[RadioAstronomer]

Something smells strange about this episode. Why would anyone walk around with a geiger counter? In all those years I lived in Alabama...other than the science teacher's own personal one which she bought from a Army surplus sale...that was likely one of five or six in the whole county, and I'm guessing maybe 200 in the entire state...most from Army surplus. To just have one and be walking around in the middle of a fairgrounds area or park...doesn't stand the logic test. Someone invented this episode...one way or another.

More people have them than you might think. I grew up with both geiger counters and scintillators in the house. All of the above intsruments that I described in my previous post, I own. I also have geiger counters, Ionization counters and dosimeters. In fact, I carry a small geiger counter and dosimeter in the Vette at all times.

[Lurker]

I bought one of those old MilSurp Geiger Counters a while back and had it sent out to be calibrated.

It came back a couple weeks later certified 'good as new' by some outfit in NM IIRC.

I pulled it out after I had a stress test and let my son see how I was temporarily radioactive. We also used it when my brother was treated for thyroid cancer.

Lurker Jr now grasps the concept of 'half life' pretty well.

Now if I could just get him to do his Language Arts homework on time...

L

[x_plus_one]

What range do you look for? What type of geiger counter do you use to make informal surveys? What do you check - Metal or Dirt or pots and pans made in China?

[ReignOfError]

I grew up with both geiger counters and scintillators in the house. All of the above intsruments that I described in my previous post, I own. I also have geiger counters, Ionization counters and dosimeters.

And yet you turned out to be fairly close to normal.

In fact, I carry a small geiger counter and dosimeter in the Vette at all times.

Um, scratch the above.

Maybe it's just me, but when the folks who have the tools to detect the nasty stuff also happen to have really fast vehicles to get away from the nasty stuff in a hurry, I have to wonder what I'm not being told.