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To: LeoWindhorse

“63 counts per minute” ?..........In a volcanic area?.........


2 posted on 08/08/2007 1:34:04 PM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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To: Red Badger

Depleted is a funny word. I wonder what it means?


3 posted on 08/08/2007 1:35:40 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Red Badger

Depleted no longer means “Depleted”

Deplete \De*plete”\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depleted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Depleting.] [From L. deplere to empty out; de- +
plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See Fill,
Full, a.]
1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system,
by bloodletting or by medicine. —Copland.
[1913 Webster]

2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of;
to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a
treasury of money, etc. —Saturday Review.
[1913 Webster]

depleted \depleted\ adj.
1. no longer sufficient; as, our funds are depleted.

Syn: low.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. having resources completely depleted.

Syn: drained.
[WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

depleted
adj 1: having resources completely depleted; “our depleted
resources”
2: no longer sufficient; “supplies are low”; “our funds are
depleted” [syn: low]

It seems to mean “propaganda”


5 posted on 08/08/2007 1:37:36 PM PDT by xcamel ("It's Talk Thompson Time!" >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
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To: Red Badger

63 CPM! LOL! We’re all doomed.
My Ludlum 3-90 is showing about that much at my deak.

1 mCi Co-60 is 37,000,000 decays per second. That amount at 1 meter away gives an exposure of 1 mR/hour.


14 posted on 08/08/2007 1:48:58 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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