18 men piled into a ute

imastawka
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Re: 18 men piled into a ute

Nearly as big a headline as the ball tampering affair.

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@gutterpunkz05 wrote:

GEE, I thought I must have posted that. But the guns came long before  12,  and no mention of how many kids and shotties can go

duck shooting on a single honda MC  (A,7)   Or how many you can fit on said  MC just for fun  (A,13)


The thing is, I never saw or heard of a kid accidently getting shot or anything stupid going on with the guns. Gun safety was drummed into us by our parents and older siblings. Our parents made sure the guns where safe ( usually new ones given as Christmas or birthday presents ) .

 

We where taught to ensure chambers where empty and only loaded when use was imminent, safety catches on, barrels pointed to the sky or the ground when walking or moving on a vehicle, safety procedures followed before anyone dismounted utes or spotlighting buggies. Magazines and chambers emptied and safety catches on before the ( usually wild ) ride home etc.

 

We where only kids but we seemed to understand the potential of what could go wrong with guns. As for the cars and motor bikes............well.............um..........lets just say we where quite " experienced "  drivers by the time we got our licences.

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and riding a motor cycle 40 km.s along sandy bush tracks back to civilisation with a dislocated shoulder or broken ribs is not much fun.
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but we did it and survived
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happy days..........
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Broke more bones on the footy field, than I ever did on a MC,.............Luckily most of them did not belong to me.

and anyway, the home made billy carts were far more dangerous

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We used to make ours with ball bearings,

 

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not the stupid big cart wheels

 

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The basic design was the same though.

 

 

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We were always able to scrounge up some wheels,....Bad luck if Grandpa wanted to mow the lawn, we had important stuff to do.

The steering was always dodgy  and we invented plenty of braking mechanisms, but they seldom worked very well, which usually

resulted in a big bail out before the pending disaster

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