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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:09 am
by imablackskater
wow my dad is always over my shoulder asking to help. my parents do that school crap to but im in 8th grade so its easy. i got my money taken away and my mom bought shoes that was a complete waste of 200 bucks

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:23 am
by ProfessorAmadeus
She stole you money? Wow.

Now to try and cheer you up you little smoogie woogie putooogie. I know how to deal with your dad but your going to need a pair of scissors, 3 golf balls, a lamp shade and a trained seagull. I will explain later.

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:03 pm
by lukemc
lol. my dads pretty much ok with what i build. he actualy got me into it when he built a carbide cannon out of pvc just for fun. 8) latter when i built my cannon i would tell him every step i was doing just to see what he would say but all he said was "im hardly listening but im sure that your going to do it right" so i stop asking him about it adn when i was done and i shot a potato off our property he laughed hysterically and said nice job

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:20 pm
by risto
My dad has done this to me before. It sucks. And being taken from the contest is a horrible punishment. I, luckily, managed to get back into spudguns without my dad being too upset. With that said,

A-98 -

I don't know you very well, but what i do know is that you're one hell of
Ground Crop Accelerating Deployment Facilitator Engineer.

I have decided to build a cannon in your honor.

Expect it to be finished in time for the contest.

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:46 pm
by A-98
thank you very much risto, i am forever in your debt.

i didnt get so much banned from the contest as i did from building new guns, so i cant enter my cannon. :(

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:15 pm
by risto
did you start your cannon at least?

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:44 pm
by A-98
nope, i wanted to get the valve before i started to build. i do have the regulator and its pretty kick ass, but now i need to find a place within 20 min of where i live so that i can get the tanks filled.

i round-about asked my dad today, and he didnt say anything specific about thing specific about my not being able to build it. i think he was just kinda pissed yesterday because we were making so much noise. least i hope so.

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:58 pm
by WOW!!
My Mom is really understanding about my need to build things. And she knows that I an safe with things. But I usually say if you hear a boom don't worry about it. And I explain everything to her and she is cool with it.

And try and bargain with your dad, like if you do chores or something you get a cretin part. Of if you do good at school. Like on tests if you get a C you get 1 part, B 2 parts, A 3 parts. Try and start off slow and then work your way up.

Good luck to you.

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:13 pm
by c19o
That sucks man. My dad does stuff like that to me sometimes except it has nothing to do with cannons. He doesn't care what I do with them unless im spending over $50 on a cannon, then he gets worried. Where I live its like this

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My house is on the right and thats me with my 10ft long coaxial cannon.
I almost hit that dudes house with a steel pipe that was plugged up. On the back of the house my dad added on a room that was solid glass ( he has a construction business ) Man if I would have hit that I would have been in SO much trouble.

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Here is my coaxial cannon and in the background in the distance is the cliff the dudes house i almost hit is one. you cant see the house though cause i started shooting to the left of his house after i almost hit it.
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