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has slingin changed the way you see things?
Sep 1^st, 2009 at 4:48pm

it has changed how i see things, i for one look at rocks differently. normally my eyes would just skim over everything in front of me (that's why people sometimes look at me weird when i suddenly realize that the person in front of me wears the same thing everyday). i also have opened my eyes a bit, and seen how things are getting a little bad in m school. you?

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slinger87 Funditor Offline I bet I can throw a rock farther then you can! Posts: 731 MI Gender:	Re: has slingin changed the way you see things? Reply #1 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:06pm yep, about the same with me, with rocks and school, also if it wasn't for slinging, I wouldn't carry aroud a knife or, obveously, a sling.
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13682 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: has slingin changed the way you see things? Reply #2 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:23pm I can't walk past an oval stone without wanting to pick it up. I've become obsessed with rocks.
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Mr. Boss Funditor Offline Slinging Depleted Uranium! Posts: 631	Re: has slingin changed the way you see things? Reply #3 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:31pm Rat Man wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:23pm: I can't walk past an oval stone without wanting to pick it up. I've become obsessed with rocks. Same here
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Aussie Past Moderator Offline Joined Nov. 1, 2006 Luke 14:14 Posts: 3265 Melbourne, Australia Gender:	Re: has slingin changed the way you see things? Reply #4 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:34pm Even though I don't sling stones all that much I also can't resistpicking out nice ones when I see them. Also I find myself estimating distances a lot and have become quite good at it.
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Ethan Funditor Offline so much depends upon a red wheelbarrow... Posts: 858 On the edge of a lake... Gender:	Re: has slingin changed the way you see things? Reply #5 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:37pm On a recent backpacking trip, I taught a good friend how to sling. The next day on the trail, he couldn't resist pointing out good ammunition as we picked our way through rocky spots. I consider it to be one of the warning signs of sling addiction. This bodes well.
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peacefuljeffrey Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Peace through superior slinging power! Posts: 2700 West Palm Beach Gender:	Re: has slingin changed the way you see things? Reply #6 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 6:21pm Quote: has slingin changed the way you see things? Yes. I now see things receding from me at high speed...
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Re: has slingin changed the way you see things?
Reply #7 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 6:31pm

Mr. Boss wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:31pm:

Rat Man wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:23pm:

I can't walk past an oval stone without wanting to pick it up. I've become obsessed with rocks.

Same here

Me too. Still have a bag full of dud (too small, or just wrong weight) stones i picked up my first year slinging, must get rid of them.

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BrianGrubbs Funditor Offline Joined May 6th, 2008 Posts: 559 Alabama Gender:	Re: has slingin changed the way you see things? Reply #8 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 6:48pm The door pockets on my car and work truck are both always full of rocks.
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peacefuljeffrey Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Peace through superior slinging power! Posts: 2700 West Palm Beach Gender:	Re: has slingin changed the way you see things? Reply #9 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 7:58pm BrianGrubbs wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 6:48pm: The door pockets on my car and work truck are both always full of rocks. Classic!
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Liberty dog Funditor Offline mobile pocket artillery Posts: 596 south carolina, usa Gender:	Re: has slingin changed the way you see things? Reply #10 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 9:19pm Mr. Boss wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:31pm: Rat Man wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:23pm: I can't walk past an oval stone without wanting to pick it up. I've become obsessed with rocks. Same here dido
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Re: has slingin changed the way you see things?
Reply #11 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 11:01pm

peacefuljeffrey wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 7:58pm:

BrianGrubbs wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 6:48pm:

The door pockets on my car and work truck are both always full of rocks.

Classic! Grin

I have a small pile of stones near the living room door where I empty my pockets sometimes. There's a tub and a bag of them in my car along with some scattered on the floor on the passenger side I and a big five gallon bucket mostly full of them by the garage. Sometimes there's a bowl of stones in my wife's car. There are sling stones scattered on the ground near the garage door Sometimes there's a few on the bathroom counter. Last winter we had snow on the ground for a few days here and there. I was without stones and miserable. I won't let that happen again.
I have slings hanging from the living room closet door and over the back of a chair near the living room door. I have slings in the backpack I use to keep the dog's stuff when walking and some hanging on the door of what was Kate's bedroom. There are usually a few in my car. I also have a box of sling making junk in the living room. Until recently I had a huge pile of bamboo staffs in my garage and currently there are two in the breezeway along with my one remaining completed staff sling. The leashes I walk the dogs with are designed after Rockman slings. Actually they're very strong, light, comfortable and so far very durable... I think they're a great design. One of them is below in the picture.
OMG, I've gone insane!!!!!!

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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: has slingin changed the way you see things? Reply #12 - Sep 2^nd, 2009 at 4:14am Red Squirrel wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 6:31pm: Mr. Boss wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:31pm: Rat Man wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:23pm: I can't walk past an oval stone without wanting to pick it up. I've become obsessed with rocks. Same here Me too. And me...
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Re: has slingin changed the way you see things?
Reply #13 - Sep 2^nd, 2009 at 4:18am

David Morningstar wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2009 at 4:14am:

Red Squirrel wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 6:31pm:

Mr. Boss wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:31pm:

Rat Man wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 5:23pm:

I can't walk past an oval stone without wanting to pick it up. I've become obsessed with rocks.

Same here

Me too.

And me...

and here I thought I was the only one...

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Fëanor Senior Member Offline Slinging rocks. Posts: 431 Stockholm, Sweden. Gender:	Re: has slingin changed the way you see things? Reply #14 - Sep 2^nd, 2009 at 4:45am All right sized rocks catches my eye.
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