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.
This is a pretty cool thing.
https://energydome.com/co2-battery/
The Envirothon should to a presentation on this idea.
Good sign! 👌🏻
About 55 minutes….
She’s a very nice person. I’m glad people like that still exist in this world...
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Have fun!
Good Friday Morning!
Once again, another week has rushed by... Hopefully I can get the rest of the pasture done today... before it gets too warm...
This one was a classic Robert Toughie....
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Sounds very novel and innovative!
LOL!
Almost too good to be true - like high-bypass jet engines that just use surrounding air to increase thrust by a huge amount.
Good morning. Happy Friday!
We’re up to 10 showings now - 5 today. One or more offers this weekend would be nice. But I’m probably dreaming.
Still on my 3 streak.
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Happy Friday Ya’all...
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Great streak, good luck with the showings!
We’re up to something like 9 for just today. Apparently there’s some big event tomorrow and people are trying to see the house before the event. And the more showings we have, the more panicked people will be about waiting until Sunday.
Wow! An event in the local community?
Near enough by to have an impact. There’s a horse race track in the area and some races draw crowds. Not like NASCAR, but big enough for this small burg.
Interesting how things like that can have an influence on unrelated activities….
We have one offer. The price is decent but it’s contingent on the person selling their existing home.
A contingency offer is fairly common, hopefully you can just sit on it for a couple of days to see if a cleaner offer will come in…. Usually the buyer agent will bring you some documentation to show that their house is already listed and is listed at a price that is reasonable for the market….
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