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About 20 years ago I kitted out our office with furniture and supplies from a business liquidation auction. Several tape dispensers of that general shape came a
by jakedata 2y ago
About 20 years ago I kitted out our office with furniture and supplies from a business liquidation auction. Several tape dispensers of that general shape came along with the lot. I guess I had better bring my geiger counter to the office. Probably the wrong vintage, but who knows?
- kragen 2y agomonazite isn't radioactive enough to be dangerous unless you're breathing the radon. chemically it's very stable, even without the epoxy encapsulation
- jakedata 2y agoJust curious. I bought the geiger counter to verify the authenticity of some fiestaware and discovered that my radium dial alarm clock is hot enough to trigger the alarm.
- kragen 2y agoyeah, radium-dial alarm clocks actually can be dangerous. but i think you can put monazite sand in your food with no ill effects except for tooth wear
- qingcharles 2y agoI set off the explosives detectors at LAX on one trip back from Apex Surplus: https://apexsurplus.com/ https://apexsurplus.com/ My wife ran off laughing while the officers pulled random bomb-looking pieces from my luggage.
- hinkley 2y agoI think those detect certain kinds of nitrogen. I wonder what set it off.