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by The Annoyed Man
Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:20 pm
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Topic: 80 blocks of C4 and Claymores found buried in Arizona desert.
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Re: 80 blocks of C4 and Claymores found buried in Arizona desert.

OldCurlyWolf wrote:
SQLGeek wrote:
mrvmax wrote: I’ve been told C4 works well for small fires since it burns well. You just don’t want any shock on it when it’s burning.
A USMC Nam vet friend of mine told me how they'd burn small pieces. That evidently stopped when one of the guys in his unit stomped it out with his boot.
Makes me shudder just to think about that.
Was there anything left of the foot?
My dad told me that on Iwo Jima, they used burning pinches of C4 to heat coffee in cups. Apparently, it burns nicely, and fairly safely - requiring a detonator of some kind to make it detonate. Otherwise, a pinch of it burns just like a candle.

[EDITED TO ADD THE WORD "HEAT" ABOVE - TAM]
by The Annoyed Man
Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:18 pm
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Topic: 80 blocks of C4 and Claymores found buried in Arizona desert.
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Re: 80 blocks of C4 and Claymores found buried in Arizona desert.

roadkill wrote:
The Annoyed Man wrote:
Charles L. Cotton wrote:
crazy2medic wrote:
Charles L. Cotton wrote:
mrvmax wrote:Well, if they left the military nomenclature on it then it won’t be hard to track down. Well, at least to the point showing who it was issued to. It will only be a matter of time from there to find out who’s going to prison.
When you were in the military, you were one of the crazy guys that played with bombs, right?

Chas.
. . . Charles there is nothing wrong with playing things that go BOOM! I came within three days of going to Redstone Alabama for Bomb school, the city ran out of money and I didn't get to go!
I feel about bombs the same way I do burning buildings. I'll watch you guys from a loooooong way off!

Chas.
I’ll watch over your shoulder......although......it would be kind of interesting to have that stuff if one had a safe way of storing it. It would make tannerite seem kind of pitiful and tame by comparison. SURELY there is some kind of fun redneck stunt you could pull with it that wouldn’t kill you, singe off your eyebrows, or riddle your hide with BBs. :mrgreen:
But how many rednecks would it take to figure out just exactly what that stunt was and how to do it “safely”. Many would perish in the perfection of just such a stunt.
Wait.... is this one of those “how many ________ does it take to ______” jokes? :lol:
by The Annoyed Man
Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:03 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: 80 blocks of C4 and Claymores found buried in Arizona desert.
Replies: 39
Views: 9297

Re: 80 blocks of C4 and Claymores found buried in Arizona desert.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:
crazy2medic wrote:
Charles L. Cotton wrote:
mrvmax wrote:Well, if they left the military nomenclature on it then it won’t be hard to track down. Well, at least to the point showing who it was issued to. It will only be a matter of time from there to find out who’s going to prison.
When you were in the military, you were one of the crazy guys that played with bombs, right?

Chas.
. . . Charles there is nothing wrong with playing things that go BOOM! I came within three days of going to Redstone Alabama for Bomb school, the city ran out of money and I didn't get to go!
I feel about bombs the same way I do burning buildings. I'll watch you guys from a loooooong way off!

Chas.
I’ll watch over your shoulder......although......it would be kind of interesting to have that stuff if one had a safe way of storing it. It would make tannerite seem kind of pitiful and tame by comparison. SURELY there is some kind of fun redneck stunt you could pull with it that wouldn’t kill you, singe off your eyebrows, or riddle your hide with BBs. :mrgreen:

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