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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:54:00 AM EDT
https://kutv.com/news/local/decades-old-explosives-detonated-holladay-utah-ancient-dynamite-inherited-found-after-mans-death-house-home-destroyed-improper-storage
I guess after some old guy's death someone found unstable dynamite and the Fire Dept had to detonate it. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:56:37 AM EDT
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Since when does an FD detonate instead of a bomb squad?
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:58:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BladedRonin: Since when does an FD detonate instead of a bomb squad? They need to diversify, due to budget constraints. Hahaha |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:58:51 AM EDT
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The lady who inherited the house called a friend to ask him to move the dynamite. He called the fire dept, must've been from California
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:00:04 AM EDT
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I've seen them burn a shed full of old dynamite we found on a farm. The cases on the bottom of the pile (oldest) were really, really bad.
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USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:01:19 AM EDT
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What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time?
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OH, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:01:27 AM EDT
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Never doubt trained "professionals".
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USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:01:48 AM EDT
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They couldn't get the robot to put it in a containment vessel?
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:02:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? 'Murca. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:02:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? We used to have freedom. My great uncle had a crate of it for removing stumps on the farm. Bought it at the hardware store. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:03:00 AM EDT
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I’ve heard of similar. Sometimes stuff is too unstable to move and it must be destroyed in place.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:03:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What's it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:03:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What's it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:06:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BuckeyeRifleman]
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BladedRonin: Since when does an FD detonate instead of a bomb squad? In a lot of jurisdictions the FD is responsible for the bomb squad. It sort of makes sense if you think about it… It probably should be the SMEs on chemicals and flammables. I mean a PD based bomb squad clearly works well for LA though. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:07:53 AM EDT
[Last Edit: prebans]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? @generaldisaray Once upon a time, dynamite was sold openly at hardware stores to farmers and ranchers for stump and rock removal. Click here for DuPont’s old helpful guidebook. Many from that generation lived through the Depression and knew the value of thrift. They saved stuff, including unused dynamite. And/or, just like us, we buy and hold things that the government wants banned. So as they pass on, we discover stuff in garages, sheds, attics, basements, and barns that seems wild. But to them, it was just a trip to the hardware store. What will our grandkids say when they hear about us just buying an AR15 and ammo at a store and wandering home with it? I was lucky enough to meet a man who bought a Thompson SMG at a hardware store. He bought it and, just like us today, wandered home with it cash-and-carry. He still had it too, thankfully papered during the 1968 Amnesty. Cost him a lot of money, but he got his employer to cover the cost after a decade of duty as a railroad guard in Arizona. Here’s another link to times people don’t know about today. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:08:17 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Waldo: 'Murca. Originally Posted By odiedodi: It was easy to buy for a long time, prior to the pussification of society. 
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:08:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MethaneMover: WE USED TO BE A PROPER NATION. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MethaneMover: Originally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What's it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? Hahaha I do love that response. Only way it would be better is because why the fuck not it’s America |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:08:52 AM EDT
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Good call! Old dynamite is very unstable.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:09:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By prebans: @generaldisaray Once upon a time, dynamite was sold openly at hardware stores to farmers and ranchers for stump and rock removal. Click here for DuPont’s old helpful guidebook. Many from that generation lived through the Depression and knew the value of thrift. They saved stuff, including unused dynamite. And/or, just like us, we buy and hold things that the government wants banned. So as they pass on, we discover stuff in garages, sheds, attics, basements, and barns that seems wild. But to them, it was just a trip to the hardware store. What will our grandkids say when they hear about us just buying an AR15 and ammo at a store and wandering home with it? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By prebans: Originally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? @generaldisaray Once upon a time, dynamite was sold openly at hardware stores to farmers and ranchers for stump and rock removal. Click here for DuPont’s old helpful guidebook. Many from that generation lived through the Depression and knew the value of thrift. They saved stuff, including unused dynamite. And/or, just like us, we buy and hold things that the government wants banned. So as they pass on, we discover stuff in garages, sheds, attics, basements, and barns that seems wild. But to them, it was just a trip to the hardware store. What will our grandkids say when they hear about us just buying an AR15 and ammo at a store and wandering home with it? Forgot about the whole stump removal thing. I totally get it was available before we became pussyes I just couldn’t remeber the use case |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:11:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PeepEater: They couldn't get the robot to put it in a containment vessel? Have you ever seen one of those robots? MOST not all robots are fairly big especially if it was an older house. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:14:19 AM EDT
[Last Edit: prebans]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: Forgot about the whole stump removal thing. I totally get it was available before we became pussyes I just couldn’t remeber the use case @generaldisaray Just updated the post with another link to older times. You might enjoy the ad. 
