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Reply #120 - Feb 17^th, 2007 at 5:00pm

slingwizzy wrote on Feb 17^th, 2007 at 4:39pm:

dravonk, cant you swim? Grin

too bad you lost em.

I can swim but in the northern hemisphere February means winter so I had no bathing trunks and no towel with me (even though the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy told me to do so!). Wink

The lake is a water supply dam and because of a pollution they lowered the water level. But the water level is rising again and in a few weeks my slinging place will be underwater. The sling would be about two or three meters under water by that time.

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slingwizzy Descens Offline Slinging rocks! Posts: 131 Netherlands Gender:	Re: Aussie POUCH!! (Free to all) Reply #121 - Feb 17^th, 2007 at 5:03pm no wonder.... that would be toxic AND cold, not a good idea. im sorry you lost your sling
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Reply #122 - Feb 17^th, 2007 at 5:12pm

In the hope that others can learn from my mistake I will try to describe it.

On the Balearic instructions they say you should throw with a sling like you were throwing a stone and had no sling in your hand. Of course you would open your hand in such a movement. The instructions illustrate that:

That works fine with all the throwing styles I did so far. But not with the backhand throw: then the retention loop got pulled off my finger. So I learned the hard way that with the backhand throw you have to make sure that you do not open the finger with the retention loop on it.

After I gave up fishing for the lost sling I took my braided sling out and did some more backhand throws. They all worked and I still have that sling.

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slingwizzy Descens Offline Slinging rocks! Posts: 131 Netherlands Gender:	Re: Aussie POUCH!! (Free to all) Reply #123 - Feb 17^th, 2007 at 5:15pm ok, i understand
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Re: Aussie POUCH!! (Free to all)
Reply #124 - Feb 17^th, 2007 at 5:18pm

The fingerloop on my slings are mostly big enough for 2 or 3 fingers, but I almost always just use it on one.
But I seem to have learned to keep the finger with the sling and the next one close together when I open my hand in slinging.
But last time on the beach I had a one string sling, (with a locked bowline pouch,) that fitted the ball real well, no lost balls, but in what was planned to be the last throw the ball took the sling with it.
About 90^o away from where I wanted it to go, but both wanted and real destiny where inland. (I was slinging on the beach.) So I had to sling once more to reach my aimed point, more or less that is.

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slingwizzy Descens Offline Slinging rocks! Posts: 131 Netherlands Gender:	Re: Aussie POUCH!! (Free to all) Reply #125 - Feb 17^th, 2007 at 5:20pm it all went fine until... haha, good that the sea didnt swallowed it Ps; (in dutch) ik bedoel opgeslokt door de zee, mijn excuses als dit beledigend ofzoiets overkomt
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bigkahuna Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 3699 New York, USA Gender:	Re: Aussie POUCH!! (Free to all) Reply #126 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 8:57pm I just wanted to Thank Aussie for the GREAT pouch. I just got it, and I am very excited!!!!!!!
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loh_kah_hoe Funditor Offline Posts: 789 Malaysia Gender:	Re: Aussie POUCH!! (Free to all) Reply #127 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 9:26pm It's so great that I requested another one from aussieslinger!
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loh_kah_hoe Funditor Offline Posts: 789 Malaysia Gender:	Re: Aussie POUCH!! (Free to all) Reply #128 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 9:42pm I always use adjustable retention loop. It's very secured, but have to loosen and retighten from time to time to allow blood flow of the finger.
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Dravonk Funditor Offline Posts: 773 Aachen, Germany Gender:	Re: Aussie POUCH!! (Free to all) Reply #129 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 6:57am The replacement pouch arrived now! Thank you! Adds cork to it to prevent it from sinking again This time the envelope got damaged and there is a mark on it saying it was opened by the german customs .
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JustKnot Descens Offline Posts: 221 Lithuania Gender:	Re: Aussie POUCH!! (Free to all) Reply #130 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 12:24pm You better run... they already know about you
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Reply #131 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 5:44pm

loh_kah_hoe wrote on Feb 20^th, 2007 at 9:42pm:

I always use adjustable retention loop. It's very secured, but have to loosen and retighten from time to time to allow blood flow of the finger.

Hmm...I like to use rocks of all sizes and when I get to slinging rocks (only once per week) I do it for at least two hours. I am afraid that might hurt when the retention loop pulls close around my finger.

JustKnot wrote on Feb 21^st, 2007 at 12:24pm:

You better run... they already know about you Wink

Yes, I am afraid they will. I just wonder what they must have thought when they saw it. Aussieslinger mentioned in his letter that it is for a sling but did they know what "sling" means? And I cannot imagine them reading every letter they check. So they probably just saw some weird rubber thing.

They opened the letter in a weird way, they did not open it at the top, but they cut the sides open.

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JustKnot Descens Offline Posts: 221 Lithuania Gender:	Re: Aussie POUCH!! (Free to all) Reply #132 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 5:55pm The straps used to carry something (like gun) or the ones used for lifting are also called slings... Quote: They opened the letter in a weird way, they did not open it at the top, but they cut the sides open. I'm probably another weirdo... I also open envelopes on the side (No I don't work in customs...)
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Reply #133 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 6:02pm

JustKnot wrote on Feb 21^st, 2007 at 5:55pm:

The straps used to carry something (like gun) or the ones used for lifting are also called slings...

Yes, but that wouldn't fit to the object in the letter at all, would it?

JustKnot wrote on Feb 21^st, 2007 at 5:55pm:

I'm probably another weirdo... I also open envelopes on the side Roll Eyes

(No I don't work in customs...)

Oops, sorry, I did not intend to insult you. Wink

Although we who read this forum probably don't consider being weird an insult at all. Cool

Is there an advantage from opening letters at the side? By the way, they cut both sides open.

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loh_kah_hoe Funditor Offline Posts: 789 Malaysia Gender:	Re: Aussie POUCH!! (Free to all) Reply #134 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 6:50pm I think the pouch can be disguised as a kind of decoration for clothing. Here, I'm sure the customs won't know what a sling is!
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