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Old 08-04-11, 12:56 PM   #1
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Default Creating a small meltdown on a stove

No, this is not a discussion of my cooking skills...although the title is an accurate summary of them, but of this topic:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...s-kitchen.html


EDIT: Found the guys blog too: http://richardsreactor.blogspot.com/
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Old 08-04-11, 01:09 PM   #2
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Smart enough to build a running reactor, but dumb enough to ask for permission

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Old 08-04-11, 01:13 PM   #3
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Not the first time...
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Old 08-04-11, 01:17 PM   #4
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Iron Chef winner.
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Old 08-04-11, 01:23 PM   #5
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Yeah, I was just looking at this:

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Old 08-04-11, 01:26 PM   #6
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Possible 2 yrs in the pokey for building a Nuke Reactor in his kitchen.

He should at least get 10 yrs or a job at the Swedish Nuke agency.

Where did he get hold of the Uranium ?
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Old 08-04-11, 01:43 PM   #7
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Where did he get hold of the Uranium ?
http://unitednuclear.com/index.php?m...ndex&cPath=2_4?
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Old 08-04-11, 01:43 PM   #8
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Yeah, I was just looking at this:



(too bad their warehouse is moving and they don't have any in stock at the moment...)


EDIT: Damn it razark!
LOL!!!
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Old 08-04-11, 02:13 PM   #9
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Uh... so... anybody seen Vendor lately?

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Where did he get hold of the Uranium ?
Well duh: http://www.amazon.com/Images-SI-Inc-.../dp/B000796XXM

I hope Vendor remembered to use the Subsim link!
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Old 08-04-11, 02:17 PM   #10
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Uh... so... anybody seen Vendor lately?


Sorry, what was that? Can't hear you.
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Old 08-04-11, 03:42 PM   #11
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Sorry, what was that? Can't hear you.
It's Beer and Pickled Eggs nite here at the Roxie, bbbaaarrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaapp pp pp pp pp pp oooh my, holy mother of Christ, my feet are on fire, aaah ooooh, Lord please make it stopppp, well, what yeah know stalls with a veiw.

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Old 08-05-11, 04:49 AM   #12
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Possibly the front runner for this years Darwin Award
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Old 08-05-11, 05:59 AM   #13
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Uh... so... anybody seen Vendor lately?



Well duh: http://www.amazon.com/Images-SI-Inc-.../dp/B000796XXM

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Possibly the front runner for this years Darwin Award

LOL
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Old 08-05-11, 08:59 AM   #14
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Thorium, that's the stuff that turns some old camera lenses yellow, like some of the Pentax Asashi Takumars from the sixties...
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Old 08-05-11, 01:17 PM   #15
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I like how they have a tech support number.

I can just imagine the calls they get.

"Tech support, the nuclear reactor I made doesn't seem to be putting out enough power"
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