So, the resident nine year old turns ten today. No huge party, but there will be presents. Tonight.
I just went to Walmart to find out the gift I was going to buy (a bean bag chair) they don't have. "Try again in a few days" doesn't help me.
So any ideas for a ten year old boy? He likes hockey, skateboards and videogames. Shocking, I know. I have to be able to buy it in Whitehorse this afternoon.
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Seriously though, does he have all the equipment he needs for hockey/skateboarding? If he does you might get him a football or a baseball glove.
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 04:43:01 PM
So, the resident nine year old turns ten today. No huge party, but there will be presents. Tonight.
I just went to Walmart to find out the gift I was going to buy (a bean bag chair) they don't have. "Try again in a few days" doesn't help me.
So any ideas for a ten year old boy? He likes hockey, skateboards and videogames. Shocking, I know. I have to be able to buy it in Whitehorse this afternoon.
Does he have an "adult" wallet? He's about at the age where he'd like that, especially from an adult male.
Surely there's some game he's been buzzing about wanting for a while?
I remember when I was about that age about the only times I got a new game was birthdays and christmas.
Good that the chair was sold out though- furniture, clothes, etc... are the sort of thing kids just expect. Not gifts.
Grumbler, I quite like the way you were thinking, but he just got a wallet at Christmas. And he has a crapload of hockey equipment.
I'm the sort of uncle who slips them a $20 when I shake their hands.
Quote from: Josephus on January 20, 2010, 05:15:02 PM
I'm the sort of uncle who slips them a $20 when I shake their hands.
LOL do you: slip the bartender a hundred for keeping the ice cubes cold?
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Is he a nerd? If so, a telescope.
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Probably already has it.
Quote from: Caliga on January 20, 2010, 05:33:44 PM
Is he a nerd? If so, a telescope.
Too much money, and no, not really. Smart kid, does well in school, but much more of a jock than a nerd. The kid is mad about hockey.
MBM - perhaps. Is there a Wii version? :unsure:
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 05:37:03 PM
MBM - perhaps. Is there a Wii version? :unsure:
:hmm: I'm actually not sure.
Edit: No there doesn't appear to be. How irritating.
2K apparently makes a Wii version of their hockey game though:
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There are also various skateboarding games for the Wii. I think the Tony Hawk one comes with a board or some such thing as a controller, which is kinda nifty.
There are a lot of great books for boys 10-14....
An inexpensive but nice watch, like a Swatch ore something similar.
Swatches are around €50 in Europe.
L.
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j/k ;)
Every 10 year I know wants New Super Mario Bros for wii. Does he have that yet?
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on January 20, 2010, 05:38:45 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 05:37:03 PM
MBM - perhaps. Is there a Wii version? :unsure:
:hmm: I'm actually not sure.
Edit: No there doesn't appear to be. How irritating.
2K apparently makes a Wii version of their hockey game though:
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Thanks for looking into it MBM. Thinking about it he has 2k9, and hasn't asked about getting this year's version.
Then Dopp Kit (aka "Sponge Bag").
Quote from: grumbler on January 20, 2010, 06:46:40 PM
Then Dopp Kit (aka "Sponge Bag").
I have no idea what this means. :wacko:
Google to the answer - a shaving kit. Hmm... perhaps. :hmm: (I quite like that smiley BTW)
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 06:51:44 PM
I have no idea what this means. :wacko:
Google to the answer - a shaving kit. Hmm... perhaps. :hmm: (I quite like that smiley BTW)
All manly men have them. A well-made one will last forever
He's 10 Grumbler. That'd be a shit present and Beeb would become the dick uncle who fails. How many 10 year olds need to shave? What are the odds he'll appreciate a present that will collect dust and be useless to him for half a decade? Get him a night out with just you to dinner and a hockey game. Maybe allow him to bring one or two friends. Buy him a program and maybe a hat at the game in addition to dinner and maybe ice cream after the whole thing.
