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Car Forum / Citroen Cars / September 2004Citroen in the News
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200409/s1200003.htm <quote> A British man has spent four hours holding a rusty piece of metal he feared was an unexploded World War Two bomb that would detonate if he let go only to be told he had been cradling part of an old car. British newspapers say David Page spoke to an emergency operator on his mobile phone, as police, fire and ambulance crews rushed to the east England workyard where the terrified 40-year-old had dug up the device. He says the police operator kept telling him everything would be okay, but he had to remind her she was not the one holding the bomb. The drama ended when army disposal experts turned up and told him the bomb was actually part of the hydraulic suspension system from a Citroen. </quote> Also http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/15/nbomb15.xml&sShe et=/news/2004/09/15/ixhome.html and http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1304941,00.html :-D  SignatureJohan; Certifiable me; Reply to Hotm ail Rondom sigs should be banned from Usenet snip > The drama ended when army disposal experts turned up and told him the bomb > was actually part of the hydraulic suspension system from a Citroen. I saw pictures on the BBC TV news; you can see why he thought it was a grenade or something (metal casing with a spring-loaded lever) - but you have to wonder, if he thought that, why did he pick it up and then squeeze the lever? Apparently, he managed to get some sticky tape to bind his hand to the thing so that his thumb wouldn't slip off the lever - so why not just use the tape and release his hand entirely? Not someone to rely on in a crisis! Signature-- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~ > snip > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > not just use the tape and release his hand entirely? Not someone to rely > on in a crisis! So which bit actually was it? CAS > > > The drama ended when army disposal experts turned up and told him the > bomb [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > So which bit actually was it? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/3657984.stm Seems to suggest a sphere, but the spring loaded lever? CAS >> So which bit actually was it? > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/3657984.stm > > Seems to suggest a sphere, but the spring loaded lever? Made up? Some reports say the "button" - which would be the filling plug. Message i.d.:<news:2qtibsF12u8f4U1@uni-berlin.de>, by author CAS aka <calumscottREMOVETHISBIT@yahoo.com> inspired me, > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/3657984.stm > > Seems to suggest a sphere, but the spring loaded lever? This puzzeles me <quote> The bowling ball-sized item was later found to be part of a hydraulic suspension system from a car or a tractor. </quote> Tractor? Are those spheres also used on tractors? <Looks like a normal Cit sphere to me> SignatureJohan; Certifiable me; Reply to Hotm ail IHUMFA > <quote> > The bowling ball-sized item was later found to be part of a hydraulic > suspension system from a car or a tractor. > </quote> > Tractor? Are those spheres also used on tractors? > <Looks like a normal Cit sphere to me> Yes, they are. JCB's Fastrac uses Cit hydraulics under licence. I suspect, though, that it's more a case of "well, it was found on a farm, so it's probably tractor" from the same journo that invented the spring loaded lever... Message i.d.:<news:Xns9566B69BC67C5adrianachapmanfreeis@130.133.1.4>, by author Adrian aka <spamtrap@achapman.freeisp.co.uk> inspired me, >> <quote> >> The bowling ball-sized item was later found to be part of a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > farm, so it's probably tractor" from the same journo that invented > the spring loaded lever... Haha, there is logic in that :-) SignatureJohan; Certifiable me Reply to Hotm ail [rest of sig scrapped due to foul language] snip >> So which bit actually was it? > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/3657984.stm > > Seems to suggest a sphere, but the spring loaded lever? Perhaps an unrelated bit of scrap metal? That article does say 'button', so there's obviously some confusion somewhere. Signature-- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~ > snip > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Perhaps an unrelated bit of scrap metal? That article does say 'button', > so there's obviously some confusion somewhere. My brother saw the "bomb" on the tele and apparently it looked exactly like a suspension sphere, the guy said he removed a plastic cap from the end which I guess must have been the cover to stop dirt getting into the sphere or the threads getting damaged. He then says he pressed the "button"..... > My brother saw the "bomb" on the tele and apparently it looked exactly > like a suspension sphere, the guy said he removed a plastic cap from > the end which I guess must have been the cover to