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You might be a Slinger if....... (Read 11245 times)

Thunder Chief

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Re: You might be a Slinger if.......
Reply #75 - Oct 5^th, 2011, 10:19pm

Quote from Knaight on Oct 4^th, 2011, 9:31am:

Quote from Dan on Oct 4^th, 2011, 8:50am:

161. Your family knows way more about slinging than most historians.

Considering that a majority of historians focus on recent history, this isn't particularly difficult. The sad part is, said historians are still far above the general population and its ridiculous perception regarding ancient sling shots prior to the development of decent elastic materials.

When I was in Israel, there was some archaeologist who was proclaiming that he had a stone that was the same as the one David used. He was quite proud of the fact that it was the size of a baseball. Shocked

When I went to talk to him about it, he completely brushed me off.

162. When your sling has creases in it from living in your back pocket.
163. When one of your most prized possessions is a perfectly shaped and weighted stone.
164. You have 3 slings hanging from the wall in your dorm room.

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Caldou Descens Moving the world... rock by rock. Posts: 421	Re: You might be a Slinger if....... Reply #76 - Nov 24^th, 2011, 3:31pm 165. You make a sling for a yarn-based contest... Here's the proof in French. For voting, it's after the 10th of december... I will get back then with a new link
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2203 Gender:	Re: You might be a Slinger if....... Reply #77 - Nov 24^th, 2011, 3:50pm Quote from Caldou on Nov 24^th, 2011, 3:31pm: 165. You make a sling for a yarn-based contest... Here's the proof in French. For voting, it's after the 10th of december... I will get back then with a new link Slingers/slingmakers can simply do stuff other people can`t even consider. Good one, Caldou timann
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Re: You might be a Slinger if.......
Reply #78 - Nov 28^th, 2011, 9:51pm

166. If you have more than a few slings on you in your pockets, necklace, hatband, belt, etc. and you still try to think of new ways to carry more.

167. Your friends are either annoyed or mystified that you are as interested or more interested in the landscaping rocks infront an art museum than your interest of the contents in the museum.

168. If on your quest for improving your primitive skills, you were surprised that a whole forum was dedicated to slinging rather than sequestered in a back section of a larger forum and you wondered what kind of freaks would support such an obscure place only to find a few years and a couple hundred posts later... you became one Wink

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Crow Hat Descens Slinging is an addiction. Posts: 133 Gender:	Re: You might be a Slinger if....... Reply #79 - Nov 28^th, 2011, 10:14pm 169. You can arm an entire army with just you favorite few. 170. Above your bed you have your top 5 slings that you don't want to leave on your desk 171. You carry a short sling in your wallet, in case you're pocket, headband, wristbands, belt, and the three you keep in your boot seem to go missing.
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Uncle Brian Tiro Slinging Rocks! Posts: 78 Gender:	Re: You might be a Slinger if....... Reply #80 - Nov 28^th, 2011, 10:27pm 172. You have read this entire thread several times and still think it's the best thread ever.
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Re: You might be a Slinger if.......
Reply #81 - Nov 28^th, 2011, 10:47pm

173. You can name every type of knot, braid, hitch, and twist in a rope, and you can identify the material of any rope, string, or cord you are presented with.

174. Your criticize your sister on her braiding skills.

175. Your friend reaches for your favorite sling to see it and you swat him away.

176. You have a cat that's no longer amused by bits of string because they are everywhere in your house.

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Re: You might be a Slinger if.......
Reply #82 - Nov 29^th, 2011, 8:51am

177. Your family just can not understand why you would want to go to a beach covered with rocks instead of a beach covered in sand.

178. You constantly wonder at how good you could become with a sling.

179. You really want a pig carcass so you can see what knid of damage the sling can do.

180. You occasionaly think about the practicality of a sling in a post apocolytic/Z day scenario

1 Samuel 14:7

"Like tying a stone to a sling is the giving of honor to a fool" Proverbs 26:8

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Rat Man Slinging.org Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 9442 Gender:	Re: You might be a Slinger if....... Reply #83 - Nov 29^th, 2011, 9:17am Quote from Crow Hat on Nov 28^th, 2011, 10:47pm: 176. You have a cat that's no longer amused by bits of string because they are everywhere in your house.
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me2 Descens Slinging Rocks! Posts: 160	Re: You might be a Slinger if....... Reply #84 - Dec 1^st, 2011, 10:17pm 181. You play your own version of dodgeball with your kids. It involves a sling, rolls of toilet paper, and your desire to practice on moving targets.
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fletch_man Descens When the Guns are Gone Posts: 364 Gender:	Re: You might be a Slinger if....... Reply #85 - Dec 2^nd, 2011, 12:42pm 182. You wake up one mornng and can't tell your wife about the dream you had where you were contacted by the United Nations to craft braided split pouch slings for the entire Swedish Bikini Team.
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Re: You might be a Slinger if.......
Reply #86 - Dec 2^nd, 2011, 3:24pm

183. You spend all of an Algebra class thinking about different ways to eliminate large knots from attaching the arms to the pouch without sacrificing strength/durability, taking into account different the pros and cons of kinds of twine as well as different kinds of pouches, and sketch a prototype in the margin of your notes.

184. Your teacher notices your sketching, is unfazed as she has long since come to think of it as ‘normal’, and asks you to bring in your sketched sling when it is finished.

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fletch_man Descens When the Guns are Gone Posts: 364 Gender:	Re: You might be a Slinger if....... Reply #87 - Dec 2^nd, 2011, 4:34pm Eoraptor, You should start another post about exactly that. Types of twine you prefer and their properties as well as knots used in different places on the sling. You may well have secret knowledge the rest of us could steal, I mean, use.
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Camo-sling Interfector Viris Spurii Forge your own path. Posts: 1281 Gender:	Re: You might be a Slinger if....... Reply #88 - Dec 4^th, 2011, 10:06pm 185. You wonder how much damage you can inflict on an old laptop. 186. You have an emotional attachment to your sling. 187. You consider discontinuing slinging once your favorite sling is destroyed. 188. You can't perfectly replicate your favorite sling, some things just can't be remade.
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Matt Borel Descens I can almost hit almost anything. Posts: 120 Gender:	Re: You might be a Slinger if....... Reply #89 - Dec 4^th, 2011, 11:36pm 189. You lose a nice, old pack your brother gave you, which contained a nice metal water bottle your mother-in-law gave you, and a monogrammed Leatherman tool your wife gave you, and think: "Oh my God! My slings were in there!" (All recovered, BTW, because I know you slingers were cringing.)
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