4/25/2002: Big ass dud bomb

tw · 04-26-2002, 07:02 PM

UXB was a British TV show, fiction I thought, about people who did this job.

A bike tour of Gettysburg can introduce so many more things never encountered by car. One was a man who still recovers unexploded ordinance from that battlefield. He is rather experienced at it. The shells that used black gunpowder - for example a fuse that caused the ball to explode as sharpnel over the enemy - is safely recovered. But there are still, today, ordance that used nitrogliserine (sp). Those, he left and called for Park Rangers.

What he does is illegal. But the Park Service apparently turns a blind eye to those who know what they are doing.

Ordance even over 100 years old is still dangerous to humans.

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04-26-2002, 07:02 PM	#1
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	UXB was a British TV show, fiction I thought, about people who did this job. A bike tour of Gettysburg can introduce so many more things never encountered by car. One was a man who still recovers unexploded ordinance from that battlefield. He is rather experienced at it. The shells that used black gunpowder - for example a fuse that caused the ball to explode as sharpnel over the enemy - is safely recovered. But there are still, today, ordance that used nitrogliserine (sp). Those, he left and called for Park Rangers. What he does is illegal. But the Park Service apparently turns a blind eye to those who know what they are doing. Ordance even over 100 years old is still dangerous to humans.

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