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Post by mr potatohead on Aug 28, 2022 10:45:03 GMT
Does anyone remember the best squirt guns ever made? The Wee-Gee (pictured), Dee-Gee, Snub-Bee, Lu-Gee and the brass knuckle squirt guns? They were awesome!  |
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Post by mr potatohead on Aug 28, 2022 11:09:23 GMT
And, how about those Park Plastics water rockets? Wow!  |
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Post by mr potatohead on Aug 28, 2022 12:02:22 GMT
We used to pump up those water rockets until it made our fingers sore to pull the trigger, due to the pressure of the rocket catch against the slide. Park Plastics also made a few variations of the whirlybird saucer launchers. They were fun unless parents caught us cranking them up inside, hitting and drilling the ceiling.  |
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Post by Magnus on Aug 28, 2022 21:00:47 GMT
Good old Linden New Jersey, home of high quality water guns and excellent Polish food !  |
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Post by billfish on Aug 29, 2022 12:21:41 GMT
Good old Linden New Jersey, home of high quality water guns and excellent Polish food ! And the smell of the refineries |
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Post by saison on Aug 29, 2022 13:51:23 GMT
I remember all of them, had a lot of them and loved them. Those water rockets were the best.
I didn't realize the came from Linden, NJ. When you come over the Goethals Bridge from Staten Island into NJ the first thing you notice (and smell) are those oil refineries that Magnus referred to.
I have to say, as much as I didn't like Andrew Cuomo as a governor, he was able to get things built - the new Goethals Bridge, the new Kosciusko Bridge in Brooklyn and an amazing transformation with the (new) LaGuardia Airport. One more - the Tappan Zee bridge, I refuse to refer to it by it's new name though.
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Post by Bob Pone on Aug 29, 2022 15:19:26 GMT
We had the water rockets. If you got a lot of air into the rocket, it would go up 50 feet maybe higher. The kids, and us had lots of fun. Awhile back I made my own rocket out of a plastic coke bottle. I glued fins on the bottle for stabilization and drilled a small hole on the cap. I made the launcher out of wood and used a bicycle pump. It was a success; the rocket went up over 100 feet. I just threw it away a few weeks ago cleaning out cabinets.
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Post by 1920sfan on Aug 31, 2022 6:07:30 GMT
Perhaps a company will come out with a girl doll with hair that passes the Biden sniff of approval.
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Post by trog on Aug 31, 2022 12:03:28 GMT
The Spyra water gun is supposed to be the best now uk.spyra.com/ For £136 it had better be! They are usb chargable and self loading. Joerg Sprave of the Slingshot Channel tested them and measured the output as about the same power as a BB gun. It seems are though he has deleted the video. |
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Post by brothersteve on Aug 31, 2022 12:10:27 GMT
The Spyra water gun is supposed to be the best now uk.spyra.com/ For £136 it had better be! They are usb chargable and self loading. Joerg Sprave of the Slingshot Channel tested them and measured the output as about the same power as a BB gun. It seems are though he has deleted the video. You can put an eye out with that thing! I hope they can put out a 'phase plasma rifle in 40 watt range' soon. |
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Post by mr potatohead on Aug 31, 2022 13:20:47 GMT
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