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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| A Gift That Keeps on Giving |
| 2018-05-25 |
| A German bomb disposal team Thursday gave the all-clear after defusing an unexploded World War II bomb that forced a mass evacuation in the city of Dresden. The operation had been complicated by a fire sparked when specialists blasted off the bomb's fuse, which had forced them to stay clear of the site for hours until the flames were extinguished. |
| Posted by:Procopius2k |
| #7 "peace" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-05-25 18:44 |
| #6 Technically, thanks to the US and USSR sitting on them, Central Europeans have experienced the longest period of peace since the Roman Empire. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-05-25 15:28 |
| #5 I can't help feeling that WWI was worse It was worse, and continues into its 104th year. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-05-25 14:46 |
| #4 WWI and WWII were both the same war. They just had to take a little break so they could make more babies, er, I mean soldiers. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-05-25 11:43 |
| #3 Apparently not enough AlanC, because there was a v2.0 release. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-05-25 11:14 |
| #2 As bad as WWII was, I can't help feeling that WWI was worse in terms of what it did to the civilizational psyche. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-05-25 08:18 |
| #1 ...If you think that's bad, take a look at the Zone Rouge. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-05-25 06:25 |