Judas, you are forgetting where he lives. He needs to fly to Vancouver to do that.
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 06:51:44 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 20, 2010, 06:46:40 PM
Then Dopp Kit (aka "Sponge Bag").
I have no idea what this means. :wacko:
Google to the answer - a shaving kit. Hmm... perhaps. :hmm: (I quite like that smiley BTW)
At 10?
Is the kid half Mexican or something?
Go for wii. All the way wii. Rock band? :punk:
My cousins love games with silly periphrals.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 20, 2010, 05:44:01 PM
There are a lot of great books for boys 10-14....
Hey, a book. He will wonder what it is at first but what a great idea. :P
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 20, 2010, 07:08:44 PM
Judas, you are forgetting where he lives. He needs to fly to Vancouver to do that.
There's got to be some type of local hockey event, no? At the least, a promise of a roadtrip at some point.
A prostitute.
To be serious:
take him to a store, give him a limit and let him get what he wants. I do that with my nephews all the time.
You got 40 bucks each and a half hour. Go.
Prostitutes are 40 bucks for half an hour where you are from?
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 20, 2010, 07:15:08 PM
Prostitutes are 40 bucks for half an hour where you are from?
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Asterix
They're fun, they're semi-educational, and not something they would come up with by themselves. I gave a nephew a bunch one Christmas.
Quote from: Judas Iscariot on January 20, 2010, 07:07:07 PM
He's 10 Grumbler. That'd be a shit present and Beeb would become the dick uncle who fails. How many 10 year olds need to shave? What are the odds he'll appreciate a present that will collect dust and be useless to him for half a decade? Get him a night out with just you to dinner and a hockey game. Maybe allow him to bring one or two friends. Buy him a program and maybe a hat at the game in addition to dinner and maybe ice cream after the whole thing.
Just for the record: he is not my nephew. He is my wife's friend's son. Him and his mom have been staying with us for about 3 months when they first moved up to the Yukon (until Feb 1st, when I get my house back!!! :yeah:).
I have done a few things with him, but I'm not about to take him for a night out. That'd more be a present for his mother, not him.
That being said... he is a child being raised by a single mom. Growing up he's had little contact with his dad (but good contact with his dad's parents). He definitely feels a lack of a male role model. He somewhat oddly enjoys doing very mundane, but manly, tasks with me. Shovelling the driveway, going to the dump. Him and I actually had a very nice morning in December going out to cut down the Christmas tree.
So I don't know if grumbles knew or was thinking of any of that, but that's what gives the idea of a gift "from one man to another" some merit. But probably only in conjunction with something a little more interesting as well.
Anyways I also got an email from his mom that he wants a "bucket of pucks" from Canadian Tire. That'll be the gift, with maybe a side of a toiletries bag / shaving gear.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 20, 2010, 07:12:31 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 20, 2010, 05:44:01 PM
There are a lot of great books for boys 10-14....
Hey, a book. He will wonder what it is at first but what a great idea. :P
Hey, smart guy, why don't you try suggesting a title or two. "A book" isn't all that helpful. :contract:
So Beeb has a single mom living in his house. :hmm:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 20, 2010, 07:38:39 PM
So Beeb has a single mom living in his house. :hmm:
You want me to introduce you? :unsure:
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 07:21:24 PM
Anyways I also got an email from his mom that he wants a "bucket of pucks" from Canadian Tire.
Damn that's about as Canadian as it gets. :Canuck:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 20, 2010, 07:38:39 PM
So Beeb has a single mom living in his house. :hmm:
Is she hot? :hmm:
BB...seriously, ixne on the shaving kit...as others have said, if he's 10 that's an odd gift..unless he needs it. Be a bit like giving a 9 year old girl tampons. Get him the pucks and if you need to throw something else, a book or a gift certificate.