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:14:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PeepEater: They couldn't get the robot to put it in a containment vessel? |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:15:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By prebans: @generaldisaray Once upon a time, dynamite was sold openly at hardware stores to farmers and ranchers for stump and rock removal. Click here for DuPont's old helpful guidebook. Many from that generation lived through the Depression and knew the value of thrift. They saved stuff, including unused dynamite. And/or, just like us, we buy and hold things that the government wants banned. So as they pass on, we discover stuff in garages, sheds, attics, basements, and barns that seems wild. But to them, it was just a trip to the hardware store. What will our grandkids say when they hear about us just buying an AR15 and ammo at a store and wandering home with it? I was lucky enough to meet a man who bought a Thompson SMG at a hardware store. He bought it and, just like us today, wandered home with it cash-and-carry. He still had it too, thankfully papered during the 1968 Amnesty. Cost him a lot of money, but he got his employer to cover the cost after a decade of duty as a railroad guard in Arizona. Here's another link to times people don't know about today. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By prebans: Originally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What's it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? @generaldisaray Once upon a time, dynamite was sold openly at hardware stores to farmers and ranchers for stump and rock removal. Click here for DuPont's old helpful guidebook. Many from that generation lived through the Depression and knew the value of thrift. They saved stuff, including unused dynamite. And/or, just like us, we buy and hold things that the government wants banned. So as they pass on, we discover stuff in garages, sheds, attics, basements, and barns that seems wild. But to them, it was just a trip to the hardware store. What will our grandkids say when they hear about us just buying an AR15 and ammo at a store and wandering home with it? I was lucky enough to meet a man who bought a Thompson SMG at a hardware store. He bought it and, just like us today, wandered home with it cash-and-carry. He still had it too, thankfully papered during the 1968 Amnesty. Cost him a lot of money, but he got his employer to cover the cost after a decade of duty as a railroad guard in Arizona. Here's another link to times people don't know about today. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:17:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By prebans: @generaldisaray Just updated the post with another link to older times. You might enjoy the ad. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By prebans: Originally Posted By GeneralDisaray: Forgot about the whole stump removal thing. I totally get it was available before we became pussyes I just couldn’t remeber the use case @generaldisaray Just updated the post with another link to older times. You might enjoy the ad. Hahahaha America use to be so kick ass. It almost sucks looking back that far and then contrasting |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:21:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BladedRonin: Since when does an FD detonate instead of a bomb squad? Since they realized it would be fun?  I'm wondering why they couldn't have used a robot or similar to move it and lessen the risk of property damage. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:30:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BladedRonin: Since when does an FD detonate instead of a bomb squad? Yeah, that would be a big no from me. We'd see it and call LE. But detonating it in the house, I think we'd have a chat with their bomb disposal guys before we got onboard with that. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:40:24 AM EDT
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How old do you have to get to for the dynamite to begin appearing?
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:41:49 AM EDT
[Last Edit: anothermisanthrope]
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Originally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? Explained in first few seconds of vid, but you should watch the whole thing.  Can use it to clear septic tanks too  MVI_3406.AVI By Jimmy Ferris Spur Texas |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:42:27 AM EDT
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Sweaty dynamite is spooky stuff, I've had to dispose of more than my fair share. Mostly by burning, but I've loaded a bit of it into rounds as well. You learn to be very careful with the loading pole
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:42:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? Come on. How many times in life have you needed dynamite and needed it immediately and didn’t have time to wait for the next free hazmat shipping sale? But it cheap, stack it deep. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:44:12 AM EDT
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We missing a member???
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:49:21 AM EDT
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"The woman was allowed to remove some of her possessions before evacuation orders were called and plans were made for the detonation. Crews knew the home would be a total loss."
