iceman81 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Hi guys ive heard a report about fukushima and the year after and thinking about if some of our reps maybe made with radioactivity steel. Many of our reps were produced in china, where they get his commodities from? What do u guys think about it?Do you think i can wear my TC without doubt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Don't wear it around your nuts, you'll be fine. (Seriously--I have a PhD in physics, and let me assure you you have no idea what you are talking about. There is no such thing as "radioactivity steel" and you have absolutely nothing to worry about.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtguk Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Don't wear it around your nuts, you'll be fine. Must make sure I clean any watches I buy from you properly sneed mind you remember when rep bracelets used to make your wrist go green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Vintage gens are the watches to worry about (but not seriously) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vafarmer70 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Maybe he meant "radioactive steel" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/contaminated-imports-finds-of-radioactive-steel-on-the-rise-in-germany-a-607840.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 The half-life of cobalt 60 is ~5 years. If you eat a gram of cobalt-60, you have problems. Trace amounts of cobalt in steel that you wear around your wrist are not going to hurt you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vafarmer70 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 No argument from this electrician. I was just thinking maybe English was not his first language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FDG Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Don't the postal services check for radioactivity? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 If I were you, I'd be more worried about the cellphone in your pocket microwaving your balls than the watch on your wrist... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tode1640 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) If I were you, I'd be more worried about the cellphone in your pocket microwaving your balls than the watch on your wrist... There is a long list of things that I would worry about before I worried about radioactive watches - including lightning strikes and being hit by meteorites. It is true that radioactive contaminents have been detected in steel, but only in very tiny amounts. Even if there was a problem, I would worry about being exposed to tons of steel - not the few grams in your watch. There is a lot more steel in your car than in your watch, and a lit more in steel buildings than that. You are constantly bombarded with natural "background" radiation. The rocks beneath your feet generate it. This is likely to be a far higher exposure than you will get from even large quan[censored]ies of slightly contaminated steel. Edited June 21, 2012 by tode1640 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 quantities Man, that's messed up. Someone needs to figure out how to fix that in the swear filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 al[censored]ude an[censored]errorist pe[censored]ion subs[censored]ute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar1 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 cir[censored]stances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imajedi Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Also a degree in Physics and I +1 the nothing to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambone Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 When your hand glows in the dark, pop a couple of iodine tabs and soon enough street lights will stop bursting as you pass them by/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 If your hand is glowing, it is too late for iodine (which may block some of that glow from embedding itself in your thyroid). A better move would be to hire yourself out as a traffic light or party favor before your head blows off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeodatus Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 large quan[censored]ies ROFL. I think I need a new keyboard, this one is covered with my unfinished latte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 swear filter fixed...carry on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vafarmer70 Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 swear filter fixed...carry on :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamonHorse Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 On the plus side a radioactive Rep would solve all of the crappy lume issues surely! Maybe this is why the new reps all have super lume!! LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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