Para - reminds me of when i was a kid. We used buy model ships and armor them up according to certain rules, and then go out with a bb gun and sink each other's ships. my friend Richter was a cheat though, and once he stuffed his battleship with styrofoam. He almost got away with it, as my battleship - THE HATE - took 70 hits before it sunk. But then i saw bits of the white stuff floating out of his ship. Got even with him though - our next battle we used sailing ships, and his was a beautiful model of the HMS Victory. He made the mistake of allowing my brother and i to keep it over night and so we ran tests on it. Shot one bb through the hull and the plastic was soft like butter. He hadn't cheated with styrofoam, so we patched up the hole with a platic putty and touched up the paint.
The next day his ship got to fire 40 rounds where as our two ships only fired 20 per turn. By agreement my brother and i did not sink his ship right off. we spent our time raking his deck and knocking down all his rigging. we wrecked the whole ship with just 37 shots and then my brother put 3 just below the waterline.
ah, yes, the days before computers chips.
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