On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:06:56 +0100, Richard Conway wrote:

Had to bend the bloody thing to get it in the car - so if anyone wants
2.8m of 28mm copper pipe with a bloody big bend at one end, let me know.

With November approaching, an idea does occur to me. As a youngster in the
North of England, it was the must-have toy, a tack-cannon. In this case a
short length of 1/2" copper gives away age to a degree fixed down to a
small chunk of 2x4, bent over at one end and with an appropriately placed
hole pierced near the bend. A banger was dissected and the powder loaded,
a piece of cotton wool, a handful of tacks and another wad completed the
project. a bit of powder in the touch hole and a match meant that the
neighborhood could be terrorised. This was in the days when bangers were
proper bangers, easily capable of dealing with the grumpy old man at the
end of the street's milk bottles. Now I am somewhat more mature, I can
understand why he was grumpy. I understand bangers are now not for sale.
In any case the kid around the corner completely overtrumped us all.
Digging in his father's garden, he unearthed a cache of weaponry from
WWII. There was a service revolver, ammo and a half dozen grenades.
Fortunately the park was empty and there was a 6" thick sandstone wall
between him and the grenade when it went off. The local plod took it all
away, and the kid around the corner recieved a proper slippering.

John Schmitt

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