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andyf:

--- Quote from: Bluechip on June 08, 2010, 03:02:25 PM ---Rob


I don't like any  'sport' that involves moving ...

I greatly admire molluscs and the like ... they've got the right idea, just amble about eating and watching the scenery.

That's it..... Me...... An Olympic Standard LIMPETTER !!!!


--- End quote ---

I'm with you there, Dave. I could only think of three sports I could do lying down (well, four, but this is a family site). Swimming uses a lot of energy and whizzing downhill on the luge is cold and dangerous, so I chose target shooting. Relax, then gently move one finger. Perfect!

Andy








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Powder Keg:
I'll get a few pictures up. I'm building/modifying a crossbow to bowfish with.

Jonny:
Dont you have to aim elsewhere to hit the fish :clap:

Turns me off that game Andy waiting an eternity people fafffing about and its only 40 yards away, 20mm drop off from zero.

old-biker-uk:
When I get stopped in the street by people offering me an introductory offer at a gym. I have go home, lie down in a dark room with a glass of rum.
Mark

johnbaz:
Digging up an old post, i have a couple of crossbows that were given to me, there's a story that came with the bows.....

During the second world war there was a fireman from Wath or Swinton (i forget) he was stationed in London during the blitz and recovered some nice Oak from the windowboards of a bombed building, he used them to make these two bows whilst waiting for the next callout...

After the war had finished and rationing was still on the go, he would take one out and hunt rabbit and other small game to put meat on the table for his family...

i took one to work to try out on nightshift, i fitted a string, cocked it, placed a bolt in and from the safety of our cabin, i fired it at a large pine corebox, my mate was behind me...

The fifty year old string broke and the bolt went sideways, we both made a dive under the table as the bolt bounced off all the walls!!!

It will never be fired again... THEY'RE SODDING DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!!!!! :bugeye:

The bows...(very crude but probably effective had the strings been waxed!!)








the bolts and strings..



John :beer:

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