Then the children were not sitting at home behind computers.
“I was not some notorious hooligan, homeless or punks. But when I remember what we were doing in the yard, I sometimes become a bit uncomfortable. Our skills could envy a real extremist,” so interesting about your childhood told in a personal blog Russian photographer Alexey Marakhovets.
Squirtwoman
What do you think is stalka”? Something from the word “Sika”. So. It is a popular weapon in the middle of the yard the water “battle” before the era of the advent of disposable syringes in pharmacies.
Was masteries “Skalka” from an empty bottle of shampoo or litre plastic bottle “White”. In traffic on a hot plate with a nail hole was done, and there was inserted a half of a ballpoint pen without the rod. All this was sealed with mastic or plasticine. The vial poured water (for the first time at home, after — from the pipe under the balcony) and splashed in the opponent. It was an alternative to the expensive and scarce water pistol. By the way, “stalky” it was very cool to quench their thirst.
Darts
The game of Darts did not play just lazy. We too as a child loved to throw Darts. Yes here only they were not sold or they cost a lot of money. Therefore, almost every boy in our backyard could make it myself. The dart in its flight and ftykateley qualities turned out not worse the factory. See how we did it:
A piece of paper, 4 matches, needle, stationery glue and thread. The carpet on the wall hung a homemade target of a notebook page and play. One day my friend was playing Darts at my house and had an argument. He angrily threw a dart at me and stuck him right in the arm, and in retaliation, I hit him in the stomach.
On the street made another dart from the welding electrodes. Honed curb stone at one end, and another was wounded pigeon feathers. Thrown into a wooden door and trees.
Slingshot
Who remembers homemade slingshot? They were of two types: classic and keyhole. Classic cut from the thick branches of hazel with a fork, bought the wide gray harness at the pharmacy, got a piece of leather (you could secretly cut the house of the suitcase and put the blame on the sister), and all fastened with copper wire or blue tape.
Charged slingshot smooth pebbles, which were often brought into the courts with sand or unripe berries of a type of mountain ash, plums or cherries, which grow enough of the house. Sometimes power shots stone enough to smash a bottle of champagne with three meters. This slingshot was valued for the reason that not everyone have the skills and means to create it. It can be exchanged for other valuable things such as an ear from the Turbo, CinCin and Final90.
Knives
I think every boy in my childhood was here such a folding knife. It was always a matter of pride. It is carefully kept away from my mother’s eyes not often carried out. The knife was constantly in the sand, remember? And all because he was just a tool for playing “knife”.
Versions of the game were many, but most often played “Zemelku”, “Tanchiki.” Every game had plenty of varieties. For example, “Zemelku”: draw a circle, divided equally into the number of participants. Everybody get up on your site. Then stood and stuck a knife in the area of the enemy and cut off from his land piece by piece. “Seranilla” (not stuck) — course passed another. And here by the same rules we had all the time to stand on their land as long as you can. Others can stand it outside, but in the case of catastrophic reduction of your area the enemy asked you to stand up three seconds on it. If you do not resist will be eliminated. Stand could even tiptoe on one foot — the main hold for three seconds.
Boomerang
Yes, it is now easily possible to buy a boomerang of any shape in the store. And in the late 80’s is nothing like not sold. We managed in the following way: buy stationery in two 30-cm wooden ruler, twisted their cross tape, and then home on the ferry twisted blades. Turned out excellent boomerang that he could even come back! They are, again, scare crows and pigeons. And another was launched from the ninth floor, where I lived all my childhood.
Dimovski
Only our generation knows what is the relationship between childhood dolls or a tennis ball and that’s it:
But we know what would happen if the pieces of this special, magical plastic wrap in a foil or newspaper, to burn and to put out. Many nerves spent uncles in the garage, when the roof flew toward them here is a miracle.
Plevatelnoy tube
Another indispensable attribute of the boys was a metal tube for spitting plasticine or mastic beads. Getting up was very difficult, and it was highly prized in the yard. Directly into the phone clung a large supply of putty or clay, from which utsepilsya piece and charged up. In addition to moral damages such spit nothing has caused his victim. Later the tube was replaced by an empty rod of gel pens, and clay — millet or buckwheat.
