Her slingshot did a surprising amount of damage <| sep |> I have one , we ' ve played with it a few times . It looks lovely out of the box , but gets dirty real fast . And I do think I see some panel pullapart happening already . Even at the low end of the inflation scale , it seems to hit pretty hard on the arms on passing and off the fingers when setting . It floats decent and we ' ve found has a tendency to rise or at least not drop quickly on floats . You do get good control when hitting and spin serving . And while it pops on the arms , I ' ve found you need a bit more body english to get it towards the net compared to older style balls ie . not the new Moltens or MVAXXX balls <| sep |> Concerning the licensing system That ' s a homemade problem for taxis . They were put in place to keep supply low and prices up , now it bites them in the ass . The reason for licensing systems varies , but this isn ' t historically why they first originated . The first taxi licensing system was put in place in 17 thcentury London , and was due to complaints from locals , not from the taxi drivers then called hackney carriage drivers , who opposed it . There had been a big increase in the number of carriages , and many were driven recklessly and by people without much driving skill , so after some accidents there was public pressure to do something amount it . The government in response put in place a licensing system that limited the number of carriages that were allowed to operate in the city , licensed the carriages and regulated their equipment , and made more uniform rules about how they picked up passengers .