Quote from: Josephus on January 20, 2010, 07:51:04 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 20, 2010, 07:38:39 PM
So Beeb has a single mom living in his house. :hmm:
Is she hot? :hmm:
BB...seriously, ixne on the shaving kit...as others have said, if he's 10 that's an odd gift..unless he needs it. Be a bit like giving a 9 year old girl tampons. Get him the pucks and if you need to throw something else, a book or a gift certificate.
Caliga-approved. :ph34r:
Anyways, I'm off to Canadian Tire.
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 04:43:01 PM
So, the resident nine year old turns ten today. No huge party, but there will be presents. Tonight.
I just went to Walmart to find out the gift I was going to buy (a bean bag chair) they don't have. "Try again in a few days" doesn't help me.
So any ideas for a ten year old boy? He likes hockey, skateboards and videogames. Shocking, I know. I have to be able to buy it in Whitehorse this afternoon.
a jersey/any piece of clothing from his favorite team.
a video game he will like for whatever console he's playing, or a gift certificate to buy what he wants.
a new hockey stick, or whatever piece of equipment could use a replacement.
a bed cover to the colors of his favorite hockey team.
a new skateboard
anything that carries the logo of his favourite hockey team ;)
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 07:45:08 PM
You want me to introduce you? :unsure:
Maybe you should visit Quebec city from time to time, and bring along everyone... We could set up a Languish meet in Quebec city, Yi and CdM would make the trip too :D
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 07:21:24 PM
So I don't know if grumbles knew or was thinking of any of that, but that's what gives the idea of a gift "from one man to another" some merit. But probably only in conjunction with something a little more interesting as well.
My father once bought me a small shovel so I could shovel the driveway. I did love that shovel :unsure:
Quote from: Judas Iscariot on January 20, 2010, 07:07:07 PM
He's 10 Grumbler. That'd be a shit present and Beeb would become the dick uncle who fails. How many 10 year olds need to shave? What are the odds he'll appreciate a present that will collect dust and be useless to him for half a decade? Get him a night out with just you to dinner and a hockey game. Maybe allow him to bring one or two friends. Buy him a program and maybe a hat at the game in addition to dinner and maybe ice cream after the whole thing.
I was about that age when I got my first adult wallet, and that age or only a bit older when I got my Dopp Kit (which I still use).
I will grant that 10 years old nowadays is not as mature as when I was ten, but the kid may be at an age where being treated a bit like an adult is appreciated. The kid may think an adult who treats him a bit like an adult is a "dick uncle who fails," but I am frankly more inclined to trust BB, who knows the kid, than some random interneyt dude who knows him not.
So, when BB asks for suggestions for presents that he needs to buy stat, how about you just offer your own suggestions and keep silent about the "dick uncle who fails" suggestions of others? BB will know if my suggestion isn't suitable, just as he knows that it was made in an effort to help him out as requested.
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 07:21:24 PM
So I don't know if grumbles knew or was thinking of any of that, but that's what gives the idea of a gift "from one man to another" some merit. But probably only in conjunction with something a little more interesting as well.
That is, of course, exactly what I had in mind. The wallet is more useful, but I knew your time was short, so was throwing ideas out there.
Quote from: grumbler on January 20, 2010, 09:01:44 PM
=So, when BB asks for suggestions for presents that he needs to buy stat, how about you just offer your own suggestions and keep silent about the "dick uncle who fails" suggestions of others? BB will know if my suggestion isn't suitable, just as he knows that it was made in an effort to help him out as requested.
Aside from being an ass who ruins threads with your "debating", you're generally also known to be good with ideas and knowledgeable on many topics. This suggestion was one I thought rather poor, so to highlight the deviation and bring attention to it, I invoked some harsh language. I'm sorry if your internet feelings were hurt.
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Quote from: Judas Iscariot on January 20, 2010, 09:17:26 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 20, 2010, 09:01:44 PM
=So, when BB asks for suggestions for presents that he needs to buy stat, how about you just offer your own suggestions and keep silent about the "dick uncle who fails" suggestions of others? BB will know if my suggestion isn't suitable, just as he knows that it was made in an effort to help him out as requested.
