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.
Good morning. Happy Monday!
We have a favorite offer and it’s not Mr. Cash. One young married couple has said it’s their dream home (maybe laying it on a little thick) but they’re pre-qualified for the mortgage and they have a solid down-payment. We’ve been told 2 more offers are coming, though, so we still have to wait until the end of the day.
If we take the offer we like now we could be closing as early as 9/30, which would be great.
I’m not still on my 3 streak for Wordle. But if I ignore the weekend I’m still doing well.
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Great news on the sales front, you may be getting back home before you know it! 🤞🏻
Good Monday Morning!
It was a pretty laid back weekend, which was nice to have...
So-so Wordle for me today...
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Yes. Mrs. ArGee is already talking about the move. I’m trying to convince her that putting a trailer hitch on one of our cars is worth the investment (including a tranny cooler).
I blinked... and it is now Monday... Weird...
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Went fishing with my Dad on Saturday. Mississippie river. He has fished that stretch of river for... literally... 70 years. We filled out limit of small mouth bass including a couple fish that were the largest two bass either of us have caught.
It was a good day.
I guess that it depends on how much you need to move... How large of a trailer would you need to haul? Can you get a one way rental truck with a lift gate as an alternative?
Sounds like it was an outstanding day! 🎣
I remember fishing with my dad.
For his 70th the males in the clan (and my older brother’s daughters since he had no boys) took him off Cape Canaveral for the day. My son was the only one with a catch - a sword that we had to tag and throw back. But it was fun.
While talking I mentioned I wasn’t the best hitter on my little league team even though I was one of the biggest kids. My dad said, “You should have told me. I could have given you some pointers.”
So on his 70th I remembered he never watched a game. Of course, in today’s environment he would have had a visit from Children’s Services. But back then that was normal. I never felt the loss.
We’ll get a one-way rental for the main stuff. This is for getting stuff out to my daughter’s. We might also want to ever pull a trailer again. This is the first time we’ve owned 2 cars with no hitches.
Makes sense to me….
Congratulations! Nothing like turning over a property in a short time.
Very pleased for you!
Agreed. And I’ve experienced nothing like it when selling my own home the few times I’ve done that.
I got back from the dentist working on a second crown. When she was placing the first one she noticed a cavity in the neighboring tooth (at the edge of its crown) so I decided to get that fixed now. I’ve got a temporary tooth again.
Thank you... I hope you had a great weekend as well. :-)
My husband and I were going to go kayaking at Congaree National Park on Friday, but the river was 8 feet above flood stage, so we didn’t. Instead, we spent the day at the State Museum of South Carolina - with no complaining children - and went to Congaree on Saturday morning. A lot of it was underwater, but we were able to walk part of the boardwalk through the swamp.
And a good time was had by all?
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