I'm so old I Remember when:

[BigBlueHen53]

So the ball is about an inch in diameter.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Jacks.

Otherwise known as caltrops. The first primitive landmine, designed to cripple horses in a war.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Thank goodness our kids didn't play with THOSE!

 

[RoyalChick]

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So the ball is about an inch in diameter.

Brings tears to my eyes just seeing them. My mother was also great at Jacks. I never quite got into them.

 

[RoyalChick]

Jacks.
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Otherwise known as caltrops. The first primitive landmine, designed to cripple horses in a war.
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Wow - I did not know that!
OUCH!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Thank goodness our kids didn't play with THOSE!

They are the same general shape as the seed of a weed that grows in southwestern states, called the goathead. You didn't want to get into a patch of those, barefoot.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

The jack always won. Nobody was chasing anybody after stepping on one of those miniature caltrops. MUCH worse than stepping on Lego, but similar.


I saw a movie once about diving horses called Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. Was it basd on true events? The horse's rider, a teen girl, accidentally hit the water with her eyes open and lost her vision, but continued to dive afterward anyway.


Agreed. Will look for a picture.

Yes is true of blind girl. Her name, Sonora Webster Carver.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yes is true of blind girl. Her name, Sonora Webster Carver.

Thank you. I loved that movie.

 

[Rick589]

One never stepped on a steel jack on purpose.

Well, I was making the assumption that shoes were worn.

 

[R2elk]

Well, I was making the assumption that shoes were worn.

Bad assumption.