[Milsurplus] RE: GB> OT: Chernobyl Bike Ride, nuclear plants
Ron D'Eau Claire
rondec at easystreet.com
Mon Aug 9 02:08:12 EDT 2004
Your comments about the medals taken from graves reminds me of the story of
a guy sitting in a diner complaining that he couldn't eat his food because
his false teeth fit so badly. He popped them out of his mouth and looked at
them. The fellow on the next stool looked over, and then reached into his
briefcase and took out another pair.
"Here, try these," he said.
The guy did and said, "They're better but a little bit big."
The fellow dig into his briefcase again, rummaged a bit, and came up with
another pair.
The guy popped them in and took a bite. "Hey, these are GREAT" he said. "I'm
sure lucky to be sitting next to a dentist!"
"Oh, I'm not a dentist," the fellow replied. "I'm an undertaker."
Ron AC7AC
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From: owner-glowbugs at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu
[mailto:owner-glowbugs at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu] On Behalf Of Hue Miller
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 1:41 PM
To: glowbugs at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: GB> OT: Chernobyl Bike Ride, nuclear plants
http://www.kiddofspeed.com/serpents-wall/ ( is the website for photo story
on
visiting the WW2 fortifications around Kiev, Russia. )
Now about the Chernobyl dead zone motorycycle trip:
It has the look of authenticity to me. I can't see that there's any tweak
for her in
getting us worked up over it, if it is made-up. Especially if you visit her
other story on the fortifications around Kiev, which is in no way a hoax.
The former Soviet Union is a kind of historical treasure chest in some ways.
Tons of war detritus being unearthed. I understand there is an unseemly
cottage industry in mining German burials for medals etc., to be sold in
flea markets or exported to the west. Also other war material is being just
found where abandoned. In the last couple months a couple "dug" or recovered
WW2 radio items showed up on Ebay and
fetched some pretty good prices, surprising prices actually. Apparently the
provenance storyline added to the valuation of some item that because of
condition would not have gone so high. One item was the front cover of a
German backpack radio, one of the Feldfunk series ( ca 100 MHz, superregen )
with instructions printed on the inside still legible; the
other was a WR-1/P ( Wehrmacht Radiobroadcast receiver -1 ) which if i
recall, the listing claimed recently recovered from some German
fortification in the Ukraine. If that story is true, i thought, the radio
altho somewhat beat looking, is still in remarkable condition for having
been exposed to temperature and humidity variations for 60 some years.
As for nuclear power, as was pointed out, we have much better safety
measures here, and have not had a really deadly incident.
The wastes, why we'll just encase them in a deep rock cave in the dry
southwest. Our
projections indicate the geology will be stable for the required thousands
of years, and our projections couldn't be wrong. And we can rest assured
that the other nuclear power
countries are taking equally effective measures, right?
-Hue Miller
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