In west Russia, Ukraine, Bielarus, (I guess in some other East European countries as well) the standard rule, when you try to make a campfire, is "dig into the earth on the spot for at least a decent foot, to get sure there's no explosive crap to get heated by the fire and go off". Yet some people get blown to pieces about every year. There are places that are simply not fully swept from landmines, bomb, shells, grenades etc, because that's a GREAT amount of work. Say, in Volgograd/Stalingrad the mine sweepers are still an urban engineering service.
One more reason the USA is the greatest country in the world. We don't have to worry about the ground blowing up if we decide to plant a tree in our back yard.
In west Russia, Ukraine, Bielarus, (I guess in some other East European countries as well) the standard rule, when you try to make a campfire, is "dig into the earth on the spot for at least a decent foot, to get sure there's no explosive crap to get heated by the fire and go off". Yet some people get blown to pieces about every year. There are places that are simply not fully swept from landmines, bomb, shells, grenades etc, because that's a GREAT amount of work. Say, in Volgograd/Stalingrad the mine sweepers are still an urban engineering service.
One more reason the USA is the greatest country in the world. We don't have to worry about the ground blowing up if we decide to plant a tree in our back yard.
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