Myth-Busters..Super "Ging" Slingshot

RockOne, I missed it unfortunately, but I can vouch that a properly constructed, hair spray powered spud gun is a worthy addition to any camping trip. I'd consider a super-ging an excellent 'companion piece' to said item, and may have to investigate the manufacturing process further.

sling shots are allowed in SA....just so long as they do not have wrist support

Carbide (accidental-almost) bomb..We were,way back,working in the wool-sheds about 160 clix out of Cunnamulla..Us common old workers (the ones that have the fun) were filling in time after evening mess..Carbide gas lites.One 1/2 radio stations.No TV.No fly screens so could'nt read.(though the open twin and single flame carbide lites make a nice "zapp" noise as they terminate the insects)..All us workers stahed in the shearers quarters while the contractor/wool classer (boss) was housed/dined with the sheep station owners some four mile away through the low mulga/gidgee scrub,typical of that area..Experiement! What if ? We decided to put some carbide rock fuel in a basin in the bottom of a 44 gallon steel drum,add some water to the dish,cover the drum with broken off tree branches,and for maximum effect,add our big galv steel,round clothes washing tub..A "volunteer" was given a 3 me long stick with newspaper on the end to lite the "experiement"..The rest of us heros took off for the scrub..We watched as he introduced the flame to the gases exiting the leaves on the top of the drum..W-H-A-M !!!! What an explosition and sheet of flame..The sound rolled away from us in the pitch dark,hit the scrub and came right back at us again..Someone yelled "the heavy tub is spinning up there somewhere-lookout"..We were all running around,arms above the head to lessen the impact of the earth bound projectile..(You campers know how black the nite is out there,no lites) The tub crashed down into the deck,a lifetime later..Someone got a carbide lite from the quarters..The explosion had split the steel drum wide open,luckily,at 45deg away from our volunteer..Then a powerful set of headlites snaked their way through the low scrub,from the homestead..The boss was coming in his big pick-up.. We knew we were in big trouble..The boss nailed us all as the noise was still loud the four miles away at the house..He threatened to sack the lot of us..Fortunately,teams of men were harder to come by in the middle of the shearing season..We never really trusted our carbide lites quite as much after that..Don't try this at home..RockyOne

Any good camping store sells slingshots, I think they are legal here in Qld too.
One day we wont be able to buy a pocket knife anymore.....hmmmm

We used to make them when we were little kiddies - it was i recall not illegal to have them, just illegal to use them. A bit of an issue about taking them to school though. I think we missed all the parrots we aimed at, so didn't commit the crime of shooting native birds, and no school teachers died. These days you'd probably get arrested as a suspected terrorist. Don't try Rockyone's experiment these days - a sure route to jail!

Geeeeeez yous guys sound like a bunch of yahoos with your sling shots, home made bazookas and carbide bombs. My kinda folks eh!

In the old army days we used to have water heater "chuffas" fueled by dripping petrol. You let a few drops drip into the base and placed a lighted rag on a wire stick down the appropriate hole and woof up it would go and a constant drip would keep the whole thing going bringing the barrel of water to the boil in no time. We were warned if too much petrol was put in in the ignition phase it could explode with a bang. Well when we scored sentry duty and had to light these things at dawn we never could judge how much fuel we put in and we always woke the camp with a bang. It usually woke the camp and the RSM always wanted to know who lit the chuffas but we always explained it was too dark to tell how much fuel had gone in. He knew/we knew (turn the tap on for 5 Min's before lighting).

Ah they were the days eh!

Russell

Sling shots are legal in Queensland. All camping stores have them.

My boys are getting one each for XMas.

Hope they enjoy them on Fraser.

Redeye

Hey Nudenut,just realised that you and your son running from the scene of the crime would make a good commercial like the dad and son ringing the just fixed door bell in insurance advert..Love that and the "Whick charter boat? " one..Have fun (without the explosions) RockyOne

Might have to make one up myself. Should go really good with 1/4" ball bearings.

One of our clever neighbours brought home a couple of rabbits 2 or 3 months ago and obviously doesn't have a secure cage to keep them in.
At the last count their were 8 of the little critters grazing on the neighbouring lawns. Then one got run over, then my wife saw 2 new kittens, so that probably means there are nine of the buggers at present.

I can't believe it is still possible to buy "breading" rabbits from the Pet Shops, or wherever she got them from. They are still a vermin whatever the colour and certainly not acceptable in suburbia.

Might see if I still have "the talent" with a sling shot. The 303-25 is too noisy.

Hey SandMan ! You are just living too well mate :-)..Have'nt seen any on my plate in our kids (grown up) life time either..Guess they *(bunnys)would be ideal for these "low fat" diets that we are plagued with daily,if not hourly..The real secret to fat,go to Ethopia..Reckon Les Higgins (Landrover-BushTuker Man) diets would keep us all trim between eating it and the exercise involved in just getting the stuff..* It's ok to eat Rabbits but not Bunnies..Bit like my ladies seven cattle (was 5 but two are off the "pill"..Calved !) The five original cows she has are all named..Fat chance of them ever seeing a cold room..Our neighbour also has named cows..Tried to convince her to do a swap with neighbour..Nope! They are enviro mowers/slashers..Least they dispence with the fire hazard..No fossil fuels..Have fun..RockyOne

While working at an engineering shop we made a pipe gun about 1 metre long that was a perfect fit for a golf ball. we pushed the ball almost to the bottom leaving a small space for combustion. A small hole at the base allowed us to fill with stoiciometric mix of oxy acetylene and to light it.
The golf ball was fired at about 45 degree angle and cleared a 100 foot radio mast 400 metres away...we never saw it again.