Smokey3214
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Reged: 02/18/11
Posts: 1930
Loc: Western NC
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It's hard for me to imagine having a kid (or being one) who couldn't swim. It's very foreign to me.
I do remember going through Aviation Officers' Candidate School that there were a handful of guys who couldn't swim when they arrived (the water quals were pretty rigorous). They had to head back to the tank every evening until they became proficient.
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Dwight
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Reged: 02/03/05
Posts: 17828
Loc: Sedona, Arizona
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And, Please teach the kids to swim.
No kidding. Too many lost this summer.
Got my permit last week.
Learned to swim at The Y when I was 6.
Safety First!
Uncle Charlie
At the Y? We were so poor, we couldn't afford the Y, we ................ 
(...ummm...wrong thread, Mac!)  
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MACMC
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Reged: 12/16/06
Posts: 2521
Loc: Kansas City, Mo.
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I couldn't resist, that thread was a hoot. The winner was, hand tighten and spit on it so it would rust in place. 
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Dwight
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Posts: 17828
Loc: Sedona, Arizona
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I couldn't resist, that thread was a hoot. The winner was, hand tighten and spit on it so it would rust in place.
Yeah, I thought bigbill's offering was the best one too!
(...though I gotta admit I thought EVERYONE gave Monty Python a good run for their money there!)
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ladisney
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Reged: 01/12/05
Posts: 3166
Loc: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Concealed? 
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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chuckyj
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Reged: 10/12/07
Posts: 897
Loc: Mohawk, NY
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My son is 7 and he has his own 22 riffle I take him shooting and he knows the RIGHT way to handle and use a gun. We dont even have toy guns in my house. My boys will never think guns are toys. and im sorry I would never leave a gun loaded in my house ether. Laws are allot different up here but every gun is unloaded and the chamber is open before I get in my truck.
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2008 Triumph Speedmaster, Single baffle drag pipes, lots of black powder coating, uni filter, AI removed, Bobbed rear fender, bar end mirrors, drilled air box, and TBS needles.
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Leithal
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Reged: 08/01/09
Posts: 1001
Loc: Meridianville, AL
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Yep I remember going squirrel hunting at age 7 using a 22.
Like I said I don't have any now but wish I did. Only been shooting once in the last 10 years and that was about 2 months ago over at a friends house. Still able to hit bullseye at 75 yards but that was using his police issue AR-15 with some really nice iron sights.
I don't feel like I need one for protection, but I really feel my son needs to learn to shoot and all. I'd rather him know from me, rather than first being introduced to them by anyone else.
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oldgimmer
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Reged: 02/11/07
Posts: 306
Loc: Lancashire UK
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We cant even keep a baseball bat in the bedroom over the pond.
Anyone comes in the house in the middle of the night and leaves with a bloody nose can get you prosecuted for assault.
Heaven forbid if you use a weapon of any sort, the thief becomes the victim, how wrong is that?
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All the best
Chris
Do it today - tommorrow it may be illegal.
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MACMC
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Reged: 12/16/06
Posts: 2521
Loc: Kansas City, Mo.
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We cant even keep a baseball bat in the bedroom over the pond.
Anyone comes in the house in the middle of the night and leaves with a bloody nose can get you prosecuted for assault.
Heaven forbid if you use a weapon of any sort, the thief becomes the victim, how wrong is that?
I see where a guy got arrested for not smiling at an Olympic even this week. You guys have been neutered by the state.
I should have added, we're not far behind.
Edited by MACMC (08/08/12 11:00 AM)
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Dwight
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Reged: 02/03/05
Posts: 17828
Loc: Sedona, Arizona
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Now c'mon Mac! On the vast scale of REALLY asinine laws such as those over there, WE aren't even CLOSE to that.
And DESPITE all the stupid-ass SIMPLISTIC fear-based DOGMA offered up by "certain people" about the "motives" of OTHER "certain people" here in The States, we'll NEVER "catch up" to having as many stupid-ass and OVERLY restrictive laws on OUR books as do those poor blokes over there!
(...and WE have the murder rates to PROVE that, dude!!!)
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