Living with bombs

We are justified in often feeling that we are Fortune's playthings. We must admit, though, that perhaps we are luckier than we deserve - that with our lack of foresight, with the carelessness with which we so often operate at the collective and individual level (whether running a railway or just driving our car) we could count many more victims than those that we frequently have to register. Thursday's revelation that 314 bombs from World War II have been found on the grounds of the old airport at Elliniko, in an area that was frequented by many people over the years, confirms just how dangerously we live and how lucky we are.

The Hellenic Army's Land Mine Clearance Squad (TENX), which is conducting controlled explosions during the extensive construction work at the site, briefed the mayor of Elliniko-Argyroupolis, Yiannis Konstantatos, that these are "air force bombs" which...