stop dirt getting > into the sphere or the threads getting damaged. He then says he > pressed the "button"..... It'll have been recharged at some stage, then, with a one-way valve replacing the plug, and a dirt cover over the valve. > I saw pictures on the BBC TV news; you can see why he thought it was a > grenade or something (metal casing with a spring-loaded lever) - but you [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > not just use the tape and release his hand entirely? Not someone to rely > on in a crisis! Well, the incident occurred about 5 miles down the road from where I live, and this ain't Kansas, it is Norfolk ;) Message i.d.:<news:pan.2004.09.16.18.39.10.508578@gmail.com>, by author hissing aka <hissing@gmail.com> inspired me, >> I saw pictures on the BBC TV news; you can see why he thought it >> was a grenade or something (metal casing with a spring-loaded [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Well, the incident occurred about 5 miles down the road from where > I live, and this ain't Kansas, it is Norfolk ;) You should be more careful where you drop your spheres :-) SignatureJohan; Certifiable me; Reply to Hotm ail Wie moet op de news:alt.nl.schandpaal belanden? http://www.aacit.net/ans > Well, the incident occurred about 5 miles down the road from where I > live Ri-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ght... Have you been disposing of any spheres lately? > and this ain't Kansas, it is Norfolk ;) There's a difference? Flat, inbred, odd accent, backwards... Message i.d.:<news:Xns9566CDFF514A1adrianachapmanfreeis@130.133.1.4>, by author Adrian aka <spamtrap@achapman.freeisp.co.uk> inspired me, >> Well, the incident occurred about 5 miles down the road from where >> I live [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > There's a difference? Flat, inbred, odd accent, backwards... That's why you hid in Dakar? SignatureJohan; Certifiable me; Reply to Hotm ail By replying to this message you agree to the regulations written on the back of this posting. >>> and this ain't Kansas, it is Norfolk ;) >> There's a difference? Flat, inbred, odd accent, backwards... > That's why you hid in Dakar? Ellie went to Uni in Norwich, but that's about as far as my link to the place goes. "Toto! I don't think we're in the fens any more..." Message i.d.:<news:Xns9566D13903060adrianachapmanfreeis@130.133.1.4>, by author Adrian aka <spamtrap@achapman.freeisp.co.uk> inspired me, >>>> and this ain't Kansas, it is Norfolk ;) > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Ellie went to Uni in Norwich, but that's about as far as my link to > the place goes. Euh, there's a military college there, , http://www.norwich.edu/default.htm <or is that another Norwich?> Norwich seems like a nice place. http://www.norwich.gov.uk/site_files/pages/Home.html The see on bicycle distance. Must be worth a visit. Come to think about it, what's a norwitch? > "Toto! I don't think we're in the fens any more..." :-) SignatureJohan; Certifiable me; Reply to Hotm ail Tired of the Yahoo Cit Group? ViCit www.aaCit.net news:alt.autos.citroen >> Ellie went to Uni in Norwich, but that's about as far as my link to >> the place goes. > Euh, there's a military college there, , > http://www.norwich.edu/default.htm > <or is that another Norwich?> Probably. www.uea.ac.uk seems more likely... > Norwich seems like a nice place. You've never been there, have you? Message i.d.:<news:Xns9566DC09E7CCDadrianachapmanfreeis@130.133.1.4>, by author Adrian aka <spamtrap@achapman.freeisp.co.uk> inspired me, >>> Ellie went to Uni in Norwich, but that's about as far as my link >>> to the place goes. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > www.uea.ac.uk seems more likely... Aah. >> Norwich seems like a nice place. > > You've never been there, have you? No. But if I would go it would be on vacation. And during a vacation I like anything. Even the roadblock I caused with my BX in Grasse, France. Makes great tales :-) I even liked Tilshead (at least I think I was there). That's a place where there is nothing for miles around. SignatureJohan; Certifiable me; Reply to Hotm ail Tired of the Yahoo Cit Group? ViCit www.aaCit.net news:alt.autos.citroen >> Norwich seems like a nice place. > > You've never been there, have you? Norwich is a pretty decent place (actually, it must be as it has a decent Citroen main dealer with people who knew what I was burbling on about when I was asking questions about my Activa over the phone!) it could be much worse though, it could be up north! > http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200409/s1200003.htm > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Citroen. > </quote> A very lucky man. When I was clearing out my dead uncle's old shed in Essex I came across a grenade left over from WW11. I put it under a bucket, very gingerly, and phoned the Police. Bomb Disposal came out from Colchester, took it away sandbagged in a truck and blew it up. Yes, it was live!! You never know. Icedog |
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