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IRL (In Real Life) => Enigmas of the Mystical => Topic started by: steve58 on April 29, 2022, 03:34:45 PM

Title: Things not to pick up while hiking in a former(?) war zone
Post by: steve58 on April 29, 2022, 03:34:45 PM
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An American family caused a panic at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport Thursday when they showed up with an unexploded artillery shell they found while in the Golan Heights, in the country's north.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/israeli-airport-panic-american-artillery-shell

Title: Re: Things not to pick up while hiking in a former(?) war zone
Post by: Gusington on April 29, 2022, 06:46:56 PM
Saw this earlier. What the hell is running through some people's minds? When would this ever be ok to attempt to bring through airport security, anywhere, ever?
Title: Re: Things not to pick up while hiking in a former(?) war zone
Post by: Dammit Carl! on April 29, 2022, 07:16:24 PM
Quote from: Gusington on April 29, 2022, 06:46:56 PM
Saw this earlier. What the hell is running through some people's minds? When would this ever be ok to attempt to bring through airport security, anywhere, ever?

On a personal level, I've a surveying job where I'm working in conjunction with a company doing UXO removal.  They've got plenty of stories of people doing dumb shit with the stuff they find. 
Title: Re: Things not to pick up while hiking in a former(?) war zone
Post by: Gusington on April 29, 2022, 09:34:51 PM
Sure but bringing it through security at an Israeli airport, of all places? That's a new level.
Title: Re: Things not to pick up while hiking in a former(?) war zone
Post by: Sir Slash on April 29, 2022, 09:44:36 PM
Another reason why cousins shouldn't marry each other.  ::)
Title: Re: Things not to pick up while hiking in a former(?) war zone
Post by: Dammit Carl! on April 29, 2022, 10:17:58 PM
People dumb as fuck, yo.
Title: Re: Things not to pick up while hiking in a former(?) war zone
Post by: Uberhaus on April 30, 2022, 06:46:14 AM
Quote from: Dammit Carl! on April 29, 2022, 10:17:58 PM
People dumb as fuck, yo.
Confession:  When I was 10ish, I was at a great uncle's house who had what were probably 0.55 Boys atr or 20mm Oerlikon on his fireplace.  Guess who thought it would be a good idea to bang them primer side onto the hearth.  Well, I survived to firearms safety training a few years later, but it's a good example of why with safety training it is the earlier the better.
Just think what my loss would have meant for humour.

Oh, nice covert placement of the bird by the inspector/bomb disposal guy.  In this instance, it is totally professional.