Quote Originally Posted by Daycrawler View Post
Wouldn't it be great if some old lady walked in with a hand grenade from WWII in her purse. Imagine what would happen when she plunks that down on the desk. They would have to evacuate and shut down the entire area.
Don't laugh! But I know of a solid waste transfer station that used to have a man in WW I uniform asking people (individual customers, not regular garbage trucks) disposing of stuff if they had any munitions in their load. Grenades were common. I also know of cases where my Dept. was called to help dispose of old dynamite found in the back of an old barn and some stuff called picric acid, in that case the widow's hubby was a chemist.