Pipe stretcher - photo

[ranald]

Mate, We'd be called bullies today, but my, it was actually character building...after you realised, sometimes years later, that yes, you were taken advantage of, but a lifelong lesson was learned, not to distrust authority, but to question it and seek out the truth...cheers...and I've only ever found a right handed smoke shifter...go figure...
30 yr expat in AUS

Too true!

Also, bullies were generally dealt with but not always successfully. In year 8 (I just turned 12y.o.=always youngest in my grades) I was being bullied by a group of knuckle heads: the main bully was really short and about 14 whereas the others were the eldest (15y.o.'s)in the grade. I had a friend who was also 15 and a farm boy who had missed a lot of schooling & I helped him as best I could. He stepped in and grabbed the biggest bully by the shirt front and lifted him off the ground using only his right arm and exclaimed " if you touch him again, I'll kill ya". I turned around and all athers were gone. Successful until my mate Bill had to work full time on the farm. An excellent lesson for all concerned.