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2 grenades found in Punta Gorda, police investigating
NBC 2 ^
| March 14, 2018
| A.J. King, Digital producer
Posted on 03/15/2018 1:13:59 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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Any bets on how old the finder was and whether or not s/he was living with mom?
To: LurkedLongEnough
I’m guessing Higher Power Outfitters is a certified bomb disposal site?
I’m trusting the fool called them first to say: “... and oh yeah. I’ll be in later with two grenades.”
To: LurkedLongEnough
Is there a “best by” date on grenades?
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:22:30 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: LurkedLongEnough
I’m betting WWII or Korea...................
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:22:42 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Red Badger
I’m betting they’re smoke grenades.
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:25:21 PM PDT
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: DJ Taylor
Or CS gas grenades. They are not too hard to come by.
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:26:53 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: LurkedLongEnough
When I was a kid in the early 50's, I had several friends who had Fathers with cases of grenades at home. They often were used for fishing in Central Florida lakes. We once took one, pulled the pin and dropped it over into a sand quarry. While we had enough sense to make sure we didn't watch it go off, we took off running into the woods after hearing it go off and never repeated the stunt!!
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:27:08 PM PDT
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: LurkedLongEnough
Were they higher power grenades than those regularly available over the internet?
...
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:27:09 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
To: DJ Taylor
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:28:58 PM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(Winter is coming)
To: DJ Taylor
Or Incendiary grenades.........wouldn’t mind having a couple of those..................
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:31:55 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: BenLurkin
I wouldn’t trust my life to the powder burn rate of a 60-70 yr old grenade fuse to give me 3-5 seconds before it blows.
To: BenLurkin
“Best if exploded before...”
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:36:01 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: ExSES
We used M26 hand grenades for fishing in Vietnam. They were referred to as “DuPont Lures.”
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:37:41 PM PDT
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: Responsibility2nd
To: ExSES
One time at Ft Hood while on TDY at the range, we found some 155 arty simultors.
Thought it would be cool to light one off on our desolate country road in front of the house outside copperas cove tx. That thing was about one foot long and maybe 2 inches round, maybe less in diameter. It whistled, then went off, lighting up the night sky like an arc welder.
We spent the next week hiding in the apt, sneaking a peak out the window behind the closed blinds, just knowing the federales were soon coming for us.
Took the rest back to the range and placed them where we found them and never went back.
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:40:31 PM PDT
by
going hot
(happiness is a momma deuce)
To: LurkedLongEnough
A former roomie had 40mm grenades. He was one blooker away from a party.
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:41:39 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
To: LurkedLongEnough
“Hey Ethel! You seen my lighter? It was right next to the paperweight. And, it’s gone too.”
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posted on
03/15/2018 1:45:57 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: AppyPappy
Did you mean to type blooper?
To: LurkedLongEnough
People brought in deceased father’s WWII footlocker with his ammo, etc to be evaluated, possibly purchased by gun store. Found two ‘pineapple’ grenades, LIVE ones in the bottom. Probably brought home at end of war.
No terrorism, nothing unusual hear, just souvenirs that didn’t get the primers and powder pulled.
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posted on
03/15/2018 2:05:59 PM PDT
by
rstrahan
To: LurkedLongEnough
If it was like the one in WV, the previous owner was a WWII vet. The family had no idea what was in the foot locker until they opened it and somehow let two WWII Japanese grenades roll down the stairs. The explosives expert at the WV fire marshal’s office took custody of them.
You learn the most interesting things in an explosives recognition class and get to blow things up legally. The best were the Claymores which the army disavowed losing. By the time they were used for show and tell the fire marshal had removed the C4.
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posted on
03/15/2018 2:26:57 PM PDT
by
meatloaf
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