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Hello from the british
Nov 18th, 2014 at 7:29pm
 
Hello everyone.
My name is Cairo. My interest into slings was started when I was a young boy. I had a book on egyption history and in the book there was an image that's still prominent in my minds eye. The drawing of a lowly boy who was scaring some crows of a farm next to the Nile. A mundane task to you but one of thrilling proportions for the young child such as myself. The idea of Effecting reality outside of my bodily reach was all I could think about... I must let you know that I have a condition called Aspergers syndrom (for those who don't know, it is a mental "condition" that makes us  incapable of seemingly primative and basic things such as, knowing if your happy or sad, or understanding metaphorical constructs. It also can make us extreamly intelligent, logical, and gifted in music or art, it can make us have an ability to memorise numbers or dates to the point of which somone can tell you what significant events happens on the 10 of april 1753 bc in exact detail. One man with Aspergers can tell you every single number of pi to the 100000000th decimal place). Anyway got a bit sidetracked. What I was saying was that I was really fascinated by it.

A few days ago I found the king tut sling and it was the spark that set my interest alight... Again.
Thanks for your time.
From cairo
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Reply #1 - Nov 19th, 2014 at 6:41am
 
You're welcome to the forum Smiley
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Reply #2 - Nov 20th, 2014 at 7:27am
 
Glad you found us!
I had a friend in high school who tried to memorize pi..... I think he got past fifty and we were all like "whoah!"
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Reply #3 - Nov 20th, 2014 at 9:22pm
 
Well, when you actually make a sling, the ammo to learn with is tennis balls.  They are heavy enough to throw, easy to find and not fatal if you hit yourself or someone else.

Welcome to the site and stick around for a while.  If you have problems, there are lots of people who will help you.
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Reply #4 - Nov 21st, 2014 at 7:11am
 
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone
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Reply #5 - Nov 22nd, 2014 at 7:33am
 
Hi cairom, welcome to the forum.

Talking about Asperger Syndrome - I've done a lot of online 'tests' and I always got a positive score, but I've never been diagnosed by a psychologist. Anyway, I think you will feel quite at home here.
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Reply #6 - Dec 12th, 2014 at 11:10pm
 
Aspberger's Syndrome runs in my family. My dad has it, my nephew has it, and I showed signs of it as a child, and still do to a much lesser extent from time to time. I can't really claim to have it because I'm affected so little, but I definitely can see things from that side of the mirror.  I tend to swing from one 'obsession' to another, and right now slinging is one of them. Smiley
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Reply #7 - Dec 22nd, 2014 at 7:01pm
 
Hi, Cairo;
    Welcome to slinging.org.
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