Post by: JimH on June 04, 2002, 03:32:43 pm
And Shelly? Was it Barbie? Or was it Joe?
Tullio?
Post by: KingSparta on June 04, 2002, 03:55:46 pm
I Did have Alot Of Green Army Men, And Would Setup Battles That Would Take Hours To Create Bunkers Hills And Fox Holes.
We Would Take Turns Like Chess Killing The Other Side.
Note: For Anyone With Kids, Do Not Allow Your Kid To Go To School And Point A Finger And Say Bang Bang. Some Kid Was Just Kicked Out Of School For That. It Seems Not Only Guns Are Not Allowed On School Grounds, But You Can Not Make The "Bang Bang" Sound and Point your Finger In This Liberal School System We Call Public School.
Post by: sekim on June 04, 2002, 03:58:06 pm
Listening to: 'Intro / Sweet Jane' from 'Rock N Roll Animal' by 'Lou Reed' on Media Jukebox
Post by: JimH on June 04, 2002, 04:03:56 pm
Jane Goodall, who is now about 65, has studied chimpanzees since she was about 25. She's my #1 hero since Jacques Cousteau died. She spends her time travelling now, to try to alert people to the fact that animals are disappearing at an alarming rate from wild places like Africa.
Jane wrote about how chimpanzees sort out dominance -- something like the pecking order that chickens use. There is a lot of threatening that goes on, and they try to keep the real bloodshed to a minimum.
One of the chimps she studied (start thinking politics here) was not the strongest or the brightest of the group, but he managed to climb to the top by the following strategy.
Because the chimps often used branches, dragged across the ground at a run, to threaten others, this chimp began to experiement. He found that he could use, to his advantage, an empty fuel can from Jane's camp, bumping along the ground, making a hell of a racket. Even better, two cans.
He won. He became the top chimp.
So threatening behavior? Not a problem. Happens all the time. Let's worry about real behavior.
And let's not leave empty cans about the camp.
Post by: Trelane on June 04, 2002, 04:08:48 pm
).King: there was a kid at one of the local schools who was suspended for having finger nail clippers.
Post by: sekim on June 04, 2002, 04:37:39 pm
My buddy, the music nut, has a great story about one of these.
Mike, my friend, has a cabin up in the Iron Range area. Years ago he and some friends were sitting around the campfire drinking beer and shooting the breeze. Somehow, one the guys found an empty Coleman fuel can sitting nearby and decided to throw it in the fire.
Unfortunatly, one of the other guys was sitting in a direct line from the cap end of the can. Mike, reacting just a second to late shouted' NOOOOOOO !!!' Kind of in slow motion as he puts it.
The can had a seismic reaction to the flames and heat. The guy in the line of fire, so to speak, was knocked completly out of the lawn chair he was sitting in. In fact, he actually snapped the back of the chair off. Rushing over to see if he was still alive, they found he was OK. Aside from the fact that he no longer had any eyebrows or 8 hour shadow left on his face.
After the near death experience, the laughter was rampant. Even the victim of this incidence had uncontrollable laughter I guess. You should see the way he tells it. The animosity is hilarious.
Post by: KingSparta on June 04, 2002, 05:10:18 pm
I Watched Many Hours Of Jane Goodall And Jacques Cousteau's Adventures Years Ago And Since I Watch Discovery, TLC And Animal Plaint All The Time.
Post by: sekim on June 04, 2002, 05:18:32 pm
Can't wait for the first trip up there this year.
Post by: shelly on June 04, 2002, 05:22:43 pm
Actually, since GI Joe didn't have a hockey stick or a saddle, I was quite content with Barbie. I don't remember having any type of aggressive or male-oriented type of toys, but never had a lack of dolls, tea sets, play ovens, etc. Not withstanding a good fight on the hockey rink, I have a great distaste for watching any kind of violence. Probably spent too much time dressing Barbie.
GOOOOOOO WINGSSSSSSSS
Shelly
Post by: KingSparta on June 05, 2002, 04:39:59 am
Funny
Post by: Jazzwolf on June 05, 2002, 04:50:00 am
Post by: Doof on June 05, 2002, 05:45:55 am
You ever watch Toy Story? Remember Sid?
I was Sid.
I always had a Lego type of mindset, and I brought that mindset with me in my interaction with my action figures.I nearly weep now when I think of all of those original Star Wars toys that were rendered completely worthless by my mad scientist ways...
Post by: JimH on June 05, 2002, 06:07:18 am
> I didn't have many GI Joes. The ones I did have met horrible fates.
I knew it would come to this. I hope you're getting your thrills now in a more mature manner, say by blowing up toy cars and trucks.
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Post by: Doof on June 05, 2002, 06:19:37 am
I'm really not a violent person. I'm not opposed to violence and it doesn't bother me to the same degree it does other people, but I myself am not violent.
I didn't blow them up or anything... I just figured if a person was supposed to be horribly burned in a fire so as to later come back as a cyborg, then he had to actually be burned in a fire before I could rebuild him...
Post by: peleton on June 05, 2002, 07:40:35 am
-Now that I think about it the cartoon is not shown here in Austalia, and in general "military toys" are really not all that popular here.
I did however make a few model planes(military), and some balsa wood "flight worthy" planes.
But in general I was a LEGO kid.
Post by: Harry The Hipster on June 05, 2002, 08:15:38 am
Did do the Cherry Bomb/M80 bit with the plastic GIs and tanks a little later on. Liberated my younger brother's toys for that purpose. He still reminds me of it.
HTH
Listening to: 'Adventures of Bugs Hunter' from 'The Solar-myth Approach Volume 1' by 'Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Arkestra' on Media Jukebox
Post by: KingSparta on June 05, 2002, 09:05:19 am
Jimmy Doolittle
Jimmy Doolittle lead the "Raid Over Tokyo" on April 18, 1942, a brave mission which was America's first strike against the Japanese after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for demonstrating "conscious gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.
Vietnam Door Gunner
A tribute to those workhorse of the air cavalry during the Vietnam War who transported materials and troops to and from the hot spots in the region