On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 09:36 -0800, Norm wrote: > I suspect few on this list are old enough to remember xray boxes at > shoe stores. One could put their feet in these boxes and view the > bones in their feet - anybody care to guess why they are not used > today? I'm not, but I've read about them. I have wondered whether the hapless victim felt anything as they scanned their foot. I was somewhat purturbed by the heating sensation when I had an x-ray taken. I hadn't expected it, and didn't think to ask the operator about at the time. No, I don't mean the incandescent lamp they use to aim the cross hairs at the right place. I mean when it emitted. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