Aside from being an ass who ruins threads with your "debating", you're generally also known to be good with ideas and knowledgeable on many topics. This suggestion was one I thought rather poor, so to highlight the deviation and bring attention to it, I invoked some harsh language. I'm sorry if your internet feelings were hurt.
While the personal attack is appreciated (I always take this as a sign of the intellectual bankruptcy of my opponent in the issue at hand), I don't get how you think it even remotely within the bounds of politeness or integrity to attack a helpful (even if misguided) suggestion using what you yourself concede to be harsh language.
You even seem proud of it. Whatever. If it makes you as happy to assail my suggestions as it makes you to call me an ass, I can live with it, and simply consider your future words in that light.
Ooh, a pocket knife would be good too; I think I got my first one around 10 years old.
Did someone beat me to saying Hookers and Blow?
:rolleyes: This is why generally once you start posting in a topic, I stop reading it Grumbler. You're fun like terminal cancer.
The pail of pucks is literally that. A pail, with 12 regulation hockey pucks in it. :huh:
But he seemed happy with it, so who am I to complain.
Not sure what else to get him, I spied the book store near to the Canadian Tire. Yi, I tried to find Asterix, but no luck. I wandered around the kids book section, but since CC never gave me any titles, I was lost. Eventually I bought him Artemis Fowl, because I've heard the name somewhere before, and found out the author is the same one who did the 6th HHGTTG book that I'm reading. He also seemed pleased with that.
Thanks for everyone's help.
Except for katmai.
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 11:54:37 PM
The pail of pucks is literally that. A pail, with 12 regulation hockey pucks in it. :huh:
But he seemed happy with it, so who am I to complain.
Not sure what else to get him, I spied the book store near to the Canadian Tire. Yi, I tried to find Asterix, but no luck. I wandered around the kids book section, but since CC never gave me any titles, I was lost. Eventually I bought him Artemis Fowl, because I've heard the name somewhere before, and found out the author is the same one who did the 6th HHGTTG book that I'm reading. He also seemed pleased with that.
Thanks for everyone's help.
Except for katmai.
:o
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 11:54:37 PM
Eventually I bought him Artemis Fowl,
Good choice, it's about a child criminal mastermind. :)
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 11:54:37 PMEventually I bought him Artemis Fowl, because I've heard the name somewhere before, and found out the author is the same one who did the 6th HHGTTG book that I'm reading. He also seemed pleased with that.
:o
QuoteArtemis Fowl is a series of novels written by Irish author Eoin Colfer, starring a teenage criminal mastermind named Artemis Fowl II. Artemis, the main character, is a ruthless and extremely intelligent young criminal whose main goal is the acquisition of money through a variety of often illegal schemes
Yes, I read the back cover. And?
Pucks make a lot of sense, pucks in a pail make sense if you think a little, but why would a person in need of a pail of pucks direct himself to a store called Canadian Tire?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 21, 2010, 12:33:30 AM
Pucks make a lot of sense, pucks in a pail make sense if you think a little, but why would a person in need of a pail of pucks direct himself to a store called Canadian Tire?
:o
You've never heard of Canadian Tire?
It's a major retailer up here. Part automotive parts and repair, part hardware store, part home and garden stuff, and part sporting goods store. There's no real American equivalent to the particular mix of products they sell.
www.canadiantire.ca
Pucks and tires are both made of rubber.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 20, 2010, 10:38:33 PM
Ooh, a pocket knife would be good too; I think I got my first one around 10 years old.
he's in Yukon, so that's a pocket knife for them:
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Quote from: Barrister on January 21, 2010, 12:30:42 AM
Yes, I read the back cover. And?
you'll have to prosecute him a few years down the road, and when asked why he did it, he'll tell the story about his "uncle BB" who gave him a wonderful book for his 10th birthday. Don't anybody think of the children anymore??
