Re: Bombs in the workplace?

[Tuples -at- aol -dot- com]

In a message dated 8/8/02 7:30:02 AM Mountain Standard Time, 
Geoff-H -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA writes:

> Were they completely bereft of anything resembling sanity? What drugs were
>  they using that gave them the impression that garden-variety security staff
>  were capable of safely removing a bomb? I concede that the Hollywood image
>  of bombs ("hair trigger devices impossible to remove safely") is somewhat
>  exaggerated, but still... The reason why large police forces have bomb
>  disposal _experts_ is because this isn't a sport for amateurs.

As an aside, I feel that someone in my family is destined to be blown up. 
Remember the 
Mark Hoffman Mormon document forgeries? My dad had an office in the Judge 
Building here in Utah. 
Part of his normal routine was to visit a friend on the floor the bomb was 
found. He would move 
packages to his office and hold them so they would not be taken.

He missed that particular package for some reason. A short time later, the 
bomb exploded.
It was funny that Hoffman came under suspicion after parts and bits were 
found in his car. 
Same stuff my dad had in his car. Wire, tape, pipes and switches. Glad his 
prints were not on the package.

Several years previous, we decided to clean out Grandma's garage. He was an 
amateur 
chemist in his youth and he did quite a bit of assay work. Much of what he 
used was 
now quite dangerous due to decomposition. Mom called the Haz-Mat 
people who were shocked at what they found. One item was potassium chlorate. 
Almost 
a full pound and dirty. This adds to the problems, as did the phosphorus and 
lots of 
stuff we could not ID. They freaked and cleared the block. All three TV News 
Departments 
were there as were several newspapers.

These days, I don't even mix drinks.

Bob

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