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.
Our black kitties have been sweethearts. Only have one left.
My daughter’s black cat is ten pounds of muscle and murder.
HKMK’s posts often make me hungry.
Good morning. Happy Twosday!
I used the estate walk-behind mower to do their front lawn last night. It was much more relaxing than using the riding mower. I think if nobody takes it, I’ll take the walk-behind and replace mine with it. Mine hasn’t been used in years because we haven’t lived there.
Anyway, the front of the house looks presentable for the first realtor meeting. Mrs. ArGee didn’t like him on the phone but she’s going to meet with him anyway for a ‘15 minute’ walk through. It’s not likely to be only 15 minutes, but that’s the story.
I haven’t gotten the Wordle yet. I have 3 letters in the right place, 3 guesses used, and no ideas. I’ll figure it out later.
Both very regal looking!
Indeed they do!
Good Morning!
Looks like we may be in for some fair weather for a bit... 🤞🏻 But it is still raining in the Hill Country... really a bizarre situation....
Finally an easy, quick solution today... it has been awhile...
Wordle 1,487 3/6*
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Finally!
If I had checked words that had already been used I would have made it in 5.
Wordle 1,487 6/6
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Close! :phew:
My A/C is out. Currently 82 going to 91 later before the T-storms start. Have an HVAC guy coming out to look at it. I replaced one of the two capacitors, it had obviously failed/was failing and was an easy swap... but this did not resolve the issue. Checked both bus fuses... those are good. Relay to the thermostat was good and clicks on and off when I use my phone app to turn it on/off...
Screw it... HVAC guy can deal with it...
This doesn’t help my mood either...
Wordle 1,487 5/6
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How in the hells are there that many words with those last 4 letters? I blame the Welsh.
That was a long string of possibles!
Hopefully the HVAC gets it done for a reasonable price...
There are two caps in a Trane 12.5 SEER unit. I replaced the Dual Run cap because it was obviously bulged on top and the compressor was running, but the fan was not spinning without me giving it a push.
That leaves the compresser/fan start up cap... which is another week on order hence my call to the HVAC company that installed this thing back in 2011 to begin with...
I could have fixed it myself... HVAC for home use isn’t exactly rocket surgery... I just need it done faster.
Hopefully he’s got what you need!
This looks interesting:
For Darks, it looks like the beginning of a beautiful story.
Yep... Turns out... I missed a fuse... Could have saved the guy a trip. He checked that refrigerant charge though... Said it was good, although... average life of this kind of unit is supposedly 14 years... It was installed in 2011...
Sounds a lot more feasible and efficient than some of the Gigaprojects they have going on in other parts of the world.
https://neuroject.com/saudi-arabia-giga-projects/
The Saudi’s are almost literally burning money.
You're problem is obvious. The fan turned 13.
Understandable. It’s hot there.
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