Parachute Guys

[MuskieBait]

Yep...made my own parachute guys with an old towel and anything heavy...mostly rocks.

Also twisted paper clips to make jumping frogs, catapults and crossbows.

Built a greenhouse as a kid. It was kinda crappy...but it did its job.

I borrowed this book from the library once...and knew (maybe still remember) how to fold F-14, F-16 and F-18 from a letter size sheet of paper...and these planes actually fly too!

Now the more messed up stuff...

When I was in Gr. 6-8, I used to make crossbows out of a drafting compass, a pen, a needle or small nail and twisted elastics. It was actually lethal...strong enough to impale 3/4" into wood sidings if I took the shot about 4 feet away.

My buddy and I made nunchuks with rope (sometimes even chains) and broom handles...and we used to fight each other with these nunchuks and sticks. I was better with the sticks...my buddy had some made nunchuks skill for a 13 year old.

Sling shot was almost too easy...we used to shoot buses and trucks with crab apples using our sling shots...in the winter, we threw snowballs instead. Once, a trucker stopped and came looking for us. He armed himself with a snow brush...against a group of teenagers...it was hilarious.