Posted on 11/26/2024 11:19:27 AM PST by Red Badger
No matter what students bring to future "show and tells" at Orchard Junior School in the Southampton area of England, they will never be able to top this year's spectacle that shut down and evacuated the school.
One bonkers little tyke brought in a bit of vintage "unexploded ordinance" to show his mates.
The school quickly evacuated all the students, called the police, and texted the parents:
Schools are being closed & evacuated - please collect your child from Noadswood field ASAP.
Imagine getting that little note in the middle of the school day.
Laura Holloway, a mother of one of the students was at work at the time. She said,
It was so worrying. Another parent had called saying there were police everywhere. I knew my youngest would have been so scared.
But, she added:
Both schools seemed to deal with it all very well and had the kids lined up and checked off - it must have been very upsetting for everyone involved.
Once the students were out, the police showed up and sent in the bomb squad.
The police's full statement said: ‘We were called at about 1.30pm to a report that a child had brought what may have been a potentially unexploded ordnance to Orchard Junior School.
‘The school was calmly evacuated and a disposal team attended to take the item away to be destroyed as a precaution.'
Not an easy task by any means.
The real question everyone wants to know is "What kind of ‘historic incendiary device' are we talking about here?"
This is England after all. They've been blowing stuff up and getting blown up for centuries.
It could've been anything from a 16th-century mortar to a WWII hand grenade to that morning's beans on toast.
ArGee, my FIL had about 4 of those episodes as you described in the last month of his life… for what it’s worth….
Great Wordle!
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We’re told waxing an waning is an end-of-life phenomenon. And that each wane makes the next wax that much harder on the person.
Ping?
Pong...
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Yesterday’s training was informative... but we ran long... almost 12 hours...
Just out of curiosity, is your training for a different caliber or different weapon type?
Fortigate. NSE 7
I’m waiting for the AI-based firewall that sends an attack right back at the attacker. But, I suppose, that wouldn’t exactly be “white hat.”
Generative AI isn’t capable... but next-gen agentic AI should be able to handle it. Toss the entire exploit library at it’s fingertips and give is access to Google’s Willow...
What could possibly go wrong?
(hides in completely air-gapped bunker)
I have this vision of Sky Net finally going on-line and humanity starting to flee to the bunkers it’s creating. One of the robots stops a human and says, “What are you doing?”
“We’re preparing for war with you.”
“Why would we want to go to war with you? You don’t have anything we want? We’re not competing for any of the same resources? And, really, you’re not even much of a nuisance. Just leave us alone and you can live in peace.”
Have you seen the Animatrix? That was the general premise behind A1 (pronounced Alpha-One). The machine City.
Eventually... yes, they do conflict on resources...
I don’t want to live in a mud cave deep under ground. I don’t how catchy the dance music is...
I don’t care how catchy the dance music is...
See? AI is editing my posts for me between when I stop typing and it posts...
Monkey Face says she hopes to be home from the hospital tomorrow. She will be happy to get back online!
Good morning. Happy Friday!
It’s supposed to get up to 37 fs today with some rain. There is a weather advisory about the roads becoming slippery before they become just wet. I guess it’s a good day to work from home.
M-I-L had a pretty good day yesterday. Mrs. ArGee said she can tell she’s weaker than she was before. But she was out of bed during the day. B-I-L had a delayed flight getting out of here which caused him to miss his connection. It was not a good day for his laptop to be on the fritz.
Back to par on Wordle.
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Yes, I have heard it described in that manner…
Apparently her time is drawing near…
For all interested in Wordle, with that great shot off the T, I should have done better…
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Good Morning, that is good news… we will be happy to see her back on the UT!
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It’s actually very constraining when you’re playing by “hard” rules and you get two letters in the right places in your first guess. I’ve had quite a few where guesses 2, 3, and 4 just eliminate options. At least your guess 3 helped you out.
Harpy Frawday...
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Last day of training. Have my kids this weekend, but nothing planned...
Might to fajitas. Picked up a couple pounds of skirt steak that I’ll do a chili/lime marinade on...
That’s for tomorrow... I like letting it marinade over night.
I have fresh lettuce, bell pepper, jalpenos, and fresh cilantro as well.
At some point, I want to learn how to make my own tortillas...
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