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DINO's GHOST TOWN BLOG

by DINO from A Ghost Town

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Knobbe
Jul 23, 2008 | 3:54 PM
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What a coward!  He died way too easy. Most heinous indeed!
One hundred and one degrees and here I am standing next to a huge field of sunflowers in the Weldon Springs area. FantasticDiggin the hot life on a remote water pumping station in the sun.

And here we see whats left of the Weldon Springs Ordnance Works Thorium Quarry.  The government used to mine Thorium here. Thorium, which is an element that is slightly radioactive, was used as a neutron absorber in the Fat Man implosion device. The Thorium slowed down the neutrons to allow a more complete chain reaction and thus a higher yield from the implosion device. The Thorium is still there but is no longer mined. This area was shut down in 2001 and cleaned up. They say its perfectly safe to hike thru there but they don't recommend going down into the quarry.
I did.  Its hot down there.  They also use Thorium in certain welding rods. COOL!


Yeah I can dig that. At that temperature it certainly izn't frosty but it is cool. Cool but Hot.
Stay Frosty.

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mr_wildflower read my blog view my photos
Jul 23, 2008 | 9:12 PM

Normally the heat don't bother me but this year I have absolutely hated it.......
rosie read my blog view my photos
Jul 24, 2008 | 8:16 AM

your to spoiled by the air conditioning wild.. turn it off
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Hello. My name is Dino and I am 48 years old. I am the Beta and the Zeta. I am Bi-Polar, I have a slight case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, I am Diabetic, I have Restless Legs Syndrome and I had a brain fart early in life. My hobbies include shooting and owning guns(NO HUNTING), computers, cats, photography, CB radio, Amateur radio(Call Sign N0RJP), Scanner radios, radios of all kinds, electronics, guns, Diet Pepsi, Trance music, and reading and learning about the sciences, especially Nuclear energy, Nuclear Weapons, Hi Energy Physics, Cosmology Astronomy as well as Quantum Physics and guns. I love anything to do with the military, especially military weapons. I visit strange places and take strange photos and share them. But I will tell you this........ I DeSPISE ROSIE ODONELL !!! I HATE HER I HATE HER I HATE HER !!!!! HOLY BEJESUS I HATE HER TO THE MAXXX!!!! I love hiking in the deep woods and forests of Missouri. My favorite place to be is Shannon county Missouri followed closely by Iron county. Shannon county, with Eminence, Summersville, Flat Rock, Akers, Burr Oak Basin and The Sunklands, Yuccapin Sink,Devils Well, Overcup Oak Sink, Pulltite Spring, Round Spring and Alley Spring and the whole of the great Ozark National Scenic Riverways. These are the places I must be. To be alone with the Alpha and the Omega. To see and feel the dark recesses of the forest floor and photograph the flora and the fauna. NEVER MISUNDERSTAND ME. I AM THE BETA AND THE ZETA. I AM A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT ANIMAL. DO NOT FEAR ME. I SEEK ONLY TO LEARN AND TEACH WHAT I HAVE LEARNED. FEEL THE RAINBOW ! TASTE THE RAINBOW ! 666

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