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Munitions Pose No Danger
The News Enterprise ^
| May 7, 2008
| Staff
Posted on 05/07/2008 9:35:52 AM PDT by Stonewall Jackson
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I guess back in WW1, this was the way to dispose of unneeded ordinance.
Fort Knox was an artillery range back then, so it makes sense that they would have chemical shells to train with.
To: SLB; Travis McGee; Jeff Head; Squantos; SandRat
There was a bit of excitement out at Fort Knox this past week.
One of my coworkers was out at the construction site when they discovered these shells and he said he couldn't believe how fast that entire area was cleared of construction workers.
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posted on
05/07/2008 9:37:57 AM PDT
by
Stonewall Jackson
(Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. - George Patton)
To: Stonewall Jackson
What CHEMICAL SHELLs?
No where in the article, neither as posted nor as presented by the News Enterprise, does it say CHEMICAL SHELLs.
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posted on
05/07/2008 9:41:43 AM PDT
by
fireforeffect
(A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
To: Stonewall Jackson
I posted a story a couple of days ago about a civil war shell fired from a ship into Virginia soil that killed the guy who was cleaning it this week.
I would stand back and let some other guy use the backhoe for the rest of the afternoon if I was there....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2011485/posts
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posted on
05/07/2008 9:47:11 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Stonewall Jackson
If the inspector agrees to remain on the site I might, might, work there.
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posted on
05/07/2008 9:49:55 AM PDT
by
freedomlover
(Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
To: Stonewall Jackson
Oh my Goodness! When I first glanced at this headline, I read it “Mutants”
Just saw Ironman and have been doing too much Marvel Comic research apparently. Yikes!
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posted on
05/07/2008 9:52:28 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(I am very mad at Disney. Give me my James Marsden song!!!!!)
To: Stonewall Jackson
Munitions Pose No DangerI heard the guy who was recently killed by the Civil War shell he was working on said the same thing.
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posted on
05/07/2008 10:07:18 AM PDT
by
GATOR NAVY
(Your parents will all receive phone calls instructing them to love you less now.)
To: GATOR NAVY
A guy in Oregon recently lost both legs while trying to recycle the brass from a WW1 era French artillery round.
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posted on
05/07/2008 10:09:45 AM PDT
by
gundog
(John McCain is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.)
To: U S Army EOD
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posted on
05/07/2008 10:12:52 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
To: Stonewall Jackson
"Munitions Pose No Danger" ...unless used properly...
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posted on
05/07/2008 10:52:16 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(Obama's bus needs a lift kit just to clear all the bodies!)
To: Abathar
I remember a story about a teacher who picked up a shell...I think it was WWII ordinance. Had it on his desk as a paperweight. A wasp was bothering him, and he picked up the shell and slammed it on the wasp, which had landed on the desk. Lost most of his hand.
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posted on
05/07/2008 11:03:03 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(Obama's bus needs a lift kit just to clear all the bodies!)
To: cake_crumb
See, Don’t do anything that can get a wasp mad . . .
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posted on
05/07/2008 11:08:00 AM PDT
by
Petruchio
(Democrats are like Slinkies... Not good for anything, but it's fun pushing them down the stairs.)
To: NonValueAdded
Things designed to go boom have a long life. The French are still disposing of tons of recently discovered unexploded ordnance from WWI battlefields, 90 years after the Armistice.
I beleieve I’d be be placing a call to the nearest Army EOD unit, pronto.
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posted on
05/07/2008 11:16:39 AM PDT
by
95 Bravo
("Freedom is not free.")
To: Stonewall Jackson
“World War I-era munitions found at a construction site at Fort Knox pose no danger”
So why are they (WWI munitions) still killing kids in France???
To: netmilsmom
Oh my Goodness! When I first glanced at this headline, I read it Mutants
now that you mention it Demoncrats and RINOs do pose a threat...
To: fireforeffect
But what about the nuclear shells?
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posted on
05/07/2008 11:30:03 AM PDT
by
Holicheese
(Hillary deserves the CMoH for her time in Tuzla!)
To: Proverbs 3-5
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posted on
05/07/2008 12:37:12 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(I am very mad at Disney. Give me my James Marsden song!!!!!)
To: Stonewall Jackson
"There was a bit of excitement out at Fort Knox this past week."
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posted on
05/07/2008 1:00:33 PM PDT
by
IYellAtMyTV
(Workday Forecast--Increasing pressure towards afternoon. Rum likely by evening.)
To: Stonewall Jackson; SLB
Why were they burying old city laws SJ ?:o)
Sarcasm aside ......LOL !
We found buried ordnance all the time and had too deal with it as encountered. Routine for any old or in some cases new military installations.
Stay safe , Hope yer well SJ !
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posted on
05/07/2008 3:12:19 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: Stonewall Jackson
Finding those will sure motivate you to move.
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posted on
05/07/2008 4:24:42 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
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