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.
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The Avalon is usable for now, with its new brakes to keep Vlad from dying. Maybe we can sell it for something, if he finds a replacement.
I remember that. She baked a special pineapple upside-down cake for you, no?
It was delish
Thanks!
Anything to improve a vehicle to avoid death is always a good thing!
I agree. Nothing else wrong with it was an imminent-death problem.
The imminence of death has a coefficient of “How old did you say you are?”
It’s not just the years: it’s the mileage.
In this case, you can also ask “How old is the vehicle?”
Vlad went to get gas, and on the way back, the check engine light came on, and the engine started lurching. Sally thinks it’s the transmission. Maybe we’ll just find someone who will take it away for free.
That’s what you said then.
Thank you for this kitteh, and for all the gorgeous morning kittehs!
You’re welcome. We don’t have any pets now, but the pictures are nice.
Could just be bad gas.
It’s the same gas as always.
Ask your provider what you should do. They may not want to admit a problem, but if they do, it could save you trouble.
Compression, ignition, fuel quality.
Engines are simple.
Smoked a pork prime rib roast today. Did a Toni’s Cajun spice as the rub over night and then 3 hours in the smoker with another 10 minutes on a 500 degree grill.
Parboiled potatoes with parmesean and steamed broc/carrot for a veggie.
There is a reason I’m a “person of extra girth”... It did make a lot of left-overs though...
Sounds really good.
Sounds fantastic. I have some heft myself. I blame almost-60.
Sally and Dallas were over with the baby this afternoon. We made steaks. Baby likes to be in her own bed at home by 6:00, which complicates dinners out. Maybe they can come for lunch the next time, but that doesn’t work on Sundays because of our 1:00 p.m. Spanish service.
I’m so sorry about Jake and whoever else you’ve lost.
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