At least, if you had sticked with Harry Potter, he would have simply tried becoming a wizzard. Much less dangerous. Except if you live in some souther US state.
:P
Quote from: viper37 on January 21, 2010, 01:03:33 AM
he's in Yukon, so that's a pocket knife for them:
I received one of those Rambo knives as a gift when I was his age
As pointed out, this is the Yukon. He's had a leatherman knife for awhile. It was probably bought at Canadian Tire.
Quote from: Barrister on January 21, 2010, 12:38:22 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 21, 2010, 12:33:30 AM
Pucks make a lot of sense, pucks in a pail make sense if you think a little, but why would a person in need of a pail of pucks direct himself to a store called Canadian Tire?
:o
You've never heard of Canadian Tire?
It's a major retailer up here. Part automotive parts and repair, part hardware store, part home and garden stuff, and part sporting goods store. There's no real American equivalent to the particular mix of products they sell.
www.canadiantire.ca
That link is great. An angle grinder and meat grinder both on teh same page.
Quote from: Barrister on January 21, 2010, 12:38:22 AM
It's a major retailer up here. Part automotive parts and repair, part hardware store, part home and garden stuff, and part sporting goods store. There's no real American equivalent to the particular mix of products they sell.
Sounds like Sears
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on January 21, 2010, 02:13:24 AM
Quote from: Barrister on January 21, 2010, 12:38:22 AM
It's a major retailer up here. Part automotive parts and repair, part hardware store, part home and garden stuff, and part sporting goods store. There's no real American equivalent to the particular mix of products they sell.
Sounds like Sears
Sears won't change the oil in your car. Canadian Tire doesn't sell much clothing, and certainly isn't the place to buy, say, a bra.
The Sears near me growing up definitely had an auto center. I'm sure they could change your oil for you.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on January 21, 2010, 02:26:52 AM
The Sears near me growing up definitely had an auto center. I'm sure they could change your oil for you.
Fair enough.
But Cdn Tire does not sell much clothing. They sell a bit, but only outdoorsy-type stuff. It's less than a department store, but more than a hardware store.
Apparently they tried to expand to the US at one point, and failed miserably. The US just didn't 'get' their mix of products.
Quote from: Barrister on January 20, 2010, 07:21:24 PM
Just for the record: he is not my nephew. He is my wife's friend's son. Him and his mom have been staying with us for about 3 months when they first moved up to the Yukon (until Feb 1st, when I get my house back!!! :yeah:).
I have done a few things with him, but I'm not about to take him for a night out. That'd more be a present for his mother, not him.
That being said... he is a child being raised by a single mom. Growing up he's had little contact with his dad (but good contact with his dad's parents). He definitely feels a lack of a male role model. He somewhat oddly enjoys doing very mundane, but manly, tasks with me. Shovelling the driveway, going to the dump. Him and I actually had a very nice morning in December going out to cut down the Christmas tree.
So I don't know if grumbles knew or was thinking of any of that, but that's what gives the idea of a gift "from one man to another" some merit. But probably only in conjunction with something a little more interesting as well.
Anyways I also got an email from his mom that he wants a "bucket of pucks" from Canadian Tire. That'll be the gift, with maybe a side of a toiletries bag / shaving gear.
Well my soon to be 10 year old son enjoys that sort of things as well, so I think its the age, not the lack of father :)
As to your question, I am probably late, but the biggest hits this xmas and year has been, a mobile, FIFA 10 for Wii, Lego star wars models, Premier League football jerseys, Mangas like Dragon Ball Z, nice jeans and sweatshirts, (almost the age where clothes begin to matter), cinema tickets to avatar (with me) and oddly enough Bakugan balls.
V
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on January 21, 2010, 02:26:52 AM
The Sears near me growing up definitely had an auto center. I'm sure they could change your oil for you.
Sears Canada sold/closed their Auto Center division about 5 years ago.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 20, 2010, 10:38:33 PM
Ooh, a pocket knife would be good too; I think I got my first one around 10 years old.