Parakhouski
We extracted the gunpowder near Zavolzhskiy dump that in the area of Krasny Yar, near the treatment plant. Valiant military Arsenal overthrown under the open sky, these little yellow things that we collected. And once we were in the yard brought sand. Not just the sand, and tubular gunpowder. Of course, the concentration was small but it allowed for 15 minutes to gather a handful of gunpowder. Apparently, kamazist decided not to bother with sand and cherpanuli it in the dumping area. So go to the junkyard for a dozen miles we have not had — Arsenal appeared right under the Windows.
What are we doing with it? So many things: wrapped in foil, set on fire, and gunpowder in foil turned into a rocket. Just burned, did the fuses for firecrackers and so on.
Carbide
Who remembers the magic stone with a specific smell, which are bubbling in the water? Carbide — is a joy for those who found him for the whole day! Caring gas shook him out of his cylinders right where he worked. Often in the yard. And a bunch of useless white trash necessarily look for a few sturdy stones of calcium carbide! When combined with water it reacts and provided me with a great gas — acetylene. It is a remarkable fact that well-lit.
In what form is not only used carbide! And just throwing in a puddle, igniting it. Holding hands, squeezing carbide in the hand, submerged in a puddle. And thrust it into the bottle with water, plugging the tube… But the most effective use of carbide was hand-gun.
Took the empty bottle from under a deodorant or insect spray, cut his neck, at the bottom of the hole were doing, put in the carbide, spat liberally on it, plugged all the holes, shaking moment, open and raised a burning match to a small hole — volley!
I older brother told me that in his childhood they whistled a carbide cylinder and poured it into the drain well with water. Closed with a heavy lid with a hole and waited for half an hour. Then one boy held the match to the hole. There was a explosion that blew out several Windows in the house next door, the lid flew up, hitting first guy on the chin, and then covering it a bit in the fall. But the worst thing — he received severe burns face, scars of which remain forever — I’ve seen photos of him in adult life.
Lead
How much of this word for the heart children’s merged… And merged in the truest sense of the word. Remember, prowled along the garages, searched junkyards in search of old batteries? Split them and extracted pure lead, thrashing a dried electrolyte and crumbled soft metal in a tin or in a bowl, a fire and waited for the Bank Shine liquid metal.
And then poured it into the form of clay and did all that your heart desires. From brass knuckles to toys and trinkets. It is dangerous, and can be poisoned after inhaling vapors of lead, especially if you melt it at home.
Magnesium
Chopped file powder magnesium we mixed in certain proportions with potassium permanganate, which cost a dime at the pharmacy, and wrapped in a tight paper bag, winding more duct tape. Did a hole and screwed to it a match so that the sulfur head was exactly in the hole. It turned out something like this.
Doodling chips of flint and abruptly cast aside. Package with a deafening noise and a bright flash exploded.
I also loved to arrange with magnesium different experiences at home. For example, put it in acetic acid and collected in a jar eye-catching bubbles are hydrogen. And then match the hydrogen burned. He burned with a ringing sound. Or set fire to magnesium powder on the tip of a knife and quickly threw it in the water. Magnesium hydroxide as a result of rapid reaction with the combustion vozgonaetsa to the ceiling and fell out white flakes, like snow. By the way, never try to extinguish burning magnesium or titanium water — will be an explosion of hydrogen and oxygen.
Crossbows and stun guns
From the usual stick clothespins or simply going to match crossbow or pistol. They shot burning matches.
The slate in the fire
I think you can easily remember, what happens to the slate in the fire. Right, no good — he strongly shoots. Pieces. But sometimes so that the initial fire little that remained. Shooting slate just throwing it to the side. To the delight of us.
Bombs
In childhood, we already used a condom. Only not on purpose. Those who lived higher up, periodically “bathed” passers-by dropping them huge balls of water, a liter of three or four. The most frostbitten was added potassium permanganate.
Lamps and television tubes
Rech was not to break thrown in the trash fluorescent lamp. They crashed with a loud pop, if you throw the lamp on the pavement end. About the environment then thought. But this discovery in the garbage was extremely rare and always brought great joy to the boys.
