+fractal Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 I've been playing this geo-game thing for over a year now, and I've always wanted to have my own signature item... I toyed with the idea of secret decoder rings for a while. I had a few cheap ones made and gave them to people who helped distribute the geo-decals I made. As cool as the rings would have been, the cost was just insane. I had a cool delivery method picked out as well.. Looks like I'll have to use it for something else So the search continued... And last week it ended! It's something simple, yet unique: RADIOACTIVE MARBLES! Radioactive? Why are they radioactive? Isn't that dangerous??? The marbles are made from glass that contains uranium-dioxide (also known as Vaseline glass). It gives the glass a green-ish color (hence the Vaseline name). It also makes them slightly radioactive. It's not a dangerous level of radioactivity, but it is measurable with a geiger counter. Just don't eat the marble and you'll be fine Another interesting property of this type of glass, is that it glows under UV light (or black light). Check the pictures below: Normal: -fractal -=-=-=-=-=-=- N 45 30.ish W 122 58.ish [This message was edited by fractal on October 02, 2002 at 10:13 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+Boojum Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 I gotta get me some of that! Quote Link to comment
+dasein Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 Hmmm, have you been watching 'Heavy Metal' lately? My parents have a bunch of antique Carnival glass packed away. Wonder if it does the same thing? --laurak of dasein Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 2, 2002 Author Share Posted October 2, 2002 Hey.. You're right! It does kinda look like the green evil thing in 'Heavy Metal.' And yes... All carnival glass should do the same thing... Check it out -fractal Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 2, 2002 Author Share Posted October 2, 2002 I edited my first post here... It's actually uranium-DIoxide. And actually, the term 'carnival' glass just refers to the finish on it. So.. Not all carnival glass is Vaseline glass. Now that I have all my facts straight, check this site for more info on that type of glass: http://www.vaselineglass.org -fractal Quote Link to comment
+brdad Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 Way cool! Why does all the good stuff come from Oregon? I just got my Byron & Anne stump pin, way cool. Now I need to find a way to get me one of those too! Women are like guns, keep one around long enough and you're going to want to shoot it. Quote Link to comment
+LaurenCat Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 quote:Originally posted by fractal:It's not a dangerous level of radioactivity, but it is measurable with a geiger counter. Just don't eat the marble and you'll be fine but is it safe for KITTENS? joey loves your 'feed your head' boobles so much, i can't imagine the joy that a marble in a plastic ball would bring him. but i'm not brining one home unless the marble is 100% kitten friendly. I chose LaurenCat because LaurenKittenPoniesFlowersPinkSunshineFairyMeowMeowRainbowHeartLoveBunnyKissKiss was just too F-ing long. Quote Link to comment
ikayak Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 you can get irradiated marbles at the gift shop of the CHREST Museum in Richland Washington. (I am not affiliated, as a matter of fact I don't even go past the gift shop into the museum!!) So they'd be a fun Pacific North West cache treasure. Time Flies like an arrow. Fruit Flies like a banana Quote Link to comment
+Team JOYSON Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 In order to protect kittens, they must stay behind a radiation proof container... But don't worry, we've invented one that's clear so they can still view the wonders of fractal's marbles unobstructed... "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again..." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 3, 2002 Author Share Posted October 3, 2002 Don't worry LaurenCat.. It should be fine for Joey. As far as I know, it will not mutate him into anything like this: -fractal Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 3, 2002 Author Share Posted October 3, 2002 Strange how a topic on radioactive marbles turns into a collection of weird cat pictures... Here's another picture to show that they really are radioactive: They register about .2 mr/hr on my geiger counter. -fractal Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 I've been trying to decide what to put on my Christmas list. I don't have my own geiger counter. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow. Quote Link to comment
+nmartin Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 These are pretty cool. I had just picked up some of these for my son "David Atomic". These fit in well with a fallout shelter sign and a coat rack made from radiacs and dosimeters. Quote Link to comment
igor71 Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 Very original. Come and drop one off in one my caches anytime.... - igor71 Quote Link to comment
+pdxmarathonman Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 ....get your butt out there and start sharing (I see your last find was 2 1/2 weeks ago!). I've already got three kids, so I am going to collect a bunch of these and carry them around in my pocket. Quote Link to comment
+slinger91 Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 I can see the whole marble thing, and sig. items are a hot topic, but why in the hell do you have your own geiger counter? just curious. lol -I think I feel a cold one coming on. Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 4, 2002 Author Share Posted October 4, 2002 quote:Originally posted by slinger91:... but why in the hell do you have your own geiger counter? just curious. lol Dosen't everyone? heheh -fractal Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 You sure those aren't Kryptonite?!? Quote Link to comment
John E Cache Posted October 5, 2002 Share Posted October 5, 2002 quote:Originally posted by fractal:Hey.. You're right! It does kinda look like the green evil thing in 'Heavy Metal.' -fractal For days I have been trying to think of the movie your marbles reminded me of. How about Starman? Didn't he carry a green marble?See the cover: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0088172 Quote Link to comment
