From: mshaw@bangnetcom.com   
      
   larryball197658@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, March 3, 1992 at 12:11:34 PM UTC-7, Gregory Larkin wrote:   
      
   > > Forgive me if this is a AFU FAQ....   
   > >   
   > > I've heard that at one time, the red dye used in making   
   > > playing cards was explosive.  I also heard that a criminal   
   > > in jail made a pipe bomb from the leg of his bed and the dust   
   > > scraped from thousands of decks of playing cards over a period   
   > > of ten or so years.  Apparently, his successfully used his   
   > > home made bomb to escape from the joint..   
   > >   
   > > Has anyone heard this too? Is it true?   
      
   > The way I heard a similar story was from a MP at a deadly force   
   > class. He said a person in the brig tried to escape by scraping   
   > the nitro off playing cards and put it together with matches he   
   > scraped the chemicals off from. He put it in chewing gum and forced   
   > it into the lock of his cell. He used a match as the fuse and when   
   > he lit it, was in too bad of shape to go anywhere after it went   
   > off! I don't know if it's true?   
      
   Well, that was helpful.   
      
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   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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