Cast lots, who first throw a brick at the top of the lamp (ray gun of the CRT). She was the most vulnerable point of the tube. When the lamp was broken — the tube due to internal vacuum collapsed inside with a very dull cotton, echo speaks in the courts. The other boys immediately raced to see the action. But more often, we found the tubes already with a broken lamp.
Flying bolt
An easier way to make a “Boo” was a twist of two nuts and bolts tied to this package as a stabilizer. I also did such a thing, but without the package. Just threw on the asphalt. And ended up with a shrapnel wound of the finger… In the CGB did a mini-operation without the knowledge of the mother. It is much later found hidden discharge from the emergency room about a shrapnel wound. Was a shock.
The cans siphon
Used cartridges for gazirovannaya devices (siphons) also sometimes went into action. They were stuffed with sulfur from the matches and closed the hole with the bolt. Then the infernal machine was rushed into the fire. I must say that thing was the most dangerous invention of the yard boys. Once all the students from our school were removed from lessons and sent to the funeral sixth-grader who splinter of such a balloon injured carotid artery. Ambulance had to come. And another friend is left without two fingers when I optcial filled cylinder on electric emery wheel. Personally, I’ve never done such a balloon and others strongly recommend.
The dowels
I think that our generation will easily explain the relationship of these items. The dowel was hammered in with a brick in the asphalt was removed, crumbled into the hole matches, inserted dowel and threw a brick on top. Wham! And the piece of asphalt is gone. Matches worth 1 penny for boxes and freely buy in the store.
Sleeve
Empty casings from bullets also went into action. They were stuffed with sulfur from the matches, bent the neck and into the fire. Personally, I did efficiency suggestion and ran the liner with lighter fluid. Bach is not so much, but effectively. Instead of gasoline could pour diesel fuel, which can be easily merged from hadronic colliders.
Cartridges
Occasionally someone appeared such construction cartridges, which were charged in the building gun clogging dowels. Also went into the fire. But it was interesting to wrap them with thick wire and, holding the long end, knocking the cap on the corner of the transformer box. Cartridge babakhan and unfolding a “rose”.
The guys who were engaged in biathlon, the house has sometimes found that such ammunition from no big thing. Of these just took out the gunpowder, fortunately, the bullet was easily removed with pliers (the idiots).
Caps
Who had the gun, who shot these pistons? But it was interesting scribbling on the brown spots with something sharp and watch as they ignite. Or even more interesting: roll roll of strips and recoil it with a hammer. Ringing in the ears for 10 minutes was provided.
Gun
Everything was the same legal weapons factory production. Remember how he was shot?
Capacitors
In fifth grade, the school swept the craze for electronic components. Capacitance capacitors from the TV (2000 microfarads, 100 and 300) is charged from a 220 volt outlet and used as a stun gun on his comrades.
Smaller circuits, like resistors and diodes, the scoring tutorial in the socket, which led to such a normal explosion with shower of sparks.
Peaceful Hobbies
Peace Hobbies remember braids out and colored wire. Found a piece of telephone cable and derbanit it.
Cherkash on boot
The fire was the constant companion of the boys. It is easy to find a match, but with boxes zerkalom — not always. Out of the situation thus: take the filter from a cigarette, put it on the end of the sole, burned and waited until it is slightly melted. Then abruptly put boxes brown side. Rough basis were glued to the Shoe. Thus the “boxes” were always with him. True, it was necessary to update it periodically, so my mother scraped off the bottom of his Shoe.
Magnifying glass
Loupe was one of our greatest treasures — it was the bug to see, and the fire in Sunny weather, kindle. The latter function was used more often. The greater magnifier, so it is more productive in this regard.
May beetles
Look for beetles, we started in April. Went into the woods and dug them with a shovel from the ground. May beetles were very valuable in the yard, while she was alive. Stuffed them full of banks. And even distinguished them by the color of head: red — firefighters, black workers. Was still with a greenish tint — guards. Long whiskers male, short female. Once in the courtyard there was a rumor that the pharmacy will accept for the money nakryski beetles. Then I will not continue — it could be called genocide. Wings in the end not accepted.