Great idea if mom wouldn't through a shit fit! :D
Quote from: Barrister on January 21, 2010, 02:17:41 AM
Sears won't change the oil in your car. Canadian Tire doesn't sell much clothing, and certainly isn't the place to buy, say, a bra.
It's funny, I really hate Cdn Tire. I hate going to the place, it always takes forever & then you wait 45mins at the cashier. Yet, atleast half of what I own comes from there.
A 10 year old boy in the Yukon?
I suggest a Wolf-dog puppy. :Canuck:
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 20, 2010, 10:25:37 PM
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I'm with HisMajestyBOB on this. When I get gifts for non-family kids at 10 or younger, I just get a toy gun which looks as realistic as possible.
The knife is also good (I got mine at age 10 and still have it), but I usually associate that with family kids; I wouldn't give it to an outsider kid, and I certainly would resent if someone gave it to a kid of mine - I'd want to give that present myself.
FYI Martim, a BB gun does fire little metal balls.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 21, 2010, 08:14:53 AM
FYI Martim, a BB gun does fire little metal balls.
I know. My kid gun could hurt people (or blind them if it hit the eyes).
My definition of real firearms are those that fire bullets.
I'm not sure if those guns are even legal here (Canada). I could be wrong but I think toy guns that look like the real thing are illegal. Of course, no one in CAnada knows what the real thing looks like, cause no one here owns guns. :P
It's complicated.
But I don't they are illegal, Cdn Tire sells BB guns (along with paintball markers & real fire arms).
Quote from: grumbler on January 21, 2010, 07:16:52 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 20, 2010, 10:38:33 PM
Ooh, a pocket knife would be good too; I think I got my first one around 10 years old.
Great idea if mom wouldn't through a shit fit! :D
Get this one. She'll think it's a hammer. :shifty:
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Quote from: Barrister on January 21, 2010, 12:38:22 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 21, 2010, 12:33:30 AM
Pucks make a lot of sense, pucks in a pail make sense if you think a little, but why would a person in need of a pail of pucks direct himself to a store called Canadian Tire?
:o
You've never heard of Canadian Tire?
It's a major retailer up here. Part automotive parts and repair, part hardware store, part home and garden stuff, and part sporting goods store. There's no real American equivalent to the particular mix of products they sell.
www.canadiantire.ca
The problem with Canadian Tire is that the quality of their products and service both tend to be quite low. To be honest, I'm not sure how they stay in business, other than the fact that everyone in Canada already has a little stack of that money that they issue sitting in a tin can in their garage. :D
Except for their pail o' pucks that is.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 21, 2010, 09:38:17 AM
But I don't they are illegal, Cdn Tire sells BB guns (along with paintball markers & real fire arms).
That sentence got raped.
Replace don't with doubt and it's only statuatory rape, something you are use to.
:lol:
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on January 21, 2010, 01:10:10 AM
Quote from: viper37 on January 21, 2010, 01:03:33 AM
he's in Yukon, so that's a pocket knife for them:
I received one of those Rambo knives as a gift when I was his age
I tried to buy one for myself, but the vendor wouldn't let me without parental consent. I had to trick my father into coming with me. My parents were not pleased.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 21, 2010, 10:24:25 AM
Replace don't with doubt and it's only statuatory rape, something you are use to.
he he
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 21, 2010, 10:20:50 AM
Except for their pail o' pucks that is.
Kind of hard to screw up a pail o' pucks. I suppose it *can* be done.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 21, 2010, 10:24:25 AM
Replace don't with doubt and it's only statuatory rape, something you are use to.
:face:
Quote from: Malthus on January 21, 2010, 10:16:03 AM
The problem with Canadian Tire is that the quality of their products and service both tend to be quite low. To be honest, I'm not sure how they stay in business, other than the fact that everyone in Canada already has a little stack of that money that they issue sitting in a tin can in their garage. :D
Where else are you going to buy a pail of pucks?
