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A must have for all sling geeks!!!
Apr 11^th, 2007 at 9:40am

Made a great discovery yesterday. There is a series of books by W. Kendrick Pritchett called the Greek State at War.
In volume 5, it starts out with a chapter on slings. Over 60 pages of info. There is a complete bibliography of all Greek authors that mention slings. Slings in art, and on coins. All excavation sites where evidence for slingshas been found.
This is a great resource for all us sling geeks!
Makes me feel all warm and squishy! Either that or I need diapers.

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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: A must have for all sling geeks!!! Reply #1 - Apr 14^th, 2007 at 3:14am You're How old????????????
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3245 Akron NY Gender:	Re: A must have for all sling geeks!!! Reply #2 - Apr 15^th, 2007 at 11:17am only 42. But I get excited.
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jml11220 Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 15 Brooklyn, NY Gender:	Re: A must have for all sling geeks!!! Reply #3 - Apr 17^th, 2007 at 2:52am slingbadger wrote on Apr 15^th, 2007 at 11:17am: only 42. But I get excited. You're 42!!! You're the answer to everything! You're entitled to mess your pants a bit. (Now I wonder how many of you get the reference?)
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winkleried Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1535 Norman Oklahoma Gender:	Re: A must have for all sling geeks!!! Reply #4 - Apr 17^th, 2007 at 7:35pm Yep, although ( as usual) I was unaware of his passing. Marc Adkins FunSlinger wrote on Apr 17^th, 2007 at 3:02am: Life, the Universe, and Everything as I recall. And that would be a reference from another great series of books. Ah the late great Douglas Adams. Classic
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Dravonk Funditor Offline Posts: 773 Aachen, Germany Gender:	Re: A must have for all sling geeks!!! Reply #5 - Apr 18^th, 2007 at 5:26am winkleried wrote on Apr 17^th, 2007 at 7:35pm: Yep, although ( as usual) I was unaware of his passing. You know, when all those people are running around in public displaying a towel it might be his annual death day (or two weeks after that). Towel Day
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AjlouniBoy Descens Offline Sling smarter, not harder! Posts: 122 Fort Worth, Texas, USA Gender:	Re: A must have for all sling geeks!!! Reply #6 - Jun 5^th, 2007 at 5:33pm An excellent find slingbadger! I was so impressed I bought the book. Very detailed and thorough list of references from classical greece and rome. I was working on digging all this up and compiling it. You have found it an served in up as one fine nuget. Looks like I need to dig smarter, not harder.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: A must have for all sling geeks!!! Reply #7 - Jun 22^nd, 2007 at 9:34am douglas adams died a few years ago. A man who peaked with his first idea.
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Dave M Descens Offline Slinging Rocks at seagulls Posts: 239 Littlehampton West Sussex Eng Gender:	Re: A must have for all sling geeks!!! Reply #8 - Sep 3^rd, 2007 at 9:43am slingbadger wrote on Apr 15^th, 2007 at 11:17am: only 42. But I get excited. Slingbadger just wait untill you reach my age (63) then you can really have problems when you get excited
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Trebuchet Descens Offline Ave, Caesar! Baliares te salutimus! Posts: 240 Montgomery, AL Gender:	Re: A must have for all sling geeks!!! Reply #9 - Oct 2^nd, 2007 at 6:00pm Curious Aardvark wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2007 at 9:34am: douglas adams died a few years ago. A man who peaked with his first idea. And died at age 50, if I recall. Ol' DNA will be a hard act for anyone to follow. Trebuchet
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Re: A must have for all sling geeks!!!
Reply #10 - Oct 3^rd, 2007 at 7:48pm

I looked the books up on Amazon and they go for between US $40 and $60 a volume. You can order them separately. If I ever find $50, I'll order Volume Five.

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slingbadger wrote on Apr 11^th, 2007 at 9:40am:

Made a great discovery yesterday. There is a series of books by W. Kendrick Pritchett called the Greek State at War.
In volume 5, it starts out with a chapter on slings. Over 60 pages of info. There is a complete bibliography of all Greek authors that mention slings. Slings in art, and on coins. All excavation sites where evidence for slingshas been found.
This is a great resource for all us sling geeks!
Makes me feel all warm and squishy! Either that or I need diapers.

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Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their law we lie.&&&&

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