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From: Peter on 8 Jun 2010 09:39 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:2010060806252075249-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2010-06-08 06:13:12 -0700, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> said: > >>> of the original level. It decades into lead, which is not radioactive. >>> So >>> after 20 years, a polonium source is no longer hazardous (and it is >>> actually >>> lead rather than polonium). >> >> >> That would be two decades > > Two decades of decay. > Too much decay reminds me that I have a dentist appointment. -- Peter
From: Pete on 8 Jun 2010 09:57 On 2010-06-08 14:41:39 +0100, Savageduck said: > On 2010-06-08 06:10:24 -0700, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> said: > >> "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message >> news:2010060720442816807-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... >> >>> >>> Damn! >>> You just reminded me. I have two of those brushes packed away with >>> about 1500 LPs, turntable, speakers, a Marantz amp, a Denon amp, and >>> plenty of dust. >>> I haven't gone through any of that stuff in about 20 years. >>> >> >> My Marantz amp=pre amp just sits on a shelf, connected to nothing. At >> one time I thought I would use it for TV surround sound, but current >> systems are so good and so cheap, that it is not good for anything but >> an honorable retirement. > > My Marantz is good old authodox stereo, as is the Denon. The Denon had > AV I/O, but was never used for such. > It makes me a little sad to have retired them, but I find comfort in > the thought I never had the extra cash to buy the Macintosh, Levinson > or PS Audio amps I lusted for back in those days. > > A few years ago I thought of dragging out my JBL speakers. When I > checked them they had suffered terminal woofer rot :-( So they sit out > there with good thoughts of a repair/driver replacement some day. Any chance you could repair the JBLs and enjoy them with your Marantz or Denon in another room? Four years ago I put a half decent stereo in my kitchen/diner - it's changed my life more than seems possible. -- Pete
From: GMAN on 8 Jun 2010 11:08 In article <clw-546B78.17554407062010(a)news.dsl-only.net>, clw <clw(a)ohsu.gov> wrote: >In article <7pnq06t1f39341i6s1rccmkjmsm5l2nmhk(a)4ax.com>, > rwalker <rwalker(a)despammed.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 09:15:36 -0700, Savageduck >> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >> >> >On 2010-06-07 08:50:14 -0700, rwalker <rwalker(a)despammed.com> said: >> > >> >> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:03:58 +1200, Eric Stevens >> >> <eric.stevens(a)sum.co.nz> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Unfortunately I am >> >>> still dealing with remnant hairs from our ancient Balinese cat who >> >>> died at the age of 21 about 18 months ago. >> >> >> >> Cat hair seems to be one of the most adhesive materials in the world. >> > >> >Not if you wet shave the cat once a week. ;-) >> >> I presume you use welder's gloves and wear iron suit to do that. :) > >No, kill the cat first. But, of course, that is what should have been >done the moment it was born. Of, having missed that opportunity, feed >the Racoons. cant wait till you are gone.
From: Mxsmanic on 8 Jun 2010 14:50 Peter writes: > That would be two decades Rrr ... decays, not decades. I was in a terrible rush.
From: Tzortzakakis Dimitris on 8 Jun 2010 17:11
? "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> ?????? ??? ?????? news:2010060807272143658-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2010-06-08 06:57:39 -0700, Pete <available.on.request(a)aserver.invalid> > said: > >> On 2010-06-08 14:41:39 +0100, Savageduck said: >> >>> On 2010-06-08 06:10:24 -0700, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> >>> said: >>> >>>> "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message >>>> news:2010060720442816807-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Damn! >>>>> You just reminded me. I have two of those brushes packed away with >>>>> about 1500 LPs, turntable, speakers, a Marantz amp, a Denon amp, and >>>>> plenty of dust. >>>>> I haven't gone through any of that stuff in about 20 years. >>>>> >>>> >>>> My Marantz amp=pre amp just sits on a shelf, connected to nothing. At >>>> one time I thought I would use it for TV surround sound, but current >>>> systems are so good and so cheap, that it is not good for anything but >>>> an honorable retirement. >>> >>> My Marantz is good old authodox stereo, as is the Denon. The Denon had >>> AV I/O, but was never used for such. >>> It makes me a little sad to have retired them, but I find comfort in the >>> thought I never had the extra cash to buy the Macintosh, Levinson or PS >>> Audio amps I lusted for back in those days. >>> >>> A few years ago I thought of dragging out my JBL speakers. When I >>> checked them they had suffered terminal woofer rot :-( So they sit out >>> there with good thoughts of a repair/driver replacement some day. >> >> Any chance you could repair the JBLs and enjoy them with your Marantz or >> Denon in another room? Four years ago I put a half decent stereo in my >> kitchen/diner - it's changed my life more than seems possible. > > The JBL's are definitely repairable, and I always thought of putting them > back into service. > When we bought this house back in 1993, my wife had other ideas about > those "nasty, big, & ugly" speakers spoiling her decorating plans, and > that was one of the driving forces moving them out of sight. > After she died in 2007 I had plans to create my "mancave", but they have > not come to fruition. > > They have quite a large footprint 42"H x 14"D x 12"W, with walnut finish. > I have finally bought a new separates stereo, last year, after 20 years of longing:-) It's Cambridge Audio, with Mordaunt-Short speakers, and a Pro-ject turntable. It made my life better. I can even get brand new records, I got Sinatra and Talking Heads and Beachboys:-) It's and integrated amp, tuner, cd and gramophon. -- Tzortzakakis Dimitrios major in electrical engineering mechanized infantry reservist hordad AT otenet DOT gr |