Sorry for being late with the title recommendation but you did well with Artemis Fowl.
Here is another suggestion for that age group. Both the Cherub and Henderson Boy series by this author are hugely popular with my younger son (10) and all his friends:
http://www.muchamore.com/
Quote from: Josephus on January 21, 2010, 09:29:49 AM
I'm not sure if those guns are even legal here (Canada). I could be wrong but I think toy guns that look like the real thing are illegal. Of course, no one in CAnada knows what the real thing looks like gun laws are, cause no one here owns guns actually pays them any attention. :P
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As far as I know there are no laws regulating non-firearm guns, unless they arrived post-Cretien.
Quote from: Maximus on January 21, 2010, 07:51:41 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 21, 2010, 09:29:49 AM
I'm not sure if those guns are even legal here (Canada). I could be wrong but I think toy guns that look like the real thing are illegal. Of course, no one in CAnada knows what the real thing looks like gun laws are, cause no one here owns guns actually pays them any attention. :P
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As far as I know there are no laws regulating non-firearm guns, unless they arrived post-Cretien.
No, I believe there are product safety laws that require toy guns to not look like real guns, usually by having some bright orange on them.
Quote from: Maximus on January 21, 2010, 07:51:41 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 21, 2010, 09:29:49 AM
I'm not sure if those guns are even legal here (Canada). I could be wrong but I think toy guns that look like the real thing are illegal. Of course, no one in CAnada knows what the real thing looks like gun laws are, cause no one here owns guns actually pays them any attention. :P
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As far as I know there are no laws regulating non-firearm guns, unless they arrived post-Cretien.
Quote"prohibited device" means
(a) any component or part of a weapon, or any accessory for use with a weapon, that is prescribed to be a prohibited device,
(b) a handgun barrel that is equal to or less than 105 mm in length, but does not include any such handgun barrel that is prescribed, where the handgun barrel is for use in international sporting competitions governed by the rules of the International Shooting Union,
(c) a device or contrivance designed or intended to muffle or stop the sound or report of a firearm,
(d) a cartridge magazine that is prescribed to be a prohibited device, or
(e) a replica firearm;
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 21, 2010, 07:57:36 PM
Quote"prohibited device" means
(a) any component or part of a weapon, or any accessory for use with a weapon, that is prescribed to be a prohibited device,
(b) a handgun barrel that is equal to or less than 105 mm in length, but does not include any such handgun barrel that is prescribed, where the handgun barrel is for use in international sporting competitions governed by the rules of the International Shooting Union,
(c) a device or contrivance designed or intended to muffle or stop the sound or report of a firearm,
(d) a cartridge magazine that is prescribed to be a prohibited device, or
(e) a replica firearm;
Was that part of bill C-68 or an older law? Either way my point stands about ignoring gun laws :lol:
CC beat me to it. :angry:
He's quoting from s. 84(1) of the Criminal Code, which also defines a replica firearm.
No, I don't believe that's a new amendment.
Not sure what Bill brought it in. I just looked at the Definition section of PART III
FIREARMS AND OTHER WEAPONS
That's why all Airsoft guns are transparent with bright orange.
& Why I can't import a SCAR stock. :(
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 21, 2010, 10:24:25 AM
Replace don't with doubt and it's only statuatory rape, something you are use to.
:lol:
It's nice to see you getting your shots in at the guy who named you 'Gay Fox'.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 21, 2010, 08:07:23 PM
Not sure what Bill brought it in. I just looked at the Definition section of PART III
FIREARMS AND OTHER WEAPONS
I figured there's enough Canadian lawyers here to back me up on that.
Quote from: Neil on January 21, 2010, 10:30:48 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 21, 2010, 10:24:25 AM
Replace don't with doubt and it's only statuatory rape, something you are use to.
:lol:
It's nice to see you getting your shots in at the guy who named you 'Gay Fox'.
The kid went up a notch on the Ed Anger respect scale.