Re: Ballistics Phone Call

In <5rr1t11sefhivkr95skt15au6ck1fjs3tg@xxxxxxx>, on 01/20/06
at 02:17 PM, Prepair Ltd <prepair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
Peter,
If they don't turn up (not that I am cynical wrt the boys in blue!) drop
me an Email & I'll send you one. I bought two last year at the Midland
Game Fair


>No1 son collects old bullets and shell casings, and as he is perpetually
>hard up, we often get to buy things on ebay: 'while you're online Dad,
>could you have a look at this....' sort of thing.

>Anyway, a week or so back he saw a couple of 0.50" shells on ebay, so we
>bid for them and sent off a cheque to the vendor.

>Today we had a phone call from Aberdeen Police, asking about a suspicious
>package that they had sent for forensic examination to the Police
>Laboratories in Glasgow... They wanted to know who had bought the
>contents, where it had come from etc etc.

>After a bit of head scratching we realised that it was the 2 shells we
>had bought on ebay, and after quoting the ebay reference and the vendor's
>details, the Police officer advised that we would get the shells back
>after they had been cleared for postal delivery.

>We didn't mention the cannon shells....:-))

>Peter
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>Peter A Forbes
>Prepair Ltd, Luton, UK
>prepair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>http://www.prepair.co.uk
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