'Active' Land Mine Found In Richmond, VA Home

[matcom]

you ok Underpants?

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RICHMOND, Va. -- He's lived in the home for eight years and doesn't have a clue how a land mine wound up in the attic.

John Jamieson, of Richmond, Va., says the mine -- a rusty brown container about the size and shape of a glass milk bottle -- popped out when he jostled the floor boards in his 1920s house.

The container rolled toward the opening in the attic staircase, but Jamieson grabbed it before it fell to the second floor, set it outside, and called police, who said the land mine is 20 years old, but still fully operational.

Neighboring homes were evacuated.

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3393376/detail.html

[GOPisEvil]

1. Unperpants' plot to kill John Jamieson foiled!!!

News at 11!

[DS1]

2. I suppose that's why it wasn't found in a VA Retirement Home

*groan*

[commander bunnypants]

3. Underpants did it

He is a army trained bomb specialist

DDQM

[underpants]

6. No no you misunderstood me I said I got BOMBED in the Army

no training required. :beer::hi:

[liberalitch]

4. Damn... all my friend found in her 1920's

Norfolk, va. home was a bunch of old glass telephone pole conductors

[amber dog democrat]

5. Collecting ordenance can be fun.

After an Naval Reserve training cruise, I thumbed a ride back to my apartment from the ship and was picked up by a car driven by some of the reservists.

After some snickering, they showed me a 5"/38 AAC ( anti aircraft ) shell stowed away in the trunk of the car - taken from the upper handling room of mount 52.

A five inch / 38 round is nothing I would want to play with ever. After so many years the corrosive primer can become so sensitive that a good bump or jolt could set it off.

I reported it but we never could find or identify who these people were.

Someday I keep expecting to hear how three houses in a Houston suburb are partially or totally destryoed in a detonation - when the 30 year or older round explodes.

I can only hope it was properly disposed of.... but I am sure it made a great conversation piece. Hey check this out...... watch this !!!!

[underpants]

7. Thank GOD Ronnie got rid of the Soviets all by himself

they obviously had an advance team here.