Stupid thingsSandta said:
Begins aprox 1973 before moving overseas to live
#Playing under school building , play lunch , found matches, 3 classrooms burnt down = kambrook cord
#Blindfold younger brother, remove shoes , lead by hand , step in dog **** = kambrook cord ( i still think thats funny) the dog ****, NOT the cord
#Dug deep hole at beach, covered with towel, brother falls in, fill in hole(brother still in hole)go swimming , strangers dig child out as tide rises = kambrook cord
#Found air rifle in cubby house ,shot brother = kambrook cord , pellet still in leg(nearly 40 years)
###Moved overseas ...
#Learned how to make black gunpowder ( at school) what did they think was gonna happen?
All ingredients available at local drugstore ( in bulk)
#Local firecrackers readily available around christmas/ new years (made from very fine silver powder) much more effective than our homemade black powder, also provided supply source of , sort of reliable ,fuses( some burnt slowly , some were extremely fast ... No way of knowing what you would get... But they almost always worked)
#Model planes , Toys ,Letterboxes, Frogs ,Neighbours cat, COCONUTS!! , BAMBOO!! = 6foot hole 3 feet deep in paddock , 1 coconut could( and did) completely empty a front yard fish pond( along with windows in the house and the house opposite too)
#Was given 2 hand granades by our driver (FAIR DINCUM)
#Threw 1 granade into paddock over big brick wall (village perimeter) could hear shrapnel hitting against wall on other side
#Mum found other hand granade after reports of fat white kid on red bike reportedly seen throwing something over perimeter wall where farmers dead goats were found = feather duster( mum),leather belt( when dad got home) driver fired ...
#New driver taught me to drive( more about that later)
#Cut pistol shape out of plywood , u bolt water pipe to cut out, block off back of pipe with lead , drill fuse hole in pipe, insert fuse , hold gun upright while mate pours powder down barrel , put wad of toilet paper in barrel , still holding upright while mate uses long screwdriver to pack down .... BANG !!!
#Mate runs out of my bedroom , out of our house....
#Big black mark on bedroom ceiling, entire house stinks like gunpowder/sulphur, mum comes home = kambrook cord
Later that evening ... Phone rings , mum answers ... Hospital? Skin graft? .....
You would think that this would have changed things ( for the better)..
Well it did ... For a while ...
Mum found all the gunpowder and paraphernalia we had stashed under the stairs so that was the end of that for a while
Imagin holding and lighting that thing ... ??
#Molotov cocktails proved to be a BAD idea, my brother and his mate managed to pour flaming liquid down his mates back... Western shirt melted into the pour kids back,chest and arms, 3rd degree burns ,hospital , and careflight back to his origin NZ(i still often think about him)
#Shooting air rifle from mates roof at beach ball in neighbours pool, pellets kept bouncing off , peppering complete side of house, and broke window( that gave the game away) = leather belt
#Wrist Rocket( **** hot sling shot with forearm brace) 2 inch square of alfoil , wet marble in mouth, place in centre of foil , sprinkle with silver gunpowder (from local crackers) , wrap up tightly.... Explodes on impact !!! What a weapon...actually got away with that stuff.... But didnt get away with breaking car window with a rock ... Mum confiscated it then = kanbrook cord
#Would sneak out at night, take dads car , pick up mates and go racing...when i came back home i would turn off the ignition just before and roll up the driveway.... Until the last time .... Turned ignition off too far locked steering , no brakes , hit retaining wall, ****** the car(2.8 Ghia Granada) = extremely sore arse
Returned to Australia on my 16th birthday , there were a few instances after returning but generally never got caught doing bad things again . There have definitely been more stupid things but thats all im telling.
Im nearly 50 , have 2 boys , and hope they never read this
