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From: ian field on 8 Jan 2010 09:54 "Phil Hobbs" <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote in message news:4B46952C.30507(a)electrooptical.net... > On 1/2/2010 12:02 PM, ian field wrote: >> "Phil Hobbs"<pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote in message >> news:4B3E1EA1.7050706(a)electrooptical.net... >>> On 1/1/2010 1:45 AM, bob urz wrote: >>>> http://www.bvws.org.uk/405alive/tech/safety.html >>>> >>>> I especially like the radioactive turntable.... >>>> >>>> bob >>> >>> Fun. Not 100% accurate, though--the getter inside tubes is not mercury, >>> it's usually sodium metal. Mercury has a high vapour pressure, and was >>> used in mercury vapour rectifiers and thyratrons, but not in ordinary >>> tubes. Also there's nothing too nasty about lithium other than that it >>> burns easily. >> >> Lithium compounds were used as antipsychotic drugs, but apparently >> they're >> pretty nasty stuff and have been replaced with other things. >> >> > Lithium carbonate is still widely prescribed for treating mania. Nobody > knows why it works, but iirc it's still better than anything else. > > Cheers > > Phil Hobbs Was posting the same message 3 times a symptom of mania?
From: Phil Hobbs on 8 Jan 2010 15:43 On 1/8/2010 9:54 AM, ian field wrote: > "Phil Hobbs"<pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote in message > news:4B46952C.30507(a)electrooptical.net... >> On 1/2/2010 12:02 PM, ian field wrote: >>> "Phil Hobbs"<pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote in message >>> news:4B3E1EA1.7050706(a)electrooptical.net... >>>> On 1/1/2010 1:45 AM, bob urz wrote: >>>>> http://www.bvws.org.uk/405alive/tech/safety.html >>>>> >>>>> I especially like the radioactive turntable.... >>>>> >>>>> bob >>>> >>>> Fun. Not 100% accurate, though--the getter inside tubes is not mercury, >>>> it's usually sodium metal. Mercury has a high vapour pressure, and was >>>> used in mercury vapour rectifiers and thyratrons, but not in ordinary >>>> tubes. Also there's nothing too nasty about lithium other than that it >>>> burns easily. >>> >>> Lithium compounds were used as antipsychotic drugs, but apparently >>> they're >>> pretty nasty stuff and have been replaced with other things. >>> >>> >> Lithium carbonate is still widely prescribed for treating mania. Nobody >> knows why it works, but iirc it's still better than anything else. >> >> Cheers >> >> Phil Hobbs > > Was posting the same message 3 times a symptom of mania? > > No, of Thunderbird. Your guess which kind. Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal ElectroOptical Innovations 55 Orchard Rd Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 845-480-2058 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net
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