+Boojum Posted October 5, 2002 Share Posted October 5, 2002 quote:Originally posted by John E Cache: quote:Originally posted by fractal:Hey.. You're right! It does kinda look like the green evil thing in 'Heavy Metal.' -fractal For days I have been trying to think of the movie your marbles reminded me of. How about Starman? Didn't he carry a green marble?See the cover: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0088172 Nah... Starman had a silver marble. Heavy Metal is the closest movie I can think of... Hey fractal, do these grow and shrink and contain evil influences? [This message was edited by Boojum on October 05, 2002 at 08:38 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 5, 2002 Author Share Posted October 5, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Boojum:...Heavy Metal is the closest movie I can think of... Hey fractal, do these grow and shrink and contain evil influences? I can neither confirm nor deny But.. I can say that I will try to get some of these things out there starting on Monday! -fractal Quote Link to comment
igor71 Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 quote:For days I have been trying to think of the movie your marbles reminded me of. I've got it....remember the "string of pearls" bioweapon from The Rock? Those green marbles look a little familiar.... Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 7, 2002 Author Share Posted October 7, 2002 quote:Originally posted by igor71: I've got it....remember the "string of pearls" bioweapon from The Rock? Those green marbles look a little familiar.... Honestly, they are of no bio-threat... as far as I know Just kidding! I don't need any sort of 'agency' asking me a ton of questions about why I'm placing 'radioactive material' around the PDXGeo scene (wonder if I should really take these on the plane to Florida?!). I swear..they're harmless -fractal [This message was edited by fractal on October 07, 2002 at 04:11 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 Wait! I think he's trying to take over the Portland area caching franchise. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow. Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 7, 2002 Author Share Posted October 7, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Nurse Dave & LKay:Wait! I think he's trying to take over the Portland area caching franchise. Already tried I was foiled by the fact that I hate to drive 26 into Portland, and the fact that we now have a LOT of really good placers out there Ok.. I've spent too much time in the forums today.. Time to go hide some marbles on the West side -fractal [This message was edited by fractal on October 07, 2002 at 11:04 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 7, 2002 Author Share Posted October 7, 2002 Ok.. I figured for the first batch I would let folks know where to look for them... After tonight, yer on your own... I placed a handful of marbles in Makaio's Bastion (revisited) cache, and also put 2 in Makaio's CacheAholics Anonymous cache..but you're not supposed to hunt that one so it doesn't really matter, does it Hung out with Makaio and his daughters for a little bit, and actually took a picture of his youngest holding one of the marbles. Hopefully he can post it soon after it get's developed. And don't worry, it shouldn't give off enough radiation to cause your daughter to mature/grow at an unusually high rate, like your neighbor girl Marbles away! -fractal Quote Link to comment
+oregone Posted October 7, 2002 Share Posted October 7, 2002 quote:Originally posted by fractal: Hung out with Makaio and his daughters for a little bit, and actually took a picture of his youngest holding one of the marbles. Hopefully he can post it soon after it get's developed. And don't worry, it shouldn't give off enough radiation to cause your daughter to mature/grow at an unusually high rate, like your neighbor girl -fractal I've learned my lesson. Next time there's a geocache posted in makaio's neighborhood, i'm stayin' away. 'specially if it's car-washin weather. all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed Quote Link to comment
+Dan_Edwards Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 Had a lot of trouble finding the cache. Luckily fractal was the last person to visit the cache, so I pulled my geiger counter and found the cache in short order. To me it looks like all the Portland-Vancouver area caches just got a lot easier to find Dan A = A Quote Link to comment
+Team JOYSON Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 I heard on the news last night that a truck was stollen that contained a "radioctive device". This wouldn't happen to have anything to do with your next shipment of marbles, would it Fractal? "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again..." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 So now in addition to the GPSr, fancy Camelbak, space pen, 4WD truck, and metal detector- I need a geiger counter too??!?!?! If your house catches afire, and there aint no water around, If your house catches afire, and there aint no water around, Throw your jelly out the window; let the dog-gone shack burn down. **Huddie Ledbetter** Quote Link to comment
+makaio Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 Don't forgot your $300 Yaesu mobile HAM radio for when you slip into a gully or get your 4WD stuck - Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 17, 2002 Author Share Posted October 17, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Team JOYSON:I heard on the news last night that a truck was stollen that contained a "radioctive device". This wouldn't happen to have anything to do with your next shipment of marbles, would it Fractal? Sounds like a Broken Arrow to me -fractal -=-=-=-=-=-=- N 45 30.ish xx.xxxxx-xxxxxx.xxx W 122 58.ish [This message was edited by fractal on October 17, 2002 at 05:01 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+makaio Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 but what if we can't wait that long? - Quote Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 17, 2002 Author Share Posted October 17, 2002 Not sure what you're talking about... Quote Link to comment
+DarkSide Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Just checked out the marbles, I hope you're going to show up at the 4-D gig on the 26th with some of them to show off. And just after I sold my geiger counter on ebay. Drat. DS Quote Link to comment
+Gloom Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 quote:Originally posted by slinger91:, but why in the hell do you have your own geiger counter? just curious. dadgum! and I thought my brother was the only one that had a geiger counter! Looks like the same model too! ---- Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together. Quote Link to comment
+Grandpa Rocks & Grouchy Gramma Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 Sounds like a great item, can't wait to try to get my hands on one. Hope this doesn't cause a "broken arrow" alert . Can't complain, no one listens anyway. Quote Link to comment
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