And sometimes when you started the engine it would start backwards and whoever was holding the plane for take-off that let it go without realizing it was in reverse would get the propeller right in the hand ........ see this here scar on my left forefinger!!! Nearly cut it off!!.... the day JFK was shot. I liked the ones that had the wings held on with rubber bands - they wouldn't tear up as easily when they crashed. Rsp. Jim P. S. Remember taking a piece of cane and making a hackberry shooter out of it also? And, of course, everyone knows what a 'toot-to-loo' is. Welcome to the internet - Noah Allen White, my grand nephew, born about an hour ago, at Baptist in Nashville, 7 lbs 10 oz. I understand someone is creating a website for him already "Zachary's Brother, Noah" - don't have the url yet. I was born at home and didn't even get an armband with my name on it to save. Morom01@aol.com wrote: > I remember Kilroy from photos of my parents, but I never saw one. I do > remember signs all over Knoxville (Gay Street) that had the nuclear symbol > and said "Fallout Shelter". I also remember the idiotic movies shown in > school that said if the bomb comes you should get under your desk with your > head between your knees. Yeah, that's how I want to die, with my head between > my knees and my rear stuck up in the air. > > Okay, here's mine. How many remember those gosh awful Cox airplanes that kids > used to buy? The one's that had the gas engine and kids flew them around and > around in circles, semi-controlled by two strings. All of a sudden the plane > would get going faster than you could turn. Around and around it would go, > wrapping it's victim in the string. Then, once having you helplessly tied up > in string it would make one final pass to smack you upside the head with the > propeller? > > Ouch. > Chip > > ==== TNCHAT Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list please visit: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnunion/tnchat > This list is generously donated by Rootsweb for our use. > Complete rules for TnChat may be found at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnunion/tnchat