Three acid bombs found in South Broward

Staff reports, Posted May 29 2002

Police found three acid bombs in two separate incidents on Tuesday, one of them causing the evacuation of about 4,000 elementary and high school students in Hollywood.

Around 1 p.m., a resource officer at McArthur High, 6501 Hollywood Blvd., found a bomb that was designed to explode from gas pressure.

The bomb did not explode, and the high school and adjacent West Hollywood Elementary School were evacuated for an hour. A 16-year-old boy was charged with making, possessing or placing a destructive device, a third-degree felony, Hollywood police Detective Carlos Negron said.

In an unrelated incident, Miramar police found two exploded bombs of the same type in a cluster of mailboxes on the corner of Bernard Boulevard and Southwest 80th Terrace around 6 p.m.

No one was hurt on that incident.

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-- Anonymous, May 29, 2002

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I heard this story about the mailbox bombs last night at work, and just after hearing it I happened to read a postcard from someone on a cruise ship who wrote that the passengers were being kept from visiting St. Marten because of a bomb threat to the ship.

[I don't normally read the postcards, I just look at the pictures. Some of them are real funny. I have recently found two that were pornographic and had to remove them from the mailstream. They were from one of the islands, I fergit which one.]

-- Anonymous, May 29, 2002

Barefoot,

Couldn't you have just covered it with a brown paper bag? ;)

apoc

-- Anonymous, May 29, 2002

Actually, i could have put it into one of our envelopes for damaged mail. thing is, it isn't our responsibility to make sure that pornographic images in the mail are covered to protect the sensibilities of those that would be offended. That is the job of the sender. if there had been a return address the senders would be in some big troubling hassles now.

naturally we all had a big discussion about them as they were passed around to garner opinions. The consensus was porno by a wide margin.

One clerk almost fell out of her chair when she saw it. Albeit she was laughing so hard at it that she lost her balance but it shows what harm can be done by porno. LOL

-- Anonymous, May 29, 2002

"I just look at the pictures"

Whatever you say, dear...

-- Anonymous, May 29, 2002

Well, it's easier to look at the pictures than try to decipher some peoples hand writing. If it wasn't for zip codes most cards would go in the trash before they would leave Miami. Some people just have no idea about writing legibly so as to get their message delivered. Kinda goes with spelling and grammer and syntax on the internet. If you want to get your message across clearly, learn when to use which words. Punctuation is important, too. A misplaced comma can change the whole meaning of the message.

It would be neat if I could show you some of the crap that people expect us to read. LOL Some people can't even get the delivery address to fit on one side of a business size envelope. [#10]

And don't get me started on odd shaped post cards. Some clerks just toss those because we have a rule against odd shaped items in the mail stream. They cause all sorts of damage to other mail. Then there is the occasion envelope with a ring of keys in it, and the sender doesn't realize that the machinery will rip the envelope apart and bend and/or break the keys. And what does it mean when the envelope with a dozen keys comes back with 'insufficient postage' stamped on it? "Well, 34 cents isn't enough now, is it? Try a buck fifty. and while yer at it, get a padded envelope for em."

I just came back from the dentist and I am not in the mood to be gracious to the low end of the gene pool right now. [I am referring to the customers, not the board membership.]

-- Anonymous, May 29, 2002

I know, Barefoot. I used to work in a campus mailroom, many, many years ago, and some of the best educated profs had absolutely horrible handwriting. Then there were the packages of educational materials, cheaply packed, that would occasionally break open, scattering plastic peanuts and books all over the counters and floor. That's nothing compared to what you put up with, but I still worked through a number of long, hot mornings for slave wages (no a/c - just two fans). It made me appreciate more what the employees in bulk mail centers have to contend with.

-- Anonymous, May 29, 2002

Well, I figured if I couldn't talk to anyone I may as well go shopping. spent a hundred bucks on stuff I don't really need. It was very relaxing.

I bought some potting mix for the orchids, a couple sprinklers, and a light that sits in the bottom of the pond.

Have you seen those sprinklers that are about 4' tall with a circle on top, some have butterflies and some have dragonflies in the circle. They are copper in color and spin around when the water is on. I'll let ya know if they're worth 20 bucks.

-- Anonymous, May 29, 2002

"I figured if I couldn't talk to anyone I may as well go shopping". Hope you didn't scare any sales clerks (and hope you recover soon).

-- Anonymous, May 29, 2002

Me? Scare salesclerks? I'll have you know I was propositioned twice this afternoon!

Then I woke up.

LOL

Actually, I was 'eyed' extensively by one dude in the garden department. And a woman in the line behind me seemed real interested in what I was buying for the orchids, making all sorts of small talk about orchids and soil mixes while she was checking me out 'down there.'

When I got back to the truck I found out my fly was open.

LOL

No, really, it was nice. No one had any brats in the store. I also drove by a new neighborhood being built. I had been looking at the floorplans on line for some time now, but thought it was too far south. It isn't. Also, the yards are bigger, as well as the houses.

Hmmmm....

-- Anonymous, May 29, 2002

Good thing she was checking you out "down there". Means she probably didn't notice you were drooling...

-- Anonymous, May 30, 2002

We set up the pond light last evening. Sure looks nice. Brighter than I thought it would be, it lights up the background foilage with the ripples of the surface from the fountain. Too kewl!

Should have bought one long ago. Then again, it would be burned out by now if I had. LOL Thinking now of maybe buying another one.

-- Anonymous, May 30, 2002

We love our ponds..and I am thinking of having a third one...for out front.

Well, Shooooot!! all the kitties just stood at attention at the window behind me....OMG a racoon was looking in at us!!!! got dan, in case it was rabid...he tapped on the window...and it ran...WHEW!!!

I still have to go out and feed!

-- Anonymous, May 30, 2002