on 22-12-2018 11:21 AM
on 23-12-2018 08:45 AM
Nearly as big a headline as the ball tampering affair.
23-12-2018 09:23 AM - edited 23-12-2018 09:25 AM
@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.
on 23-12-2018 03:57 PM
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
on 23-12-2018 04:07 PM
on 23-12-2018 04:55 PM
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