Oh yeah......a childhood of watching Mr Wizard, a Chemistry Set and I was destined too my career.
A smart kid today with five dollars at radio shack can be a real pain for an IED team be they just wannabe few week wonders hazardous devices LEO’s / FLEA’s or real Military EOD who earned their crab.
A real dumb one with an M26 frag and a couple of rubber bands can be just as much of a pain, and *they* had a lot more disposable kids than we did M151 Jeeps and Deuce-and-a-halfs.