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In reply to the discussion: This deadly item is banned in the USA (I own it..I'm not even allowed to re-sell it.. too dangerous) [View all]Saboburns
(2,807 posts)Circa 1977. I was nine and swinging on our swing set, neighbor girl made really, really bad throw. Straight up in the air and nearly vertices descent. Which hit me right on top o'my brain can.
Kinda scared me, but no blood. Matter of fact we laughed about it for a long time.
I hadn't though about that in years.
My sister had an ex bake oven around then. It's a damn wonder our house didn't burn down. Those things were crazy dangerous.
And we boys used to play army with bb guns and firecrackers. I can't tell you haw many time I was shot with a bb, or had a firecracker 'grenade' go off right beside my head. I do remember we quit this after one of our gang got shot with a bb that missed his eye by about half an inch. We probably quit and had a whiffle ball game, or maybe went and caught crawl dads in the creek. Rubbing snuff and smoking filched cigarettes.
Good times.