In which Ben and the Boy dodge minor inconvenience by 20 minutes

So we went to Fairacres to get the Boy a new computer chair. Brought it back, were assembling it in his room, when - BOOM.

And five minutes later, another BOOM.

With lots of sirens in between. And a cloud of black smoke rising behind the police station.

Hmm.

First thought - Al-Quaeda are bringing down the might of the West by bombing Dalton Barracks - seems to have been an exaggeration, and anyway, the black cloud was too close. Here's the reason, apparently. (UPDATE: the two missing people have been accounted for, alive and well.)

The recipient of the chair asked: "if it was a terrorist attack and we were all evacuated, would I have to get on with my revision?"

Yes.