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The Radioactive Boy Scout
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| KEN SILVERSTEIN
Posted on 12/29/2005 1:45:14 PM PST by Wonder Warthog
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To: Central Scrutiniser
few thousand lantern mantles.The new ones no longer contain Thorium. I used to use lantern mantles to test my scintillator until I bought a Cesium 137 source. :-)
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:25:39 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: Central Scrutiniser
Unfortunately the book was written by some liberal luddite bastard. The moral of the story seems to have been "science is bad".
To: Central Scrutiniser
FYI, You can buy all kinds of radioactive sources thru the mail.
I bought a Cs137, Co60, and a Sr90 test kit this way.
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:29:13 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: ClaudiusI
It was still a good story.
What is scary is all the girls that worked in clock factories that would paint their nails with the radium paint, or put it on their teeth as a joke.
They didn't laugh too long.
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:30:18 PM PST
by
Central Scrutiniser
(Won't you eat my sleazy pancakes, just for Saintly Alfonzo)
To: RadioAstronomer
I have some deuterium and tritium in my swimming pool.
At least a few molecules.
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:30:59 PM PST
by
Central Scrutiniser
(Won't you eat my sleazy pancakes, just for Saintly Alfonzo)
To: Wonder Warthog
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:31:18 PM PST
by
PioneerDrive
(Don't fence me in.)
To: Wonder Warthog
The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments is going for hundreds of dollars now.
To: Wonder Warthog
If the Radioactive Boy Scout hooks up with
this kid, we need a heads up.
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:34:30 PM PST
by
numberonepal
(Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
To: Wonder Warthog
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:34:46 PM PST
by
VOA
To: Wonder Warthog
![](http://wnyc.org/studio360/images/irony/Slide17_Dexter.jpg)
"I wonder if this will get me a merit badge..."
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:35:08 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
To: Redcitizen
He could be the next Einstein, Teller or Oppenhiemer.
Not if some public school official got to him with some Ritalin.
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:35:42 PM PST
by
VOA
To: Central Scrutiniser
Deuterium you can purchase thru the mails as well. :-)
Tritium is found in many items such as illuminated watch hands.
In fact, you can purchase sealed borosilicate vials that contains Tritium inside a phosphor coating that will glow for 30 years. People use them for scuba diving and on key rings.
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:36:06 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: RadioAstronomer
"FYI, You can buy all kinds of radioactive sources thru the mail." Yeah, but I'll bet they would look at you a bit askance if you asked'em to ship a thousand or so to the same address.
But, 'tis true--anyone can buy any isotope in "General License Quantities".
To: Jeff Chandler
Depending on his exposure level, he may have increased his life expectancy.
Yep.
This effect even gets mentioned at mandatory Radiation Safety lectures
at UCLA.
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:37:43 PM PST
by
VOA
To: RadioAstronomer
I've seen the scuba stuff with tritium.
I go the low tech route for when I do night dives. I go to the dollar store and buy a bunch of those glow in the dark cylume plastic halloween things.
Just before entering the water, I give everyone a different color, break the vial inside and activate them, and that way, I know who is who underwater and if a flashlight breaks down, we know where that person is.
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:41:53 PM PST
by
Central Scrutiniser
(Won't you eat my sleazy pancakes, just for Saintly Alfonzo)
To: Central Scrutiniser
You and me both. :-)
I don't do many night dives anymore. Not much to see. However, have you ever lit up coral with a UV light? Pretty cool.
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:43:35 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: Wonder Warthog
but I'll bet they would look at you a bit askance LOL! Yuppers!
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:44:57 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: RadioAstronomer
That could be fun.
I might be going for my masters and instructor soon, got a free place to stay in the Carribean.
I just like how every once in a while you completely suprise a fish at night and they freak out. What I don't like are groupers and butterfly fish that always follow you about 2 feet behind your shoulder when you dive at night.
Best night dive to do is the Kona manta ray dives, they bring down a huge amount of lights to a spot off shore where a hotel light has been shining for years. Then you sit on the bottom and get about 5 or 6 mantas, each about 6 ft wide and 3 feet long.
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posted on
12/29/2005 2:48:09 PM PST
by
Central Scrutiniser
(Won't you eat my sleazy pancakes, just for Saintly Alfonzo)
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To: VOA
This effect even gets mentioned at mandatory Radiation Safety lectures at UCLA.You mean I was right? I wasn't sure if I actually read that somewhere, or if it was the cold medicine talking.
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posted on
12/29/2005 3:26:31 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace Begins in the Womb)
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