Teenagers Have A Blast At Explosives Camp - REALLY

[matcom]

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ROLLA, Mo. -- Some teenagers are having a blast this summer at explosives camp.

More than 20 teens are taking a five-day course sponsored by the University of Missouri-Rolla. The teens get to work with real high explosives, like dynamite and C-4, the plastic explosive used by the military. (Learn how C-4, dynamite and fireworks work.)

The campers are also designing their own fireworks.

Most of the teenagers are looking ahead to well-paying careers in the mining, demolition or fireworks industries.

Margaret Howard will be a freshman at UMR's Mining Engineering school this fall. She said getting paid to blow up stuff would be great.

http://www.wftv.com/family/4794864/detail.html

[sakabatou]

1. Uh-oh...

I smell accident

[matcom]

2. uh oh

i smell little rw fundies in training

[Kraklen]

3. Sounds awesome.

I'd do it.

[ret5hd]

4. no sh*t...

i'm too old to be that interested now, but if this had been available 30 years ago...what a blast! (pun not necessarily intended)

[Shell Beau]

5. I can see that SOME jobs would require this kind of knowledge,

but,even so, that is kind of freaky.

[Solon]

6. I remember wanting to be a demolitions expert, taking down buildings...

legally after watching a show on Discovery channel, it look sooooooo coool! :)

[SarahB]

7. Strangely enough...

Most are nicknamed "Stubby". :shrug:

[soothsayer]

8. and here the dumb terraists wasted their time on flight schools

when they just coulda' done this!

[XemaSab]

9. I'd be all over it....

:nuke:

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. My God, that is the camp I've dreamed of since childhood!

Lucky kids.

:pout: