is that our parents and others had far more immediately-effective methods of instilling fear of consequence into us.
An appearance on Jim'll Fix It. Knowing the BBC, there's sure to be a modern equivalent we haven't found out about yet. The Teletubbies with that baby are very suspect
I wrote in. Never did get a reply. I've spent the intervening decades being torn between insult and relief
Eventually in a not far distant UK be it under Farage, Starmer, Badenoch or whoever the only expression of free will or free choice that will be left to us is which lottery numbers we get to pick...but it will be for the better good of us all...or rather what the Home Office's civil servants decides what's for the better good of us all.
Yes, they're all the same. We don’t even have the option to choose change.
Heym SR20
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All Kids at a fairly early age - about aged 11 or should very clearly be shown the dangers of weapons.
Take a water melon and stick a kitchen knife into it. Even better take some pork ribs and put them in front of a bag of oranges and stick a knife through it.
Then shoot a catapult at it and see what happens.
Jab it with a sharp stick etc.
Its gruesome.
Then also dissect an animal. Show them how we are actually made. It doesn’t take to realise that people are quite fragile and delicate and that hitting them, stabbing them, pocking with a stick etc actually does really serious harm that can and will kill.
Kids these days are so exposed to death on TV or video games that I don’t think for many that bit where sticking a knife in actually does kill.
I would suggest that most young kids carrying knives who actually end up using one really have absolutely no understanding of the consequences of doing so.
And they are like this because they are completely devoid of any sense of what an animal and sharp knife actually is nor there effect on each other.
Take a water melon and stick a kitchen knife into it. Even better take some pork ribs and put them in front of a bag of oranges and stick a knife through it.
Then shoot a catapult at it and see what happens.
Jab it with a sharp stick etc.
Its gruesome.
Then also dissect an animal. Show them how we are actually made. It doesn’t take to realise that people are quite fragile and delicate and that hitting them, stabbing them, pocking with a stick etc actually does really serious harm that can and will kill.
Kids these days are so exposed to death on TV or video games that I don’t think for many that bit where sticking a knife in actually does kill.
I would suggest that most young kids carrying knives who actually end up using one really have absolutely no understanding of the consequences of doing so.
And they are like this because they are completely devoid of any sense of what an animal and sharp knife actually is nor there effect on each other.
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