world war two

**walrus** · 05-12-2015 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by p4pking

What, surrendered and adopted Nazi sentiments? If it wasn't for the Brits that USA would have been mainly German anyways

Nah, more likely French or Spanish. They both had big claims over here.

**p4pking** · 05-12-2015 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by walrus

Originally Posted by p4pking

What, surrendered and adopted Nazi sentiments? If it wasn't for the Brits that USA would have been mainly German anyways

Nah, more likely French or Spanish. They both had big claims over here.

I mean just as far as your populace.

**pacfan** · 05-12-2015 09:25 PM

A bomb exploded once about 100-200 yards away from me. What surprised me was it didn't go 'booom' as you'd expect but instead it sounded more like a very loud pffft or bffft that lasted just a split second, like a sound of an air explosion without the 'pop', not like those in the movies where those bombs go off like boooooooom! Luckily I wasn't on a clear path but along a path dotted with small houses so I wasn't hurt but the air blast or the concussion from the explosion literally knocked me down - the force was really tremendous even at 100 yards away. Sadly, nothing was left of couple of guys who were tinkering with that bomb..

**walrus** · 05-12-2015 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by pacfan

A bomb exploded once about 100-200 yards away from me. What surprised me was it didn't go 'booom' as you'd expect but instead it sounded more like a very loud pffft or bffft that lasted just a split second, like a sound of an air explosion without the 'pop', not like those in the movies where those bombs go off like boooooooom! Luckily I wasn't on a clear path but along a path dotted with small houses so I wasn't hurt but the air blast or the concussion from the explosion literally knocked me down - the force was really tremendous even at 100 yards away. Sadly, nothing was left of couple of guys who were tinkering with that bomb..

@pacfan could you explain a bit, when and under what circumstances did this happen.

**pacfan** · 05-13-2015 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by walrus

Originally Posted by pacfan

A bomb exploded once about 100-200 yards away from me. What surprised me was it didn't go 'booom' as you'd expect but instead it sounded more like a very loud pffft or bffft that lasted just a split second, like a sound of an air explosion without the 'pop', not like those in the movies where those bombs go off like boooooooom! Luckily I wasn't on a clear path but along a path dotted with small houses so I wasn't hurt but the air blast or the concussion from the explosion literally knocked me down - the force was really tremendous even at 100 yards away. Sadly, nothing was left of couple of guys who were tinkering with that bomb..

@pacfan could you explain a bit, when and under what circumstances did this happen.

@walrus, couple of guys here picked up a vintage WWII bomb and brought it to a local scrap shop. The shop owner bought it and had it taken apart - whooooa - by his workers when it exploded. Simple countryside folks here are still ignorant of even the simplest of matters and I bet they didn't even know that old bombs could still explode. I even doubt if they knew that it was a bomb. People there said it was a pretty big bomb so it was probably one of those bombs dropped from a bomber plane. Those are heck of a bomb and it really shook the whole neighborhood. All the nearby structures there where blown off. Grim reminder of the past war, I'd say...