No, it's all true. I really don't know where it is at the moment. But it highlights how people easily misunderstand something simple and harmless.
I'm not a nuclear professional. A nuclear hobbiest yes. And there are lots of us. Plenty of people who have even built working fusion reactors.
You don't have to be a professional to have a good working knowledge of things. I'm not a mechanic but I understand how an engine works.
I'm not a professional astronomer, but you can see I have a good working knowledge of astronomy.
I'm not a professional pilot, but I have no trouble flying real simulator. I'm not a professional aircraft builder but I've built lots of planes that fly.
I've crashed a lot of aircraft and I'm not a terrorist.
And you've highlighted what nuclear hobbyists love, that ordinary people lose their shit about anything radioactive. It's mysterious and scary.
I know of at least two other people on this forum who collect radioactive things like I do. There's nothing illegal, dangerous or sinister about it.
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I was in the Smithsonian a couple of years ago. A guy was giving a talk and great display of space suits to a small crowd.
To involve them he would ask them questions. Which was met with mystified silence.
"What problems do you think an astronaut might face in space?" <crickets>
OK, I'll pipe up a list of 20 or so hazards. The guy giving the talk asked honestly, "Did you work for NASA?"
"No, I'm a scuba diver, the technology is much the same" Then I had to explain that to him.
And yes you should always consider my posts as humour. Like my points above directed at Fester, I'm not angry at him. You can safely assume that
I am saying things with a lot of humor, sarcasm and I am always laughing at anything that deviates from normal or reality.
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