An American Civil War Cannonball Still Exploding!?!?!

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  May 05, 2008 4:17 PM GMT

  Whoda thunk it? ....
  
  Cannonball death raises concerns over relics hunting
  
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  Civil War buff Sam White died in February while restoring a cannonball
  
  Experts believe the 75-pound naval cannonball exploded as White tried to disarm it
  
  White, an avid collector, had 18 cannonballs in his driveway the day he died
  
  White's death has shaken a community of relics hunters who shared his passion
  
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/05/cannonball.death.ap/index.html

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  May 05, 2008 4:31 PM GMT

  At this rate the South will never rise again...

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  May 07, 2008 2:05 AM GMT

  I find it amazing that the explosives are still explosive after so many years. After all it was just black powder.
  
  For a Civil War cannon, 75 pounds was really huge. Field Artillary cannons of the time only lobbed 12 pound shells at the most.
  
  Northern France is full of Unexploded Munitions.

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  May 07, 2008 2:08 AM GMT

  Gives new meaning to, "I'll kick your ass so bad, your great-grandchildren will feel it!", but not in a good way... wow, that's some good weapon design.

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  May 07, 2008 3:13 AM GMT

  Oops, I was thinking this thread was about one of your recent orgasms.
  

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  May 08, 2008 12:25 AM GMT

  Hey in some parts of the rural South, the civil war is still being fought. You have to be careful where you travel in the rural parts of the South because some of the natives are very distrustful towards people from up north. They see a northern state license plate and and develop a sense of hostility very quickly. This is especially true in parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Believe me, I learned this the hard way.

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  May 08, 2008 1:43 AM GMT

  ShawnTO saidOops, I was thinking this thread was about one of your recent orgasms.
  

  
  
  Hey, Shawn...what starts with "come here" and ends with "ouch"?

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