On Wed, 22 May 2013 14:32:37 -0700, Larry Jaques
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On Wed, 22 May 2013 12:42:13 -0700, Gunner Asch
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On Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:54 -0700, Larry Jaques
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On Tue, 21 May 2013 22:15:13 -0700, Gunner Asch
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On Tue, 21 May 2013 21:21:44 -0700, Larry Jaques
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On Tue, 21 May 2013 18:51:04 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

"Snag" fired this volley in news:XkTmt.3828$cs.3131
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Hey Lloyd , will
HMX DDT ?


Actually, it burns pretty politely until it's shocked strongly.
G

I hear C4 is great campfire starter, too. (What brilliant person first
thought of that one, eh?)


The first GI that was wet, cold and hungry.

"I think I'll light my high-explosive plastique on fire." is not a
sane concept, sir. Even a super-small test piece would have blown his
hands clean off if he guessed wrong about it not exploding. shrug
I mean, you wouldn't just shave a slice off your stick of dynamite to
start a fire, would you? And it's less explosive.

Yes..dynamite burns well, though not as fast as C4

blink I guess I knew less about dynamite than I thought, thinking
that fire or shock could detonate it.

Shock "can"...and the higher the nitro percentage...the more likely

This of course does not include frozen then thawed dynamite...which
can have a very hairy trigger...very dangerous stuff.

Old nitro...can have a significant amount of nitroglycerin leaking out
of the individual sticks and into the sawdust in the box. I dont know
what they use these days for packaging if anything..but when I worked
for the Atlas Powder company dealer...nearly all true dynamite still
came in wooden boxes filled with sawdust. Prills, nitramons etc
etc...all came in cardboard.


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Really?

"Hurt" aint the word.

For Liberals, the truth is like salt to a slug.
Sunlight to a vampire.
Raid® to a cockroach.
Sheriff Brody to a shark
Bush to a Liberal

The truth doesn't just hurt. It's painful, like a red hot poker shoved
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They HATE the truth."