It had a pin... what the hell were they so worried about?

From the scene...



/oblig

Well at least no one over reacted and the situation was dealt with reasonably.

What a dud.

Geez, if she'd only been given the receipt she could have simply returned it.

am i the only on that would have taken it to a field, pulled the pin and tossed it?

Glug the Beer Slayer: am i the only on that would have taken it to a field, pulled the pin and tossed it?

No, no you are not.
Loves me some splosions!

Glug the Beer Slayer: am i the only on that would have taken it to a field, pulled the pin and tossed it?

Nope.

I'm sure a fun thing would be to do like a cherry bomb and pull the pin and just flush it down a school toilet.
Guaranteed yuks all around.

Wow sounds like it could have been a frag-ile and explosive situation, but was blown out of proportion.

Police asked people to call in an explosive device instead of actually bringing it to the station.

Right, so they can explode it in place (in your house) rather than having to risk damage to the outside of their station.

/sadly only partially kidding

They'd have exploded half her house and charged her more than a thousand pounds if she'd called it in.

Glug the Beer Slayer: am i the only on that would have taken it to a field, pulled the pin and tossed it?

My only concern would be premature detonation due to age. That would ruin your day.

Another Government Employee: That would ruin your day

You'd certainly need a hand.

Elektrohed: What a grenade in a box might look like.

Looks like a practice (inert) grenade to me.

Used to have one. Painted it green. Had it confiscated by the local police on campus. Bastards.

IshadymilkmanI: It had a pin... what the hell were they so worried about?

They become less stable with age and WWII was quite some time ago.

Police chief probably grabbed it for that upcoming fishing trip in Canada. Nothing brings "fresh pike" like an explosive device.

Another Government Employee: Glug the Beer Slayer: am i the only on that would have taken it to a field, pulled the pin and tossed it?

My only concern would be premature detonation due to age. That would ruin your day.

Yeah I've heard that can be a problem for some people. Perhaps wrapping in a protective sheath might help it from exploding all over the place prematurely.

ronaprhys: Elektrohed: What a grenade in a box might look like.

Looks like a practice (inert) grenade to me.

Used to have one. Painted it green. Had it confiscated by the local police on campus. Bastards.

That picture is pretty old. In basic we at least had the new ball grenades and not the "pineapples" of yesteryear. Blasting cap + Ball with hole drilled out of bottom containing no powder = loud bang and huge smoke ring!

Police asked people to call in an explosive device instead of actually bringing it to the station

This is Gary at the Bomb Disposal Help Desk. How can I be helping you today?

I have an explosive device. Someone left it by my car.

Oh goody. Yes. I will be helping you with that now. Can you see any wires please?

I'm sorry?

I will be helping you disarm your exploding device, sir or ma'am. Do you see any wires protruding from the devices?

Uh. No. It's a box with a timer.

Oh! A timer. That is important information. Thank you. Thank you. What is the timer saying? Is it counting down, please?

Yes. Could you call the bomb squad?

Yes. Yes. I will dispatch the bomb squad as soon as we try and resolve the situation currently now. The timer. How much time is left, please?

Four minutes and 32, 30 seconds.

Plenty of time, sir or ma'am. I need you to take a plastic knife and try to pry open the top if there is one. Do not force it though.

What? I'm not going near that thing.

Are you refusing to perform basic service on your device? If so, I can end this call now. Thank you for callin...

No! No. Okay, I'm opening the lid... Jeeze.

Carefully, sir or ma'am. Tell me what you see.

Blocks marked C4 with wires and a circuit board.

Do you see a battery? Can you disconnect it?

Yeah. Looks simple. Just going to pull this wire. Uh oh. The timer just dropped to 5 seconds. Is that good?

No that is not. I suspect you will be blown to bits. Yes. The line is dead. Well, thank you for calling the Bomb Disposal Help Desk. If my service has not been helpful, please visit our web page. Good bye now.
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We found this in the basement when we moved in after my grandfather had died...



It's completely harmless, and it gets used as a door stop/conversation started in my studio.

keylock71: We found this in the basement when we moved in after my grandfather had died...



It's completely harmless, and it gets used as a door stop/conversation started in my studio.

Do conversations usually start by saying "Hey what is that huge hideous giant turd looking hunk of metal doing in your house?"

keylock71: We found this in the basement when we moved in after my grandfather had died...

That's one helluva big b*ttplug!

ha, not too far from our cottage

MayoSlather: keylock71: We found this in the basement when we moved in after my grandfather had died...



It's completely harmless, and it gets used as a door stop/conversation started in my studio.

Do conversations usually start by saying "Hey what is that huge hideous giant turd looking hunk of metal doing in your house?"

if the friends were anything like mine it would be "holy fark where did you get that and can you get me one?"

MayoSlather: keylock71: We found this in the basement when we moved in after my grandfather had died...

It's completely harmless, and it gets used as a door stop/conversation started in my studio.

Do conversations usually start by saying "Hey what is that huge hideous giant turd looking hunk of metal doing in your house?"

traylor:
That's one helluva big b*ttplug!

Now we know why it looks like a giant turd

disarming a grenade is so easy a caveman could do it.

