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09-18-2024, 07:29 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Dang!
Having some fairly routine testing over the next couple days and the tests is primarily a heart stress test. So I went in this morning for the first imaging and a contrast and they call it the nuke test. They pumped me full of this radioactive material called technisium.
So I get home and I want to see how radioactive I am, and I have a Geiger counter for testing old watches. My Geiger counter is going absolutely insane. I am currently about 7000 times more radioactive than the background radioactivity typical to our area.
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09-18-2024, 07:37 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
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Can you light a fluorescent tube when holding it?
Your typing so I assume the test went ok….
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09-18-2024, 07:37 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Somerset MA
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Have you checked to see if you Glow in the Dark?
hopefully they got the correct one.. Technetium-99m: Has a half-life of 6 hours
and not. Technetium-99: with a half-life of 210,000 years.  |
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09-18-2024, 07:37 AM
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All up in the Interweb!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In the dog house.
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Reading this I immediately have visions of the Simpsons character, Radioactive Man. Hope all is well, John!
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09-18-2024, 08:30 AM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
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The luminosity of your Seiko dive watch must be impressive !
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May fortune favor the foolish....
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09-18-2024, 08:35 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
Having some fairly routine testing over the next couple days and the tests is primarily a heart stress test. So I went in this morning for the first imaging and a contrast and they call it the nuke test. They pumped me full of this radioactive material called technisium.
So I get home and I want to see how radioactive I am, and I have a Geiger counter for testing old watches. My Geiger counter is going absolutely insane. I am currently about 7000 times more radioactive than the background radioactivity typical to our area.
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had it done a dozen times before my bypass. It'll be gone in 24 hours. |
No boat, back in the suds.  
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09-18-2024, 08:43 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Life.... just like we pictured it would be....
Battle onward, soldier. Be thinking of you, John.
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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09-18-2024, 09:14 AM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beamie
Can you light a fluorescent tube when holding it?
Your typing so I assume the test went ok….
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nightfighter
Life.... just like we pictured it would be....
Battle onward, soldier. Be thinking of you, John.
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What they said JR. |
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09-18-2024, 09:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
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Too bad they didn’t inject you with Information Technisium, then you could get my American Airlines App to install properly on my iPhone.
I’ve got a piece of Trinitite from the first atomic test, supposed to still be radioactive though I don’t have a way to read it.
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09-18-2024, 10:39 AM
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Ledge Runner Baits
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: I live in a house, but my soul is at sea.
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We all are enjoying our golden years right? Hope test results are encouraging and not stressful.
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09-18-2024, 11:35 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Hahaha - thanks!
Stress test is tomorrow - today was the baseline.
F*ck that was a lot of radiation - down to almost half what I registered when I got home this morning
My watches do not get picked up by geiger several feet away. I currently register at 30 feet. Insane.
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09-18-2024, 11:40 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wdmso
Have you checked to see if you Glow in the Dark?
hopefully they got the correct one.. Technetium-99m: Has a half-life of 6 hours
and not. Technetium-99: with a half-life of 210,000 years. |
Hahaha - yes, former, not latter - I am the counting the half life on my Geiger, not my half life on my calendar. |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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09-19-2024, 06:26 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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Good luck with the test John…
smart move, I had a blockage they fixed two days later… GB
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09-19-2024, 07:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
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good luck w/the stress test today!
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09-19-2024, 07:51 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: North Branford,Ct.
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Good luck with the test..
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09-19-2024, 08:08 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Day two:
I have been irradiated yet again, I am able to telewarp myself three inches away from where I am right now. Unable to go any further than 3 inches. Kind of a let down SuperPower.
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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09-19-2024, 09:13 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
Day two:
I have been irradiated yet again, I am able to telewarp myself three inches away from where I am right now. Unable to go any further than 3 inches. Kind of a let down SuperPower.
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John I have had the test at least 10 times before bypass. I never had any after effects |
No boat, back in the suds.
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09-19-2024, 09:42 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Originally Posted by piemma
John I have had the test at least 10 times before bypass. I never had any after effects
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HolySheeeit that is a lot of radiation, I was reading 800+ Microsieverts thru the belly - yes, I suppose it is safe, but damn! Only half the dose today |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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09-19-2024, 09:50 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,295
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Go find some people you dislike and wrap them in a long hug and tell them you feel like you should be doing that.
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09-19-2024, 10:23 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
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When John got home he first measured radiation on his:
a) wrist
B) nose
C) wee wee
Poll will stay open until Monday.
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09-19-2024, 10:56 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
When John got home he first measured radiation on his:
a) wrist
B) nose
C) wee wee
Poll will stay open until Monday.
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d) Belly / Chest |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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09-19-2024, 07:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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I recommend watching the movie “Modern Problems”. You might gain some super powers
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09-19-2024, 08:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
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I ll be around .I just got the ok to drive again .but nothing else for another 4 weeks except medical appts <><
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ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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09-20-2024, 04:47 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Mike - I will come by this weekend if it is cool enough.
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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09-20-2024, 06:22 AM
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User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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Originally Posted by JohnR
Mike - I will come by this weekend if it is cool enough.
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Mike protect yourself….
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09-20-2024, 02:43 PM
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GrandBob
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 3,547
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My wife got a note from her doctor to give to Homeland or staties if she got detected and pulled over when driving in CT
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09-25-2024, 06:30 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
Day two:
I have been irradiated yet again, I am able to telewarp myself three inches away from where I am right now. Unable to go any further than 3 inches. Kind of a let down SuperPower.
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With Meh Power, Comes Meh Responsibility”
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09-25-2024, 07:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,703
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Got Stripers
We all are enjoying our golden years right? Hope test results are encouraging and not stressful.
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“The Golden Years”
The only thing “Golden” is the color of urine ! |
LETS GO BRANDON
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