Ice marbles

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Oooh :( That could be really nasty.

I know that ice frozen into dagger shapes are as effective as a knife, and melt to leave no prints.....but forensics now note the extra water in the wounds, and can analyse source and impurities.....Son1's good friends with a coroner.

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sorry a bit off topic but my dad used to manage a paint ball place in northern ireland and they had to build an armoury for the guns with a ex army major to be licensed for them as the terrorists used to freeze the paintballs and kill people :yikes:

i've heard some utter rubbish in my time but that takes the biscuit !!
 
i've heard some utter rubbish in my time but that takes the biscuit !!

really have you run many paintball sites ???

just have quick google they are classed as a firearm needing a license and upto 2003 even sites were nt allowed to own or use them as they were used for none leisure purposes during the troubles there psni words not mine !!

so which bit is rubbish robbi ???
 
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Got all excited when I found a balloon in a drawer, even more so when I discovered we do have food colouring:o

Filled the balloon and placed gently outside. Waited a day for it to freeze.

All excited I go out there wondering what I will find. It's still there and in one piece, yay the local cats didn't pop it.

I go to take off the balloon and.................................................



It's still water, no sign of ice even though it's surrounded by snow:lmao:
 
Got all excited when I found a balloon in a drawer, even more so when I discovered we do have food colouring:o

Filled the balloon and placed gently outside. Waited a day for it to freeze.

All excited I go out there wondering what I will find. It's still there and in one piece, yay the local cats didn't pop it.

I go to take off the balloon and.................................................



It's still water, no sign of ice even though it's surrounded by snow:lmao:

Snows an insulator - put it in the shade somewhere out of the snow.
 
really have you run many paintball sites ???

just have quick google they are classed as a firearm needing a license and upto 2003 even sites were nt allowed to own or use them as they were used for none leisure purposes during the troubles there psni words not mine !!

so which bit is rubbish robbi ???

I suspect the bit about the terrorists actually using them.

Theoretically a paintball gun firing a frozen lump could be lethal, but it has never ever hit the news - the terrorists use bombs these days, not guns. The muzzle energy of a paintball gun is not a great deal higher than an air rifle. Not very lethal compared to an AK47.
 
I suspect the bit about the terrorists actually using them.

Theoretically a paintball gun firing a frozen lump could be lethal, but it has never ever hit the news - the terrorists use bombs these days, not guns. The muzzle energy of a paintball gun is not a great deal higher than an air rifle. Not very lethal compared to an AK47.

More likely a risk of them being used by the youths during riots - paint splats would ruin the vision for the police when they hit their visors/shields.
 
That's nice. Back on topic.

Marbles now placed under the shelter of the canoe:rolleyes:

Sorry - I joined in the wandering..... Still not cold enough to try that here, hovering around 0 degrees, next cold snap I think I'll make a load and then put them in the garden a few doors down & tell their kid that giants were playing marbles during the night. Their Dad will join in no problem......
 
im going off what my dad told me and the fact he showed me the armoury they had to get built and the reason the police gave as to why they had to get a firearms certificate for the site to own the markers.
im just more annoyed to be told im talking rubbish and in fact lying about it on a public forum

i think we should get back to the original topic
 
I would like this thread to 'Stay on Topic'.

I much prefer self moderation.

Thanks

George

Toys firmly put back in the trunk - back to the pretty sparkly marbles, looks like we may have a freeze tonight - although I hope not, the roads will be awful if we do given they're covered in slush at the moment.
 

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