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Harvey Gleiser would like his bomb back.
But first, the 86-year-old might have some explaining to do. Last night, police officers went banging door to door in his old Union Boulevard neighbourhood, telling residents they needed to get out — and fast.
Gleiser had forgotten all about that old bomb, which he picked up during the Second World War while travelling around North American military bases.
He kept the old bomb as a souvenir and packed it away in his attic, until one day it accidentally fell through an open slot in the floor, he said. For decades, it stayed there, stuck behind a layer of plaster and wood.
That is, until yesterday.
Electricians Bob Schultz and Murray Bisch, hired by the young couple who recently bought Gleiser’s old home, were rewiring a second-floor bedroom late yesterday afternoon when they made the startling discovery.
A police explosives expert said the bomb was live, and decided only the military had the expertise to remove it safely.
This happened just a few blocks from my home. And I know Bob Schultz, the electrician who found the explosives...
Shuffling around teh house theres a Grenade on the on the firplace, well cool thinks I who picks it up andthorws it to a work mate, who just happens to be an ex RSM (regimental Sergeant major).
Colour drains from his face.
Turns out it was a live grenade from the first world war, left there a bit quick.
“It had a tag on it that said ‘bomb,’”
So, do the police charge the new ownwers with having a "bomb". Are the new owners going to Gitmo? Interesting.
A Second World War-era bomb has been safely removed from a Kitchener home.
It turned out that the shell, which prompted the evacuation of a neighbourhood on Tuesday, was a practice bomb and likely wouldn't have caused much damage anyway."It was used in the aircraft when they were training to drop things," said Lt. Jennie Jones.
"It's a harmless version of the real thing. It would blast smoke so they could see if they'd hit their target."
Gleiser, now 86, lived in the home for more than 60 years and said the bomb fell through a hole in the attic floor years ago. He'd forgotten about it until this week."I knew it wasn't loaded ... I carried it in a cloth bag across Canada several times."
"I wouldn't mind it back, unless it causes me more trouble," he said.
The Forces weren't so warm to the idea, though.
"It's Crown property, not his property, so I think it's not very likely," Jones said.
Tap, tap tap . . . BOOOOOM!
LOL . . . .
that would still make quite a disruption if it went off inside the walls of a home
a practice bomb
Someone forwarded me an email a year or two ago with a similiar 'forgot about it' theme. Someone bought some property in Europe. Turns out at the back of the property there was an old storage building obscured by trees and long forgotten. They crack it open, and they've got themselves a warehouse full of dozens of very old, very classic and very expensive cars. All coated in dust. I'm still drooling. I guess we all like the idea of winning a lottery.
