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To: EGPWS

Aaahhh! Augh! I HAVE RADIUM IN MY WRISTWATCH HANDS! It's RADIOACTIVE!!

(rips watch off wrist, throws it across the room, does the 'icky dance')

/liberal idiot mode


7 posted on 01/08/2006 10:47:40 AM PST by Riley ("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
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To: Riley
I HAVE RADIUM IN MY WRISTWATCH HANDS! It's RADIOACTIVE!!

That being the case, don't compound your health concerns by having medical X-rays taken for crying out loud! (hee...hee...hee...)

12 posted on 01/08/2006 10:51:24 AM PST by EGPWS
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To: Riley

From Wikipedia:

Civilian applications for depleted uranium are fairly limited and are typically unrelated to its radioactive properties. It primarily finds application as ballast because of its high density. Such applications include sailboat keels, as counterweights and sinker bars in oil drills, gyroscope rotors, and in other places where there is a need to place a weight that occupies as little space as possible. Other relatively minor consumer product uses have included: the manufacture of pigments and glazes; incorporation into dental porcelain used for false teeth to simulate the fluorescence of natural teeth; and in uranium-bearing reagents used in chemistry laboratories.


27 posted on 01/08/2006 11:11:26 AM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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