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Old May 25, 2006 | 10:01 AM
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Yikes! Id be a little freaked out too... all sketched out thinking im going to puke a truck load of green stuff that used to be my guts all like Nicholas cage style from "The Rock"
 
Old May 25, 2006 | 10:07 AM
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jeezes i would be freeking out as well....[&:]
 
Old May 25, 2006 | 10:12 AM
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thats funny that they calmed down with a beer, "its all better now that im drunk....why are we drinking?"
 
Old May 25, 2006 | 12:55 PM
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damn... they coulda... made millions on the black market.. or made a nuclear civic
 
Old May 25, 2006 | 02:29 PM
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they could agotten some serious money for it...but for all you know the guy who bought it couilda blown up the sears tower or something.
 
Old May 25, 2006 | 02:42 PM
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yeah... true that..
 
Old May 25, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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Depleted uranium isn't that dangerous... It's hardly radioactive anymore. That's why they call it DEPLETED. They use it in tank armor now.
 
Old May 25, 2006 | 08:28 PM
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i would have kept it....but thats just me...
 
Old May 28, 2006 | 07:49 PM
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Depleted uranium isn't that dangerous... It's hardly radioactive anymore. That's why they call it DEPLETED. They use it in tank armor now.
they used to use in in tank shells as in the shells of the rounds the tanks fired not the armor back in the Gulf war part one. Many of the tankers who handled these rounds got cancer (one of many Gulf War sydromes) so even if its depleted its radoactive noneless.
 
Old May 28, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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Yeah, depeleted uranium is extremely hard. 50 cal rounds would be tipped with it for armor piercing. I think such rounds are standard in Apache's 50 cals. And yes, they have been linked to some nasty cancers and birth defects. I'm pretty sure they're still used too.
 



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