School's WWII bomb polished off

STEED · 03-14-06, 07:09 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/4806036.stm

Heck

Dowly · 03-14-06, 07:48 PM

Okay kids, that is a bomb, B-O-M-B. Dont touch it, we were too ignorant and lazy to defuse it, so it can blow up any day now.

How something like this even can happen!?

Perilscope · 03-14-06, 07:53 PM

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Heck

You remained speechless there eh!

Why a bomb at school anyway, museum and historic military display area are there for that.

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"I think the school are fortunate it didn't go off beforehand."

I second thatâ€¦

Unrelated pictureâ€¦but funny

STEED · 03-15-06, 06:49 AM

What amazed me they hade the bomb since the 1960â€™s incredible it never went off and I am glad it did not.

bradclark1 · 03-15-06, 09:40 AM

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How something like this even can happen!?

How can we take you seriously when you wear a pink hat.

Excalibur Bane · 03-15-06, 05:10 PM

Now there is an accident waiting to happen. It wouldn't suprise me at all if it went off and flattened the entire school and anyone in it. The one certainly in life, is that stupidity like this is almost always rewarded.

STEED · 03-15-06, 05:27 PM

Nice to hear it did not happen.

Perilscope · 03-15-06, 06:27 PM

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What amazed me they hade the bomb since the 1960â€™s incredible it never went off and I am glad it did not.

Proof of certain reliability from the deviceâ€¦ at least that oneâ€¦

STEED · 03-15-06, 06:45 PM

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What amazed me they hade the bomb since the 1960â€™s incredible it never went off and I am glad it did not.

Proof of certain reliability from the deviceâ€¦ at least that oneâ€¦

:hmm: yes

TLAM Strike · 03-15-06, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

What amazed me they hade the bomb since the 1960â€™s incredible it never went off and I am glad it did not.

Proof of certain reliability from the deviceâ€¦ at least that oneâ€¦

Eather that or the detonator was bad!

Perilscope · 03-15-06, 11:10 PM

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Eather that or the detonator was bad!

You had to insert a low shot eh!...

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August · 03-16-06, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

What amazed me they hade the bomb since the 1960â€™s incredible it never went off and I am glad it did not.

Proof of certain reliability from the deviceâ€¦ at least that oneâ€¦

Eather that or the detonator was bad!

I wonder what their definition of "live" is. One might consider the presence of explosives in the bomb even with the detonator removed to be live nowadays although it probably wouldn't have been back then.

Wim Libaers · 03-16-06, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

What amazed me they hade the bomb since the 1960â€™s incredible it never went off and I am glad it did not.

Proof of certain reliability from the deviceâ€¦ at least that oneâ€¦

Eather that or the detonator was bad!

I wonder what their definition of "live" is. One might consider the presence of explosives in the bomb even with the detonator removed to be live nowadays although it probably wouldn't have been back then.

Well, some old explosives can degrade in dangerous ways. If it contained picric acid for example, then a reaction with the metal in the bomb could produce dangerously sensitive picric acid salts. The picric acid itself it pretty safe (explosive, but not sensitive enough to explode from normal falls etc.) but an explosion of the salts could set off the main charge. With stable explosives it would be safe.

XabbaRus · 03-16-06, 05:21 PM

Reminds of this time at school.

This kid had found a WWII hand grenade in his garden at the weekend. Anyway shows his dad who did nothing, so he keeps it and polishes it. On Monday he brings a live grenade 45 years old too, in to school, on the bus with 50 other kids. Then he and his mate play "bounce the grenade" off the wall.....

Apparently the pin broke but jammed. Takes teh thing to class and shows the teacher.

End result, we got a day off school, he got his head seriously kicked in.

TLAM Strike · 03-16-06, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Reminds of this time at school.

This kid had found a WWII hand grenade in his garden at the weekend. Anyway shows his dad who did nothing, so he keeps it and polishes it. On Monday he brings a live grenade 45 years old too, in to school, on the bus with 50 other kids. Then he and his mate play "bounce the grenade" off the wall.....

Apparently the pin broke but jammed. Takes the thing to class and shows the teacher.

End result, we got a day off school, he got his head seriously kicked in.

See that wouldnâ€™t have happen in my school, we got training in small arms and anti-personnel weapons at a very early age.

03-14-06, 07:09 PM	#1
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Excalibur Bane XO Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 429 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Now there is an accident waiting to happen. It wouldn't suprise me at all if it went off and flattened the entire school and anyone in it. The one certainly in life, is that stupidity like this is almost always rewarded. __________________ Looking for a list of mods for SH4? Everything you need is here: List Of Modifications for SH4 v1.3 "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing."

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Nice to hear it did not happen. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Reminds of this time at school. This kid had found a WWII hand grenade in his garden at the weekend. Anyway shows his dad who did nothing, so he keeps it and polishes it. On Monday he brings a live grenade 45 years old too, in to school, on the bus with 50 other kids. Then he and his mate play "bounce the grenade" off the wall..... Apparently the pin broke but jammed. Takes teh thing to class and shows the teacher. End result, we got a day off school, he got his head seriously kicked in. __________________

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Okay kids, that is a bomb, B-O-M-B. Dont touch it, we were too ignorant and lazy to defuse it, so it can blow up any day now. How something like this even can happen!?