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I read it’s a fairly common mishap in lots of European countries during construction projects. Kind of unnerving not knowing if 75 yr old explosives are still volatile. What I want to know is what kind of person willingly goes into a career of bomb disposal?
 
I guess a go bag and what is in it depends on where you live,I am in the sticks,so the idea of having to go away from home is not that much of an issue,about the only thing that I worry about is a forest fire,in that case I am on a camping trip and sleeping in the truck,which isn't all that bad
 
We find over 1000 artillery shells across the Benelux and france each year and dozens of aerial bombs each year. On the issue of Go bags raised by Sally we also keep the pocket guide to where all the local Travel Lodges and Premier Inns and Days Inns are located plus their 24 hour online call centers. You never know when you are going to get stranded away from home.
 
That's why I love Choice hotels, huge chain, with many affiliates. They aren't dives, but aren't resorts either. However, they are clean, affordable, everywhere, and an included breakfast. I also earn points, which often gets me free stays.

Because we work so far away, sometimes, it's nice to just stay overnight in the city we work in (vs. driving home, as long as someone can mess with the horses, usually a boarder). So, it's kind of nice. (and saves two hours of driving time).

We also go to somewhat local events, but instead of driving home, it's nice to grab a hotel, I can actually drink, then Uber back to the hotel and sleep it off, etc. If a costumed event (we like to cosplay at conventions, etc.), it's good to get ready in a nearby hotel and Uber there, vs. driving in costume or getting ready at the Con, etc.

In a way, our hotel memberships are a kind of a prep (as they also enable us to get rooms without reservations, on short notice, etc.). We stayed at a hotel after a few days of no power after Irma, just to have some AC to sleep in, lol.
 
Yup Choice Hotels, Quality Inns, Comfort Suites, Days Inns etc over your side of the pond. Premier Inns, Days Inns, Travel Lodge etc this side of the pond. Always worthwhile having their venue booklets in your vehicle.
 
about the only reason I can think of is if one of us had to go into hospital.
we can be 100 miles away from home at the weekend sometimes but there is no reason I can think of for us to have to spend a night away, it would only take us a couple of hours to drive home,unexploded bombs are a city or a large town thing not a country side thing, the cars are regularly serviced and any repairs are swiftly done, some form of natural event would only mean a change in direction, I don't use motorways except for very early mornings when there isn't much traffic, never in the middle of the day.
I keep a GHB permanently in my car.
 
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I read it’s a fairly common mishap in lots of European countries during construction projects. Kind of unnerving not knowing if 75 yr old explosives are still volatile. What I want to know is what kind of person willingly goes into a career of bomb disposal?

If the Richard Montgomery ever went up, it could change the shipping lanes off the south coast.....:eek:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery
 
I read it’s a fairly common mishap in lots of European countries during construction projects. Kind of unnerving not knowing if 75 yr old explosives are still volatile. What I want to know is what kind of person willingly goes into a career of bomb disposal?
Id love to!!!
 
If the Richard Montgomery ever went up, it could change the shipping lanes off the south coast.....:eek:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery
Lol thats so funny how they say how spontaneously it could go off. TNT is one of the most stable explosives known to man. Waterproof, safe to melt on stovetop, never going boom with a shifting tide... lol. And theres no way it could have corroded enough to expose the primaries either.... if its really tnt, the only risk is someone stealing it
 
Lol thats so funny how they say how spontaneously it could go off. TNT is one of the most stable explosives known to man. Waterproof, safe to melt on stovetop, never going boom with a shifting tide... lol. And theres no way it could have corroded enough to expose the primaries either.... if its really tnt, the only risk is someone stealing it

Depends if actual TNT or dynamite? both are used interchangeably from populist unfortunately, in our youth in Idaho around the mining camp that were shut down we used run across nitroglycerin based dynamite that already had crystals forming or were currently sweating at the time and other times we were relieved to see TNT on the outside box.
 
Lol thats so funny how they say how spontaneously it could go off. TNT is one of the most stable explosives known to man. Waterproof, safe to melt on stovetop, never going boom with a shifting tide... lol. And theres no way it could have corroded enough to expose the primaries either.... if its really tnt, the only risk is someone stealing it

not so funny when your realise there was also Sodium, and Magnesium on board for making flares plus its own defensive weapons ammo all with primers.
 
Lol thats so funny how they say how spontaneously it could go off. TNT is one of the most stable explosives known to man. Waterproof, safe to melt on stovetop, never going boom with a shifting tide... lol. And theres no way it could have corroded enough to expose the primaries either.... if its really tnt, the only risk is someone stealing it

The chances of detonation are remote, however of the 3 1/2 thousand tons of ordnance onboard 175 tons of armed cluster bombs situated in the deck above the TNT and oh yes, it's definitely TNT, would do the job. I'm more inclined to take the word of Naval and ordnance experts from both my country and the US than some random person on the internet.
 
That’s pretty interesting. I had never heard of her before. Really interesting that her masts are still visible. I wonder if the fish caught near her taste like gunpowder ;)!

Google the Goodwin Sands. It's an area off the Kent coast renowned for shipwrecks, they say it's the last resting place of more than a 1,000 ships.
 
Good points, didnt know of all the other goodies on board. That is definitely a recipe for boom! But by itself, tnt is very friendly. I feel pretty dumb not considering the other stuff on board... i get tunnel vision because im used to single compounds. Points to everyone!
 
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