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An observation by Jody February 11, 2012 11:36 am
    Well, there's Sadie Hawkin's Day coming up, but then what? by Jeff-Wash February 11, 2012 12:32 am
      Some things are better. by bowser February 7, 2012 11:24 am
      • The testing, animated by RobVG 2012-02-07 19:03:00
        • I couldn't help but wonder if the tests were a form of posturing by RobVG 2012-02-10 18:03:18
          • Except for the first 40 or so, all those nuclear explosions took place in my lifetime. by Robert 2012-02-10 10:36:19
            • The mix includes some surprises for some people. The Tsar Bomba, ostensibly 100 megatons, was detuned by the Russian scientists to ... by bowser 2012-02-09 22:00:59
              • I've never seen that. It is terrifying. Did you notice the 20-odd bursts in the South Atlantic, SW ... by ER 2012-02-07 20:52:23
                • I don't have the citations available right now, but I've read that the South Africans and Israel collaborated and each ... by bowser 2012-02-10 12:51:31
              • When I was being trained for work in the nuke industry (1972), we were given a tour of a laboratory ... by ER 2012-02-07 13:08:05
                • I had no idea they were that detectable. In HS in the late '50s I was the student lab assistant in ... by bowser 2012-02-07 13:52:17
                  • A radio-isotope decays by emitting alpha and beta particles, and gamma rays, of various energies, into other isotopes, some of ... by ER 2012-02-07 14:56:35
                    • Neutron source by RobVG 2012-02-07 19:21:46
                      • Yes, I think I must have looked up the same Wiki article! Several of the Transuranics undergo spontaneous fission, or ... by ER 2012-02-07 20:14:05
                        • The construction industry (soils engineers) uses density meters to test soil compaction. There's a joke among heavy equipment operators, "if you ... by RobVG 2012-02-07 21:03:04
                          • I also found this: "Neutrons are produced when alpha particles impinge upon any of several low atomic weight isotopes including isotopes ... by ER 2012-02-07 20:22:32
                        • That is a very good question. The second I read your post I started wondering. I was 16 and 17 ... by bowser 2012-02-07 16:21:46
                    How many of you have had a chance to read the poem, Locksley Hall? by Jeff-Wash February 8, 2012 5:52 pm
                    • I'm not sure I cared much for that one. by ER 2012-02-08 18:44:40
                      • I love that poem. by TB 2012-02-08 19:01:11
                        • Actually, there is a sequel to the Odyssey, although it was written much later, and not by Homer. A ... by ER 2012-02-08 20:30:10
                          • Perhaps I should have been more specific. I was thinking how astonishingly prescient he was. "Commerce" in the skies. "Ghastly bales" dropped. Even the "Parliament ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-08 22:57:58
                            • The 1830's, when the poem was written, can be considered to be the very beginning of modernity. The electric ... by ER 2012-02-09 09:01:23
                              • Hint? OK! Set some time aside and read that subchapter set against the backdrop of the "Crystal Palace" in my story ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-10 13:37:48
                      Someone was thinking outside the box on this one. FN-90 by bowser February 8, 2012 5:27 pm
                        Last WWI Veteran dies by TB February 7, 2012 12:59 pm
                          The Girl in the window by Jody February 6, 2012 9:46 pm
                          • It's only the kindness and humanity of people like the family that took in Dani that can make up for ... by ER 2012-02-07 07:05:55
                            • I was hoping for a Hollywood ending. n/t by RobVG 2012-02-06 23:08:39
                              Da Vinci quote I had never seen (for our writers) by FrankC February 6, 2012 1:34 pm
                                Shark Summer by ER February 2, 2012 7:19 pm
                                • Great story. Demything sharks has been a long, long project. And now a more sordid story. A ... by bowser 2012-02-02 20:18:56
                                  • I'm not squeamish about killing, especially fish. We all have to eat, and we can't learn about living things ... by ER 2012-02-02 22:00:43
                                    • I was not thinking about fishing for food, I was more thinking about capturing 4 or 5 sharks knowing most ... by bowser 2012-02-03 12:11:55
                                      • At the time, it never occurred to me. Now, I'm having second thoughts. Still, the sharks were harvested ... by ER 2012-02-03 14:44:45
                                  Feel free to use image as needed by FrankC February 2, 2012 12:31 pm
                                  • Thank you, Frank. I will use that image when I need to. I'm reminded of the Mona Lisa, ... by bowser 2012-02-03 12:01:52
                                    • Nothing personal taken. If you are serious in your puzzlement. The picture comes from Star Wars and the Emperor Palpatine encouraging ... by FrankC 2012-02-03 13:48:53
                                    • OWWWW!!! by Jody 2012-02-02 14:27:46
                                      Politics as Literature by ER February 1, 2012 6:05 pm
                                        Kubrick's "The Shining": cracking the code by TB January 30, 2012 10:11 pm
                                        • Also Sprach Zarathustra by ER 2012-02-01 05:14:55
                                          • Having seen "Dr. Strangelove" I looked forward to a fairly tight, logical movie. About the time of the hedge ... by bowser 2012-01-31 23:25:48
                                            • I really don't understand what the fuss is all about. I found "Shining" to be completely entertaining, but not ... by ER 2012-02-01 05:44:42
                                            • oh my gah! Poor Mr. Kubrick. by alcaray 2012-01-31 02:30:23
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