Read this article

[Baseplate]

Then punch yourself in the nose for whining about your hangnail

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/worl ... death.html

[RangerX]

That is pretty badass, and a reminder that there are probably a lot of men, old and young, from many generations limping around carrying similar momentos.

That said, the Telegraph should get a collective punch in the neck for the photo they put with that article to illustrate the shrapnel....

[Jim]

Have you never seen the wires used in "Bouncing Betty?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfbhcqrKtno