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Re: Radioactive sources
Yes, you can get Thorium from lamp nets. A simpler way is to get it from
welding rods. They are 40% thorium. More than one unsespecting lab
technician has welded together an ultrasensitive detector with them, only
to find it not working for some reason <grin>
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Vercotti: I was terrified of him. Everyone was terrified of Doug. I've seen
grown men pull their own heads off rather than see Doug. Even
Dinsdale was frightened of Doug.
Interviewer: What did he do?
Vercotti: He used sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony,
metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and satire.
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