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To: hummingbird

UXB does mean "unexploded bomb". It's a term from WWII. They were finding them years after the war ended, and had teams of defusers to deal with them.


2,750 posted on 07/07/2005 7:41:44 AM PDT by Eepsy
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Thanks, Eepsy, I get such an education from Freepers!
2,798 posted on 07/07/2005 7:52:15 AM PDT by hummingbird ("The world needs more Steel Magnolias like Beth Holloway.")
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