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Bullet layer cake

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1945 was a horrible year in post German occupation and civil war ravaged Greece. It was a banner year for 10-year olds though. My friends and I collected war leftovers from the various passing armies. We kept bullets and shells in a barrel hidden in my yard. One particular pastime should be deserving of an award, but its the one that miraculously got away. We would fill a gallon tin with 3-4 alternating layers of bullets and dry pine needles. We would sprincle it with loose powder for good measure and connect a fuse made of cannon shell powder, a yellow spagetti like thing. After lighting the fuse we would run like crazy and hide behind rocks. Then we would peek until the fireworks started! The tin was riddled with holes. Strangely only the shells would fly through. The bullets stayed in the smoldering can! PS: one of us ended an MIT professor, another an Architect and the third a Contractor. Woe to the gene pool!

Submitted on 12/25/2010

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I'm keeping this because my father was a ten-year-old in occupied Greece in 1945. While my oldest uncle was wanted by name by the SS for leading a resistance cell, my ol' man was doing the EXACT SAME THING you were (or so he told me years ago)! How he managed to survive such activities is beyond me, but it seems common enough in war-torn countries for kids to play with explosives. Anyway, he's still alive, and so are you (and so am I, for that matter)! I don't know what my fellow moderators will think, but it's nice to know my ol' man wasn't alone!

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Despite the age involved I think this is worthy of a PA, if nothing else to provide a little insight into what kids dreamed up for fun back around WWII. Thanks for the story!

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