- Aerobie "The Astonishing Flying Ring" discs go a long way. And if you throw them the wrong way, they go a long way that way, too. Boys of ages 7-10 tend to do the latter.
- Sometimes one has to traverse a large amount of blackberry bramble to retrieve a wrongly-thrown disc.
- Blackberry bushes, though producing a very tasty fruit, are not recommended (by me) as things to grab onto when
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falling. Falling would be better. Fewer lacerations. - The Aerobie can also be thrown high. And its ring shape makes it perfect for catching on high, very high branches of trees.
- A baseball that's been drilled through, then had a thin rope fed through it and tied off, is useful for retrieving high-stuck-in-trees Aerobies.
- Said baseball is also useful for removing large dead branches from trees.
- Dead branches can break unexpectedly.
- My reflexes are still good, and useful for evading falling dead branches (and grabbing blackberry brambles while falling).
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falling. Falling would be better. Fewer lacerations.↧