Unscrew top, dump powder.

Meh, just pull the pick and stick in your neighbor's mailbox.

IshadymilkmanI: It had a pin... what the hell were they so worried about?

The Old MK.II 'Pineapple' grenades used TNT (At least two types did before they switchted to smokeless powder.)

TNT degrades over time becoming very unstable as the nitro leaks out. Mishandling can cause a detonation if it was the TNT type...

Dopplganger: That picture is pretty old. In basic we at least had the new ball grenades and not the "pineapples" of yesteryear. Blasting cap + Ball with hole drilled out of bottom containing no powder = loud bang and huge smoke ring!

I was USAF (Res) and we didn't practice with grenades. Mostly because we had officers that had planes and could do airstrikes, so grenades were mostly out of the question.

I do need to get another practice grenade, though. Just on principle. Maybe the next time a gun and knife show comes to Dayton...

MayoSlather:
Do conversations usually start by saying "Hey what is that huge hideous giant turd looking hunk of metal doing in your house?"

It really ties the whole room together, man...

traylor:
That's one helluva big b*ttplug!

Please... that's just the training plug.


Glug the Beer Slayer:

if the friends were anything like mine it would be "holy fark where did you get that and can you get me one?"

Ha... they are. Unfortunately, I don't really know where it came from aside from it was my grandfather's, who among other things was an artillery man in WWII. Not even really sure what type of artillery round it is...

FTFA: Police asked people to call in an explosive device instead of actually bringing it to the station.



/maybe something you would.... oh... I don't know.... maybe advertise?????

keylock71: We found this in the basement when we moved in after my grandfather had died...



It's completely harmless, and it gets used as a door stop/conversation started in my studio.

Sure looks like a British/Canadian 18-pounder shrapnel round from WWI. I have one on my desk, made into a lamp 60 or so years ago.

Maybe an American 75mm, but it just looks too big. If you check out the bottom of the brass case, there will be stamped markings telling you where and when it was made. Funny little arrows = British. Funny little arrows with a "C"= Canadian.

Stryyder: TNT degrades over time becoming very unstable as the nitro leaks out. Mishandling can cause a detonation if it was the TNT type...



/hot, like explosives

Rusty Shackleford:

Sure looks like a British/Canadian 18-pounder shrapnel round from WWI. I have one on my desk, made into a lamp 60 or so years ago.

Maybe an American 75mm, but it just looks too big. If you check out the bottom of the brass case, there will be stamped markings telling you where and when it was made. Funny little arrows = British. Funny little arrows with a "C"= Canadian.

Hey, thanks for the info. Now that I think about it, I do remember my grandfather saying it was a WWI shell he got from his father... I like the lamp idea. Much better use than a door stopper, at any rate...

Dennis?

Recoil Therapy: Police asked people to call in an explosive device instead of actually bringing it to the station.

Right, so they can explode it in place (in your house) rather than having to risk damage to the outside of their station.

/sadly only partially kidding

The purpose of this policy isn't because the police are trying to protect the facade of the station...

...it's to keep people from handling potentially dangerous explosives and driving around town with them.

I know I give people live grenades as gifts on a regular basis, this was a perfectly reasonable response.

Look at the bottom. Is there a big hole where the explosives go? Probably not dangerous, then. Or are there somehow-live, cored-out grenades floating around?

Anybody here old enough to remember war surplus stores that actually sold war surplus?

True story:

After my Dad passed away, my sister found an old accordian that belonged to his father. It was hand crafted and quite old so she decided to get it restored. She got a call,
"Ummm, uh, Ma'am?"
Yes?",
"I, uh found a grenade in your accordian!"

It wasn't live, but never the less, we have no idea how our Dad ended up with it. It's from the Korean War. It's been the topic of a lot of conversations!

You mean this woman didn't get arrested like the guy in Britain that brought a gun he found buried in his flower garden.

Oh man, done in 2. I love Fark.

/Lovely filth down here!

Back before people freaked out over all this stuff, and practice grenades were readily available,I had a bakery bake one into a full sheetcake for a friends birthday.(With camo frosting).The Baker was a bit put off until I showed him the hole in the base of the thing.
Good time had by all...

I can't be the only one that was surprised that this didn't happen in Florida.

Stryyder: IshadymilkmanI: It had a pin... what the hell were they so worried about?

The Old MK.II 'Pineapple' grenades used TNT (At least two types did before they switchted to smokeless powder.)

TNT degrades over time becoming very unstable as the nitro leaks out. Mishandling can cause a detonation if it was the TNT type...

*Facepalm...followed by long drawn out sigh*

I love it when people try to pretend they know what they are talking about. Whats next, you going to say something about mercury switches, internet explosive experts always use that one.

keylock71: We found this in the basement when we moved in after my grandfather had died...



It's completely harmless...

How do you know?

Kyosuke: keylock71: We found this in the basement when we moved in after my grandfather had died...



It's completely harmless...

How do you know?

The shell and the jacket are hallowed out... When we found it, it was in two pieces, stored behind an old cupboard in my tool room.

...though the shell itself has got some weight to it, so you could probably cave someone's skull in with it, so I guess it's not completely harmless.