One or two podcasts ago I mentioned radium in regulator tubes. As I predicted, this provoked a number of comments about how silly it is to even mention such things. Nonetheless, I find it interesting. It seems that real radios really do glow in the dark!
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These tubes deserve a glowing recommendation :-)
ReplyDeleteWhen we were kids, we ate tubes like this for breakfast. And we were just fine!
DeleteBut hey, get off my lawn!
Oh dear, that very first word! Well, they didn't have internet back then .... https://www.grammarly.com/blog/assure-ensure-insure. "There are three shovels: take your pick!"
ReplyDeleteObviously a grammatical effect of radiation.
DeleteThough, it could have simply been a play on words; radium is an insurance policy that the tube will start.
ReplyDeleteHowever, one might construe that a life insurance policy is suggested when using radium plating.
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