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Student brings 'big bullet' to class; school evacuated
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Posted on 03/30/2005 3:06:23 PM PST by Willie Green

Arlington Elementary School was evacuated Tuesday afternoon when a fifth-grader studying American history brought a 110-year-old artillery shell to class, Pittsburgh Public Schools police Chief Robert Fadzen said.

When the 11-year-old boy showed the shell to his teacher at 1:45 p.m., school officials evacuated the school and called the city police bomb squad, Fadzen said. The shell was taken for disposal.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bang; oops; showandtell
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1 posted on 03/30/2005 3:06:24 PM PST by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green

Oh, for Pete's sake.


2 posted on 03/30/2005 3:07:21 PM PST by CobaltBlue
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To: Willie Green
Poor kid, he must be heart broken. If it's 110 years old, what are the chances of it just spontaneously exploding?
3 posted on 03/30/2005 3:08:50 PM PST by LongElegantLegs (I considered getting highlights; but my smugness is easier to maintain.)
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To: CobaltBlue

You beat me to it.

'cept I said, "Oh, for Gosh sake."

And then, "I hope they don't haul the kid off or charge his parents.."

Never know....States being as stupid and as evil as they have been, escpecially lately.


4 posted on 03/30/2005 3:09:03 PM PST by freecopper01
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To: CobaltBlue
Oh, for Pete's sake

Actually, Civil War era artillery shells are more dangerous than modern ones. The explosives used before WWI are quite unstable and get worse as time goes by. This shell may have been rendered inert but there was no way for the teacher to know that. If my kid were in the class, I would want it evacuated.

5 posted on 03/30/2005 3:09:40 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: LongElegantLegs; Squantos
what are the chances of it just spontaneously exploding?

Let's call in the expert... he probably worked on these when they were new. :)

6 posted on 03/30/2005 3:10:07 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: LongElegantLegs

You know, if he's like most kids when I was young (stone age), he may even have tapped it a few times!

Ah. Youth.


7 posted on 03/30/2005 3:10:17 PM PST by freecopper01
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To: Willie Green

It was probably just an empty shell, not even a live one.


8 posted on 03/30/2005 3:11:06 PM PST by Husker24
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To: Willie Green

110 years old? It may be worth some money.


9 posted on 03/30/2005 3:12:47 PM PST by NeonKnight
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To: Willie Green

That does it! Junior will NOT be taking my hand grenade collection for show-and-tell.


10 posted on 03/30/2005 3:13:17 PM PST by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
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To: ModelBreaker
OK, Civil War era shells can be dangerous, in theory. In practice, when was the last time you heard of one actually exploding?
11 posted on 03/30/2005 3:13:40 PM PST by CobaltBlue
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To: Willie Green

Zero tolerance = zero common sense


12 posted on 03/30/2005 3:14:48 PM PST by El Conservador ("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)
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To: LongElegantLegs
If it's 110 years old, what are the chances of it just spontaneously exploding?

Real good, actually. The older it is, the more likely it has become unstable.

This is one time when the ninnies were right, but when you panic at everything you are certain to be right when you need to be. You just can't get anyone to believe you when you are right.

13 posted on 03/30/2005 3:14:51 PM PST by hopespringseternal (</i>)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Let's call in the expert... he probably worked on these when they were new. :)

Ha Ha Ha! That's terrible! :'D

14 posted on 03/30/2005 3:15:18 PM PST by LongElegantLegs (I considered getting highlights; but my smugness is easier to maintain.)
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To: Willie Green
If it's WWI or earlier, it could be darned unstable.

The French still occasionally lose a farmer who accidentally plows up a live shell. The French government actually has a group of engineers who go around trying to find and dispose of old munitions before they kill somebody. Scary stuff.

15 posted on 03/30/2005 3:15:41 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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To: Willie Green

Did he actually point the bullet at anybody?


16 posted on 03/30/2005 3:15:49 PM PST by seawolf101
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To: hopespringseternal
This is one time when the ninnies were right

Like the proverbial broken clock.

17 posted on 03/30/2005 3:16:54 PM PST by Kenny Bunkport
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To: freecopper01

I remember an old, old, old Bugs Bunny cartoon, where he got drafted and sent to Army boot camp... At the end of the cartoon, he ends up getting a job 'testing' ordinance by pounding on artillery shells with a hammer.


18 posted on 03/30/2005 3:17:55 PM PST by LongElegantLegs (I considered getting highlights; but my smugness is easier to maintain.)
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To: hopespringseternal

Ah, I didn't realize that. I guess it was a good thing, then. That poor kid probably hates himself, though.


19 posted on 03/30/2005 3:19:30 PM PST by LongElegantLegs (I considered getting highlights; but my smugness is easier to maintain.)
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To: CobaltBlue
In practice, when was the last time you heard of one actually exploding?

When it happens, you won't hear it.

20 posted on 03/30/2005 3:21:11 PM PST by Larry Lucido (We miss ya, Indie! Law Enforcement Against Prohibition - http://www.leap.cc)
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