bomb

[mandimoo]

dont know where else to put this....
i think i have in my posession, a bomb. who would i approach to confirm this?

[daffy654]

johnlambert those pictures are horrific! How small a bomb are we talking here? and how close to it was the victim?
We tend to forget these days that this sort of thing was common in Northern Ireland not too long ago.

[johnlambert]

Less than 100m daffy
I treated injuries like them quite often, I did'nt take those pics, nor was I involved in that incident, however judging by the loss of the victems fingers I would assume that he/she picked it up. Most bombs over there are acctually booby traps designed to make 'take out' the unwary. I saw how the IRA booby trapped a 50p piece once, it was desingned to be picked up and set off an explosion that would have collapsed the building we were in killing us all. I'm happy to say that no-one picked it up, and we recgnised it for what it was

[nutgoneflake]

laurence 2 - I found it funny, even if noone else noticed...!

[nutgoneflake]

...not the link, I hasten to add.

[nutgoneflake]

This question reminds me of when a salty old sea-dog fisherman dredged up a bomb or shell or something in his nets, just off the coast where I used to live. It was exploded, eventually, out to sea but not so far that people couldn't see from the beach. Wow!! What a spectacle that was!

His status as local hero was guaranteed as of that moment, but he never failed to tell everyone how scared he was when he first saw it. I hope mandimoo has got hers taken care of.

[hau kola]

I saw this news item on our local news.It was a bomb from the first world war.Experts said it was no threat because of its age.

[bigmamma]

manidimoo must have called the authorities as it's 4 hours ago that she put this thread up , please let us know as soon as you can mandimoo :-)

[irishlyn]

thanks john, i'd just eaten a turkish delight

[mandimoo]

hello everyone. i posted while i was at work and had some difficulty getting back on to check for replies. i had not panicked about this item as i have had it for several years. i bought it in a box of miscellaneous bits from an auction and it has recently moved house with me, although judging from some of your replies this has made me giggle a little nervously shall we say. still havent managed to get it identified as i have been away most of the weekend. i think im going to phone the police when i get home from work tomorrow. thanks everyone for your replies (and concern)! xx

[jno]

thank heaven you're still alive mandimoo... I was fearing the worst... you'd tapped it with a feather to see what would happen and...