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.