Some? She was only allowed to remove SOME of her possessions before they blew everything up? That stuff had been there for years, but once the authorities found out, it has to go boom ASAP? She was obviously trying to do "the right thing", but this is another reason not to. They apparently evacuated the entire neighborhood and blew it up at 4 am. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:49:41 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Aimless: https://kutv.com/news/local/decades-old-explosives-detonated-holladay-utah-ancient-dynamite-inherited-found-after-mans-death-house-home-destroyed-improper-storage I guess after some old guy's death someone found unstable dynamite and the Fire Dept had to detonate it. If it truly is dynamite, moving it is a bad idea. It if was TNT or other stable explosive, probably a dumb idea to blow it up in place. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:49:47 AM EDT
[Last Edit: scuba_steve]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? Thirty years from now it will be your ammo fort. BREAKING NEWS! Firefighters from People's Republic of California and Pacific Northwest Territories fire station 451 responded to a homeowner's report of a large quantity of ammunition in her basement, reportedly belonging to her departed husband. FD personnel detonated the ammo cache, destroying the home, and also burned the two adjacent homes, as an example to those who are not reporting their lawbreaking neighbors. Fire officials confirmed all 12 rounds were destroyed. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:08:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By scuba_steve: fire station 451 Nice. Igotthatreference.jpg |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:10:56 AM EDT
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I remember we had a thread on this subject some time ago where a photo was posted of a few sticks of rotting, weeping dynamite in a burlap sack hanging in a shed someplace.
That was one of the scariest images I've ever seen on this site. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:19:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? Never know when you might need a case of dynamite.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:20:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? Racism got rid of it. Once white liberals saw this:  Attached FileImmediate ban! |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:24:35 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Mojo_Jojo]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jsteves: "The woman was allowed to remove some of her possessions before evacuation orders were called and plans were made for the detonation. Crews knew the home would be a total loss." |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:25:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time?  Bought this old dynamite crate to display in my “Old West” room. NOTE TO ATF: IT’S EMPTY. 
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:29:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BladedRonin: Since when does an FD detonate instead of a bomb squad? "Hey runcbile, wanna go in there and handle that dynamite?" "What is this, Sorcerer? Kiss my ass, boss!" |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:29:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By prebans: And/or, just like us, we buy and hold things that the government wants banned. I bought my first AR-15 because of the approaching federal ban. I bought two quarts of hand soap when the government mandated a change in the formula. I used to have three bottles of the original bug-n-tar cleaner but I traded two of them away for some banned termite spray. I add TSP back into my detergent after the government removed it. My wife laments of times past when the household cleaners cut dirt and grease. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:30:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rodical: We missing a member??? Or is a member missing a member? 
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:32:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: It was easy to buy for a long time, prior to the pussification of society. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Originally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What's it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? I remember going with my dad to buy some dynamite at a hardware store in Anniston, AL in the mid 1970's. We blew up a beaver dam on my grandfather's farm with it. I don't know if it all got used to be honest but if any was left over it likely stayed in Alabama, I did find some blasting caps while cleaning out a building after dad passed so I scoured the place to make sure there was no sweating sticks lying around. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:37:47 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:43:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: In a lot of jurisdictions the FD is responsible for the bomb squad. It sort of makes sense if you think about it… It probably should be the SMEs on chemicals and flammables. I mean a PD based bomb squad clearly works well for LA though. Just don’t give them a pile of fireworks and a brand new super duper containment device. Unless you still want to be trying to have your house repaired years later. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:49:28 AM EDT
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Quite common when I was a kid. A lot of the farm supply places moved over to binary mixes when that became available, it was safer and a hell of a lot cheaper.
My uncle dug his entire septic tank and drain field thru solid limestone with binary and a hammer drill, He had no experience whatsoever other than a chat with the farm supply clerk. You had to buy "sets". IIRC it came in crates of 144, no individual stick sales. Same with blasting caps. Fuses and det cord had to be complete rolls. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:59:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By John-in-austin: Quite common when I was a kid. A lot of the farm supply places moved over to binary mixes when that became available, it was safer and a hell of a lot cheaper. My uncle dug his entire septic tank and drain field thru solid limestone with binary and a hammer drill, He had no experience whatsoever other than a chat with the farm supply clerk. You had to buy "sets". IIRC it came in crates of 144, no individual stick sales. Same with blasting caps. Fuses and det cord had to be complete rolls. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 11:01:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GeneralDisaray: What’s it with all the old timers just having dynamite laying around all the time? You didn't need to have a license or permit to purchase dynamite per federal law for ag purposes till after 9-11., if I recall correctly . Most farm stores and co-ops stopped carrying it in the 70s. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 11:02:44 AM EDT
[#49]
Where's that water truck when you need it?
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Posted: 4/25/2024 11:17:35 AM EDT
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They should have brought in the Los Angeles bomb squad. They would have leveled the entire neighborhood.
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