Tom Suddard said:In reply to Toyman! :
Here's what I have. Probably not the latest and greatest, but it has correctly identified some radioactive stuff so I think it works.
Check your vintage Fiestaware, folks.
People back in the day would put Uranium and Radium in just about anything. Also, if you or anybody you know has a habit of purchasing "5G Blocking", "Negative Ion" or "EMF Blocking" products, check those too. Thorium is nasty stuff.
Tom, dont take any naps next to your TIG electrodes.
That rotary table has a huge face. That is what threw off my original guess. You will need to start thinking about a setup to measure and inspect all the pieces you are starting to make, so the surface plate idea is a realistic future step.
It's not your brother. It's heavy.
Tom Suddard said:In reply to Toyman! :
but it has correctly identified some radioactive stuff
Such as? Old tools like that, or other things?
Nicole Suddard said:Tom Suddard said:In reply to Toyman! :
Here's what I have. Probably not the latest and greatest, but it has correctly identified some radioactive stuff so I think it works.
Check your vintage Fiestaware, folks.
People back in the day would put Uranium and Radium in just about anything. Also, if you or anybody you know has a habit of purchasing "5G Blocking", "Negative Ion" or "EMF Blocking" products, check those too. Thorium is nasty stuff.
New paranoia unlocked. Thanks, I think?
Huh. I wonder if the old locomotive headlight I have ten feet from me is very radioactive? It's a Golden Glow made with a Uranium glass reflector. Very cool. Also maybe very "hot?" No idea where I'd find a Geiger counter.
Might explain the superhuman characteristics I've recently taken on. Thinking of changing my name....
Mr_Asa said:Tom Suddard said:In reply to Toyman! :
but it has correctly identified some radioactive stuff
Such as? Old tools like that, or other things?
Fiestaware. Eating off a few of my mom's plates is similar to getting a dental X-ray. Fun!
Nicole Suddard said:Tom Suddard said:In reply to Toyman! :
Here's what I have. Probably not the latest and greatest, but it has correctly identified some radioactive stuff so I think it works.
Check your vintage Fiestaware, folks.
People back in the day would put Uranium and Radium in just about anything. Also, if you or anybody you know has a habit of purchasing "5G Blocking", "Negative Ion" or "EMF Blocking" products, check those too. Thorium is nasty stuff.
Harmfully radioactive materials to protect "woke" people from harmless radio waves?
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
Eh, I'm not sure being stupid is a good enough reason for your house to be filled with thorium.
This thread is a mixed blessing on one hand I got a free shirt, on the other hand I am going to have to buy an $80 Geiger counter. You win some you loose some...
NY Nick said:This thread is a mixed blessing on one hand I got a free shirt, on the other hand I am going to have to buy an $80 Geiger counter. You win some you loose some...
Sell the shirt. Use proceeds to buy two Geiger counters!
Tom Suddard said:In reply to Toyman! :
Here's what I have. Probably not the latest and greatest, but it has correctly identified some radioactive stuff so I think it works.
I found it last night. Already ordered. Thanks!
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
While generally I would agree that the consequences of peoples' health delusions are (to a certain extent) their own business, the main problem with these products is that when those folks decide they don't want the junk they bought off Amazon anymore, they get rid of it the same way they would with non-radioactive stuff - by giving it to someone else, donating it to goodwill, or throwing it away, further scattering the radioactive material around their community without anybody realizing it (until somebody gets sick).
In reply to Nicole Suddard :
No doubt. My mind is boggling at the notion of buying something objectively dangerous in order to "protect" yourself from fwd:fwd:fwd:
How long until another Radioactive Boyscout buys up enough of them to make his own backyard reactor with exactly the kind of shielding you would expect? (IIRC he got all of his radioactive materials by pretending to be a college professor and asking nicely for samples. And acquiring quite a lot of smoke detectors)
Is it a watuh heatuh?
Tom Suddard said:In reply to Toyman! :
You probably don't, but I figure bringing home something radioactive is a very low probability event with very high consequences. Better safe than sorry.
Years ago I was walking a site for a new high school in Landrum, SC and came across a bunch of laboratory glassware in an opening in the woods. I asked the property owner where he got it from. He said, "oh some Dupont plant in Aiken", then he got a little vague. Riiiigggghhhht. The Savannah River Nuclear Facility (we called it the bomb plant) is in Aiken and for many years was operated by Dupont. This stuff looked just like something you would see in a nuclear bomb plant.
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