Your post, 139944, was first I ever heard the name; this...

...one I'm replying to now (#140147) was the first time I ever heard it described.

AFAICR.

OTOH, as a kid, I used to throw apples -- the sour little ones that grew on our old trees weren't really good for much else, most years -- by spearing them onto the point of a springy stick and them whipping them away, much like you describe the "German slingshot" does with rocks. (Down to sharing the same main weakness, namely that the shooter can't exactly determine the instant of release.) Made quite impressive splashes on impact... :-) (And was probably a lot less dangerous, both to property and people {not that I ever aimed at any... much! ;^} than the rocks you mention.)

I can't remember whether I came up with this stunt all on my own... It's quite possible that I got a tip from my Dad; and if it happened that way, then it's not just possible but likely that he, in turn, was adapting the "German slingshot" a bit. (Probably in order to save his daughters' lives. ;^)

I'll try and remember to ask him, when I talk to him next. (i.e, don't hold your breath... :-/ )

Post #141,808 by CRConrad 2/14/04 7:54:41 PM Reply	Your post, 139944, was first I ever heard the name; this... ...one I'm replying to now (#140147) was the first time I ever heard it described. AFAICR. OTOH, as a kid, I used to throw apples -- the sour little ones that grew on our old trees weren't really good for much else, most years -- by spearing them onto the point of a springy stick and them whipping them away, much like you describe the "German slingshot" does with rocks. (Down to sharing the same main weakness, namely that the shooter can't exactly determine the instant of release.) Made quite impressive splashes on impact... :-) (And was probably a lot less dangerous, both to property and people {not that I ever aimed at any... much! ;^} than the rocks you mention.) I can't remember whether I came up with this stunt all on my own... It's quite possible that I got a tip from my Dad; and if it happened that way, then it's not just possible but likely that he, in turn, was adapting the "German slingshot" a bit. (Probably in order to save his daughters' lives. ;^) I'll try and remember to ask him, when I talk to him next. (i.e, don't hold your breath... :-/ ) [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) You know you're doing good work when you get flamed by an idiot. -- [link\|http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/34218.html\|Andrew Wittbrodt]
Post #141,812 by boxley 2/14/04 9:16:14 PM Reply	you ever clink peewee's? In the Old Movie March of the Wooden Soldiers Stan and Ollie use a weapon that involved a stick and a small banana shaped pod that fell from trees. There are trees in florida that produce those pods and I had a ball teaching my kids to clink peewee's. tap the stick on the end of the curved fruit, it pops in the air and then slam it like a baseball. thanx, bill and everywhere the great Curse of the New World, the American Child, in all its raucous, spoiled, undiciplined, selfish ghastliness, the female specimens keeping up an incessant high-pitched whine and the male infants racketing like cowpokes on payday. There's nothing wrong with grown Americans, by and large you wont find heartier men or bonnier women anywhere, but the only remedy I can see for the children is to run Herod for President. Sir Harold Flashman esquire VC OBE questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #141,846 by CRConrad 2/15/04 2:10:20 PM Reply	Ya think those sub-tropical thingies grow up here...?
Post #141,849 by boxley 2/15/04 2:57:10 PM Reply	dunno we got sumac in alaska, similar and everywhere the great Curse of the New World, the American Child, in all its raucous, spoiled, undiciplined, selfish ghastliness, the female specimens keeping up an incessant high-pitched whine and the male infants racketing like cowpokes on payday. There's nothing wrong with grown Americans, by and large you wont find heartier men or bonnier women anywhere, but the only remedy I can see for the children is to run Herod for President. Sir Harold Flashman esquire VC OBE questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #141,850 by CRConrad 2/15/04 3:40:04 PM Reply	OK, I'll check... Got a more technical name than "peewees"?
Post #141,854 by boxley 2/15/04 4:07:46 PM Reply	Are you familiar with a pole bean? as opposed to green bean The trees have a similar seed pod [link\|http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/14135/\|http://plantsdatabas...howpicture/14135/] thanx, bill and everywhere the great Curse of the New World, the American Child, in all its raucous, spoiled, undiciplined, selfish ghastliness, the female specimens keeping up an incessant high-pitched whine and the male infants racketing like cowpokes on payday. There's nothing wrong with grown Americans, by and large you wont find heartier men or bonnier women anywhere, but the only remedy I can see for the children is to run Herod for President. Sir Harold Flashman esquire VC OBE questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]

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