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Dave McC · June 27, 2000, 07:10 PM

Back around 1951 or so, a kid named Lenny and I thought it was fun to steal tomatoes from a neighbors garden. He caught us once and watned us not to do it again. Being young and dumb,we did it again. A charge of rocksalt from his shotgun greeted us and caused instant rehabilitation. I set the record for a 6 year old boy getting home and caused quite a furor on arrival,since you could hear me yelling for a mile,according to Mom.

Pop ws a Game Warden at the time and woke up when I arrived. After checking me out and determining that I was going to recover, he told me it served me right for stealing even a tomato. Then he got in the car and went away.

Years later I learned from Lenny's father that Pop went to the guy with the garden,and broke his face, stating that it was unsafe and the man knew where we lived and a few words to Pop would have solved the problem.

So,there may be other consequences to using rocksalted shells(G)...

June 27, 2000, 07:10 PM	#6
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Back around 1951 or so, a kid named Lenny and I thought it was fun to steal tomatoes from a neighbors garden. He caught us once and watned us not to do it again. Being young and dumb,we did it again. A charge of rocksalt from his shotgun greeted us and caused instant rehabilitation. I set the record for a 6 year old boy getting home and caused quite a furor on arrival,since you could hear me yelling for a mile,according to Mom. Pop ws a Game Warden at the time and woke up when I arrived. After checking me out and determining that I was going to recover, he told me it served me right for stealing even a tomato. Then he got in the car and went away. Years later I learned from Lenny's father that Pop went to the guy with the garden,and broke his face, stating that it was unsafe and the man knew where we lived and a few words to Pop would have solved the problem. So,there may be other consequences to using rocksalted shells(G)...