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wolf 02-09-2006 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marichiko
There was a punch of discarded lumber in the shed and 4 sticks (very old) of TNT.

I must confess that the thought of having my very own stick of dynamite had a certain allure, and the old guy wasn't going to be using the stuff, so I swiped one of the sticks.

Old dynamite sweats.

The sweat is nitroglycerin.

Old dynamite can explode when you walk near it too loud.

You are a fucktard.

Leave everything where it is, including your criminal enterprise, leave your house immediately, and call 911.

wolf 02-09-2006 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by marichiko
I'll call the cops about the old guy's stash first thing in the am.

Don't wait. Call now. It's the darndest thing. Police, like convenience stores, are open 24 hours.

zippyt 02-09-2006 12:47 AM

proble some left over dino, possibley from some mineing . that had been found on his watch as Mayor , ( turn it in or just hide it )
I but an alarm in a OLD state cops house one time , up in the attic was a BIG box of sawed off shotguns and the such ( some WAY home made !!!!)
He found me looking at the box of weapons and said
" You didn't see that !!!!"
Amazing what can be found in an attic if you just look .

tw 02-09-2006 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marichiko
What I'd like to know is what my deceased neighbor was planning on doing with 4 sticks of dynamite ...

Birthday candles.

marichiko 02-09-2006 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf
Old dynamite sweats.

The sweat is nitroglycerin.

Old dynamite can explode when you walk near it too loud.

You are a fucktard.

Leave everything where it is, including your criminal enterprise, leave your house immediately, and call 911.

There was no "sweat" on it.

The old man must have walked past that shed every day. StarShine was trying to root under the pile of lumber. Ground Squirrels must scamper around in there constantly if they have a nest in there. Deer and other wild animals stroll around that old guys yard (and everyone else's here), ALL the time. The old car the tramp appears to be sleeping in is maybe 20 feet from the shed. Frankly, I think if the stuff was going to blow, it would have done so long ago.

While the police are open 24 hours, its just a bit wierd to make such a report at this late hour. The stuff obviously has been sitting out there for years. 6 more hours isn't going to hurt anything.

I'll admit to complete ignorance about the stuff, but I have heeded everyone's advise, carefully replaced the one stick where it was, and will alert the police in the AM.

Fucktard, yourself!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beestie
Some days I'm too lazy to come up with anything original, so I just write my same childish comments that I've written ten times over in the past week. Aren't I clever?

No, you're boring.

wolf 02-09-2006 01:08 AM

You are either lying, as lumberjim suspects, or lucky.

Don't push it, particularly where unstable explosives are concerned.

marichiko 02-09-2006 01:15 AM

I'll treat you all to the pics of the bomb squad and the haz mat team when they arrive tomorrow morning. :morncoff:

wolf 02-09-2006 01:19 AM

You may call me fucktard only after I have done something as egregiously stupid as you just admitted to doing.

marichiko 02-09-2006 01:25 AM

And you may call me egregiously stupid when I did something as egregiously stupid I did; however, you may not call me a fucktard without expecting to be called the same appellation back. :p

wolf 02-09-2006 02:12 AM

I'm made of rubber, and you're of glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks on you.

Nyaah.

blue 02-09-2006 06:19 AM

You named your dog starshine? Christ you are stupid.

glatt 02-09-2006 08:49 AM

What an entertaining thread.

Please let us know what happens when you call the cops. If we don't hear from you for a while, I'll assume it's because you aren't able to post from your jail cell.

Elspode 02-09-2006 02:26 PM

I think it is simply too soon to judge whether the dynamite has gone bad until it does something wrong. Ageism is rampant in this country, despite the fact that the average age of the US is slowly skewing higher as the babyboomers reach geriatic age. Just because dynamite is old doesn't mean that it is somehow wrong or evil. That's like saying that my grandpa must have Alzheimers just because he's 85.

Give old dynamite a break, people. It is, after all, the politically correct thing to do in this enlightened age.

lumberjim 02-09-2006 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by marichiko
I'll treat you all to the pics of the bomb squad and the haz mat team when they arrive tomorrow morning. :morncoff:

yeah. why not have atropos drop in and pose with them? probably road flares. did they have little plastic caps on the end?

footfootfoot 02-09-2006 02:55 PM

Mari,
don't believe all the bullshit that they're saying about the tnt. They are the fucktards. Here's what you do to "freshen up" an older stick of tnt.

preheat your oven to about 450ºf, then get a cookie sheet out and place the tnt on it and cover it with aluminum foil.
pop it in the oven for about a half an hour.
when you pull it out it will be as fresh as the day it was made.

Don't believe all the naysayers.


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