AW: AW: [simpits-tech] "Unbelievable" but TRUE :P

Roy Coates simpits-tech@simpits.org
Fri, 2 Aug 2002 20:17:41 +0100 (BST)


On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Marc Weigert wrote:

> > That sucks.  This poor dude gets hosed because of the radium paint used to
> > make the dial faces visible in darkness.  "Sell an old instrument, go to
> > jail!"  Mind bogglingly stupid.
> 
> Gene,
> I have not much glue about radioactivity, but in your eyes 4876 mS is no
> problem??? Due to what the NBC guys told him, this is 5 times as much as
> what is considered the max allowed!
> 

Yeah, but chances are the guy selling the item had little idea of such a
problem.

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Roy.