Ah, but keep in mind (and Sasha I don't know if this is why or not, pure
idle speculation) that Russia or more specifically Ukraine is the one place
recently that has had a major nuclear meltdown. And the veggies and soil
within a certain radius is, of course, still radioactive to a detrimental
degree.

Not keeping people from moving there though...folks gotta eat even if it
glows.

Completely off topic, but at one point I had to have my thyroid oblated
(that means nuked , cooked, shrunk) and they gave me a radioactive iodine
pill for it (iodine collects in the thyroid). When they brought it out of
the little case it was in, I asked them to pass a Geiger counter over it...

Me being the nerd I am, I thought it was cool. I also thought it was cool
that they recommended I not sleep next to my husband for the first night or
two. Just till I stopped glowing I guess.

Melinda


"Derek" > wrote in message ...
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 03:39:30 GMT, Dog Ma 1 wrote:
>
>> Alex wrote:
>>> Certainly I own one. And I do check things out sometimes. Especially
>> produce
>>> that we buy on farmer's markets, etc.
>>
>> Wow - a degree of paranoia to which I have never even aspired. Of course,
>> here in the northeastern US, background radon levels from cracked granite
>> are so high that mere fallout and nuke-plant meltdowns are relatively
>> inconsequntial.
>
> If I lived in Nevada, I'd probably be worried, too.
>
> But here in Minnesota, we've got bigger issues with CO and Radon. It's
> "seal up your house and keep all the cold air out, or else you're
> going to give the power company half of your paycheck each month"
> season, which happens to coincide with greater danger from CO and
> Radon.
>
>> I have a simple one I made as a pre-teen nerd. I occasionally take it out
>> to
>> show someone that the following really are pretty hot: old luminous-dial
>> watches, the high-dispersion glass elements in older camera lenses, and
>> red
>> Fiestaware.
>
> Watches and camera lenses, I knew. But red Fiestaware? All of it, or
> just the older stuff?
>
>> But never tea.
>
> Thank goodness.
>
> --
> Derek
>
> Much work remains to be done before we can announce our total failure
> to make any progress.