I recommend ice cubes...

Ned McGarry wrote:
>
> Clarice Clark wrote: I also discourage starlings with a wrist rocket.
>
> Bob Mauritsen asked, "What's a wrist rocket? A thrown stone?"
>
> More velocity, more accurate, and more lethal. A wrist rocket is a
> "modernized slingshot" with a brace the fits up the arm to allow for a
> stronger pull on the elastic with less strain/bend of the wrist. A
> variety of objects (acorns, rocks, dirt wads . . . . thinking back to my
> youth here) or even specifically sized ball bearings about the size of a
> small marble can be used as ammunition.
>
> I figure Clarice *really* dislikes Starlings. It seems to me that simple
> "discouragement" would be difficult to achieve. Perhaps Clarice has an
> approach that gets the point across without inflicting mortal wounds.
>
> Ned McGarry
> Kirkland, WA
> nmcgarry at gte.net

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