tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407860231382967590.post1619103921415400955..comments2023-06-06T04:54:53.829-08:00Comments on Divine Plea: Day 08 - 10 things you don't know about meAdgamorixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642665863641484225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407860231382967590.post-33467235487063739072011-04-21T10:01:04.313-08:002011-04-21T10:01:04.313-08:00So I had a giant reponse written, but blogger ate ...So I had a giant reponse written, but blogger ate it. To give some more details, without actually confessing to anything, here's the basics of a MRE bomb.<br /><br />MRE heaters are basically chemical packs that react with water to produce heat. It's enough heat to warm up a thawed MRE, but it won't last long enough to say, heat your bunk. As a byproduct of the chemical reaction, a gas is also produced. This is important later.<br /><br />So take a half dozen soldiers sitting around drinking 2$ Boones Farm. We'd made several MRE bombs with plastic bottles, but we decide that we wanted something bigger. Now, we weren't so drunk that we thought glass shrapnel was a good idea, so we took my spitoon (I was chewing Red Man at the time), wiped it down (fingerprints are bad), and then taped it up with 100mp (duct tape) tape. <br /><br />We then took six or so MRE heaters, crumbled them up, and loaded them into the spitoon. At this point, the fuse was essentially lit. We capped that bad boy off, and tossed it out the window. <br /><br />Unfortunately, it seemed to be a dud. Maybe the tape job was too good, or we lost too much gas at the start. So, I loaded up my lip and we started working on a new one.<br /><br />About 30 min later, we heard a really loud bang, followed by the sound of glass breaking, and then some really loud yelling. Here's what happened.<br /><br />The heaters took a long time to reach critical mass, and the cap was the weak point. When the cap/neck broke, it turned into a rocket, and shot across the quad and into some other soldiers room - where it continued to dump the nasty liquid. <br /><br />Here's to having a solid cover story.Adgamorixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642665863641484225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407860231382967590.post-74291529917811083342011-04-20T23:05:17.958-08:002011-04-20T23:05:17.958-08:00Can we get more info on bonus fact #1? Like what w...Can we get more info on bonus fact #1? Like what were the MRE heaters used for?Bangkok Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578788619548370747noreply@blogger.com