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‘Apparent miscalculation’ suspected in LAPD fireworks explosion in South L.A.: Preliminary investigation
ktla ^ | Jul 19, 2021 | Nouran Salahieh, Gene Kang

Posted on 07/19/2021 1:54:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 07/19/2021 1:54:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Forgot to carry the 8.


2 posted on 07/19/2021 1:56:05 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: BenLurkin

Blame it on racist mathematics.


3 posted on 07/19/2021 1:56:07 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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They had been working out. That just didn’t feel like 42 pounds.


4 posted on 07/19/2021 1:56:38 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: BenLurkin

I would have opted to soak them in water barrels.


5 posted on 07/19/2021 1:56:41 PM PDT by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: BenLurkin

Math is hard!


6 posted on 07/19/2021 1:56:52 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: BenLurkin

Apparently.


7 posted on 07/19/2021 1:58:18 PM PDT by JennysCool ('It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.' - Mark Twain)
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To: BenLurkin

Whoopsie!


8 posted on 07/19/2021 1:59:33 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: BenLurkin

“apparent miscalculation”

Gee ya think


9 posted on 07/19/2021 1:59:46 PM PDT by V_TWIN
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“The officers estimated they were putting in 16.5 pounds of explosives into the vessel...but investigators later weighed the remains calculated that just over 42 pounds of net explosive weight was in the vessel”

Close enough to 36.3? Kg/lb mistake?


10 posted on 07/19/2021 2:00:13 PM PDT by decal (I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s some bomb squad you got there,Vern!!


11 posted on 07/19/2021 2:03:01 PM PDT by llevrok (I'm old enough to remember metal toys in Cracker-Jacks.)
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To: BenLurkin

Common Core math.


12 posted on 07/19/2021 2:03:17 PM PDT by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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13 posted on 07/19/2021 2:03:55 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The democrats have just replaced KKK with CRT. /Kevin McCarty 7/6/21)
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To: BenLurkin

Woke Math will get you every time. 2+2 = 3 did it.


14 posted on 07/19/2021 2:09:18 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies, folks. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?” ~ joma89)
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To: BenLurkin

Whoopsies


15 posted on 07/19/2021 2:09:34 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: BenLurkin

Should have wet them down with a fire hose. That always works for fireworks.


16 posted on 07/19/2021 2:13:03 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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Not quite as bad as losing a $125 million Mars Orbiter due to a stupid math mistake. Of course, 1999 was WAY before the New Woke Math arrived on the scene
17 posted on 07/19/2021 2:13:08 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies, folks. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?” ~ joma89)
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“Apparent Miscalculations” has been the cause of many of my mishaps. A man’s gotta know his limitations.


18 posted on 07/19/2021 2:13:24 PM PDT by BipolarBob (You may love gravity but gravity does not love you back.)
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It took a month to determine that incompetence ruled the day?


19 posted on 07/19/2021 2:13:48 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Corrupt Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
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To: BenLurkin

Changing metrics to pounds is not as easy as it looks.


20 posted on 07/19/2021 2:18:23 PM PDT by lee martell
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