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					Originally Posted by  Jim McDougall
					 
				 
				Ed, you can say more in several words than I can in pages! 
Of course, those items were ubiquitous in virtually most boys backyard epic battles!    
			
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 Particularly after bingeing on Ivanhoe and Robin Hood with the sainted Richard Greene.
I made a bicycle inner tube castle defense cross bow thing that fired a 3 foot plat stake.  To this day I shudder at the thought of shooting it at another kid.  I did BTW but somehow realized that it wasn't a great idea.
Let me rephrase that: it was a great idea, just not if aimed at other kids.