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Wolferz 01-22-14 09:56 AM

Disturbing ads...
 
Kids Army ad.
http://www.kids-army.com/?gclid=CM_N...FU7xOgodInwACA

Looks like a quick way to get your kid shot by trigger happy cops.:hmmm:
Or do a Google search for their bomb bags and see how quick homeland security comes a knockin' on your door.:haha:


Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Neal paying for the site with advertisement money. But.....KIDS ARMY?:huh:

MH 01-22-14 11:24 AM

Those adds are usually driven by suffin habits.:)

fireftr18 01-22-14 11:55 AM

I'm all about kids playing army, but some of that stuff is just way out there. :salute:

Wolferz 01-22-14 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fireftr18 (Post 2166505)
I'm all about kids playing army, but some of that stuff is just way out there. :salute:

When I was a kid we didn't need high end props to play army.

Stick guns and dirt clod grenades were just fine.

"I shot you man"
" No, you missed me"

"ok, dirt clod grenade upside the head!"
<dirt clod explodes on contact>

"You can't say I missed now!":stare:

Sailor Steve 01-22-14 02:40 PM

:rotfl2:

When I was a kid my dad stopped by an Army/Navy store brought me a couple of genuine silk maps used by the Flying Tigers. He told me he thought about buying me a disarmed hand grenade, but then he had a vision of me throwing it and putting some other kid in the hospital. :dead:

fireftr18 01-22-14 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2166515)
When I was a kid we didn't need high end props to play army.

Stick guns and dirt clod grenades were just fine.

"I shot you man"
" No, you missed me"

"ok, dirt clod grenade upside the head!"
<dirt clod explodes on contact>

"You can't say I missed now!":stare:

Sounds familier! :har:

I don't know about anywhere else, but the kids in my neighborhood still play like that.

Betonov 01-22-14 05:07 PM

Kids in the US are lucky.

They take their toy guns or bended sticks, point at one another and go bang.

We in Europe played swordfights. A sword hit was simulated by an actual hit with a stick (or worse) :dead:

Platapus 01-22-14 05:19 PM

Some of the stuff on that website looks pretty cool. Wish they had that when I was a kid.

Webster 01-22-14 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2166472)
Kids Army ad.
http://www.kids-army.com/?gclid=CM_N...FU7xOgodInwACA

Looks like a quick way to get your kid shot by trigger happy cops.:hmmm:
Or do a Google search for their bomb bags and see how quick homeland security comes a knockin' on your door.:haha:


Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Neal paying for the site with advertisement money. But.....KIDS ARMY?:huh:

the ads that pop up on your screen are driven by cookies from each individuals own computer so you see ads based on your stored browsing history and others see different ads then you do.

its a software program that matches ads tailored to each users viewing habits. if you have no browser history you only get plain generic ads

nikimcbee 01-22-14 08:45 PM

http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server17...43.800.800.jpg

:rock::rock::rock:

les green01 01-22-14 09:08 PM

lol no wonder i don't get any ads,actral i got two disarm grenades,folks if you watch a war movie showing them pulling the pin with their teeth well it can be done but you have a jaw ache doing it,you guys use sticks heck we use pellet guns by the end of the day if you didnt know how to use cover or shoot one you was asking for it

Red October1984 01-22-14 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Webster (Post 2166678)
the ads that pop up on your screen are driven by cookies from each individuals own computer so you see ads based on your stored browsing history and others see different ads then you do.

its a software program that matches ads tailored to each users viewing habits. if you have no browser history you only get plain generic ads

:o

Who's been on my PC...and what have they been doing? Because for a while there....there were 1000's of Russian Singles ready to meet me in my area.

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Anyway, some of this stuff is cool....but no kid wants a gun case for their yellow M-16.

I played army all the time as a kid.

It's crap like THIS that annoys me.

Compact Combat Mission Machine Gun... :har: :har:

@Betonov, I also remember partaking in the game of "swords"

I had these yardsticks (Slightly shorter than a meterstick) that were square instead of the usual flat ones. Getting hit by one hurt a lot more than a usual yardstick.

Let's just say I broke many of those throughout the years.

fireftr18 01-22-14 11:46 PM

We did sword fighting too. And kids today still do it too. :haha:

Spiced_Rum 01-23-14 03:42 AM

Growing up in the 70's I would love to have had toy guns and clothing of that realism and quality to play with. We had to make our own guns and swords with wood because we could not afford commercially produced ones. Although we have some old World War 2 helmets and clothing/belts to dress up in.

I wonder if re-enactment societies and those people who go outside and do live fantasy role playing (cannot think of the term for it) are still partly reliving their childhood but with better gear?

Imagination was always the key component, in reality it may only be an old stick found in the woods but in my hands it was a deadly rapier when playing Zorro, a long-sword when defending Camelot, and a cutlass when boarding other pirate ships. :arrgh!:

Wolferz 01-23-14 04:49 AM

:hmmm: If I have my browser set to delete the history on exit, then how can this site be choosing relevant ads? I think they're just set on a random rotation.:yep:

Ads are a good thing IMHO. Without them we'd have no programming to watch on TV. It's too bad that the mAD men fail to realize that word of mouth is the best advertising... and it's free.:rock:
On second thought (there goes another tumbleweed) maybe they do.
Then you realize that the product would be less expensive if it didn't have the big ad budget tacked on.:-?


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