From: "George Sherwood" 

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:44ad5a05$1{at}w3.nls.net...

>> I think this is much less likely under the Mine Ban Treaty.  I will be
>> working with some of the Humanitarian Demining here.  One is especially a
>> mess where the Soviets tried to blow up some ammo.  One more of many
>> messes
>> they left here.
>>
>
> Oh I'm sure. Not just their problemo's though...you should see the mess
> you lot left across the border in Iran....

Not sure exeactly what you are talking about, but if it is the whole Shah
thing, then that is really the pot calling the kettle black.   
Let me point out a few more places where the UK did so well.  But
seriously I am often shocked at the mess left here and I have to imagine in
all the FSU. Both economically and environmentally.

> The problem is as ever a simple one of fusing. A ton of pressure? 1/2
> ton? 140 pounds?
>
> I had an entertaining conversation once with a bod who was seriously
> positing that a motorcycle is a vehicle ergo.....light pressure fuses
> which may or may not blow some farmer 10 years later to hell.

Seem to me to that if a person's weight can set it off at all.  It is AP.
But I am sure there is many different interpretations of the rules.

> Ditto these mines. The only diff really twixt ap & at & esp av is one of
> sensor sensitivity which anyway can be made to ummmmm "become more
> sensitive with age".

I think though like you said before the more sensitive the mine, the
trickier this hopping becomes. Don't think it is just a matter of changing
the setting.

> Indeed. Is attacking a bus an attack on the bus or on the contents?
> Tractor driven by a farmer 5 years after the war has ended etc.etc.
>
> Nasty sodding things which should be gone. I could send you some pickies
> of me & mines from an early age (approx 6 or 7).

I hope to get out of the city soon and will send some pics of what is
around here right now.

>
> Most of the bizarre & troubled places which I grew up in had the usual
> unpleasant number of them (both ap & at/av.)

I wonder if things are getting any better now.  I would hope so, that
people realize these things don't work that well and are a disaster for so
many years to come.


>
> Any dancing on tables with some local fillies or was he more reserved?

Interesting question after the talk I had with a UK Embassy person the
other day.  I mentioned that the Duke seemed distracted on stage, just
looking around while others were speaking.   He said he noticed it too and
wasn't
sure what was going on since he didn't seen any topless women around.  Most
be something I am missing out on about your Duke. 

George

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