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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: What a waste #26738 04/22/2001 2:24 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Geoff old hand Geoff old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA You people have covered coal, iron, copper, tin, gold, and such, but nobody's mentioned the waste products of atomic energy. Are there any specific terms for them? On a less serious note, when former Washington State Governor Dixie Lee Ray was appointed US Atomic Energy Commissioner back in the 1970s, it was rumoured that she retired at night wearing a strontium nightie, but had to discontinue the practice because it gave her a radioactive waist. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What a waste of troy 04/16/2001 4:44 PM Re: What a waste Hyla 04/16/2001 5:47 PM Re: What a waste of troy 04/16/2001 6:01 PM Re: What a waste wwh 04/16/2001 6:39 PM Re: What a waste RhubarbCommando 04/20/2001 2:59 PM Re: What a waste of troy 04/20/2001 3:41 PM Re: What a waste Sparteye 04/20/2001 3:56 PM Re: What a waste Capital Kiwi 04/20/2001 6:48 PM Re: What a waste inselpeter 04/20/2001 7:38 PM Re: What a waste RhubarbCommando 04/22/2001 12:10 PM Re: What a waste Geoff 04/22/2001 2:24 PM Re: What a waste wwh 04/22/2001 6:19 PM Re: What a waste inselpeter 04/17/2001 7:03 PM Re: What a waste WhitmanO'Neill 04/18/2001 3:52 AM Re: What a waste Rapunzel 04/18/2001 7:39 PM Re: What a waste WhitmanO'Neill 04/19/2001 2:35 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,496 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,295 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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