Comments on: Hey! You Can’t Do That to My Cannonball!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:35:35 +0000

Yep…

0 and 1. Now what could be so hard about that?
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By: John

John — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:55:41 +0000

I looking a little futher in that Facinating document I can across this (yes I was bored).

The section title got me hoping for something a little different then it really was about.

2.17. Military Working Dog Explosives.
Military Working Dog explosives training aids (including HC/D 1.1) may be transported and handled by qualified personnel in areas that provide realistic and effective training.
2.17.1. Preclude exposure of personnel not related to the training through prudent scheduling and selection of training sites. Post proper fire symbols at training sites.
2.17.2. Train using locally approved operating instructions. These instructions must include a documented post-training inventory of explosives samples ensuring no explosives are inadvertently left at the training site or discarded.
2.17.3. Inform the installation safety office, Fire Department, and EOD (if applicable) before conducting operations.

I cant wait to read to the dramatic conclusion!

peace and russian bomb dog grease

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:16:18 +0000

Awesome! I’ll be trying to keep everybody up to date on when I expect to be passing through and how long I’ll be there.

By: John

John — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:50:56 +0000

I got it on DVD somewhere, come on back to Civilization and we can have a Dark Star party.

You are no longer in the craddle of civilization….More like crater of civilization.

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:17:36 +0000

Yes:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:46:00 +0000

Hah! Sounds amusing, I’ll have to check the movie out, it’s a John Carpenter movie, right?

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:06:45 +0000

Exactly. The crew is on a mission to destroy unstable planets in solar systems slated for colonization. They have a large stock of bombs, each able to destroy a planet. I don’t think they say whether they are nukes or some other super explosives. As they are preparing to release an armed bomb, there is a malfunction and it does not release. So, it’s sitting on the pylon counting down (happily convinced that it is about to do the job that it was designed for) and one of the crew has to go talk it out of detonating. I won’t spoil the rest for you.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 06:11:52 +0000

You know, I’ve never seen that movie but I have had several people tell me to watch it. As I recall there’s something to do with an intelligent nuclear bomb or some such, right?

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:17:53 +0000

Funny, I was thinking of you while watching a Coyote/Road Runner cartoon this weekend too. The one where the Coyote drops a load of “dynamite stick darts” from a balloon and they keep turning up through the rest of the cartoon. Watching that, and thinking back on our conversation on Brett’s page led me to wonder if you had ever seen _Dark_Star_, which contains a scene that must rank high on an EOD tech’s worst nightmare list.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:07:55 +0000

No, no, that’s fine, as long as you only purchase your personal propulsion systems through ACME (they have been designated the sole source supplier and have a GSA contract) and use the appropriate personal protective equipment: Helmet, Safety Glasses, Reflective Vest, Gloves, Steel Toed Ankle High Boots, and Fire Retardent Undergarments. Oh, and a Personal Flotation Device if operating near any body of water larger than a kiddie pool.