What is Thorium?

[prugs]

Someone asked me this & here you go:

http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/90.html

 

[Thorium]

Did someone ask who I was or why I selected Thorium as my handle?

 

[prugs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9474169#post9474169 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Thorium
Did someone ask who I was or why I selected Thorium as my handle?

What is thorium? I believe that was the ?.

By the way why did you select thorium? My guess is Scandinavian God of War.

 

[Thorium]

The definitions you retrieved are very good. You are partly correct, as a child I always wanted to be a god of war. Then in grad school I learned about and did some interesting things with bio-remediation and Thorium and Uranium were test controls in a study I was part of. Then I thought elemental Thorium was cool and thought it would be a good handle. Spreading Science through message board handles, its a good thing!
-Thorium

 

[johns]

Let's continue with this psychoanalysis of this person we know as Thorium. Sit back Josh, I'll only have a few more questions for you and then I believe we may have to try hypnosis.

One of Thorium's interests is Horology? What is Horology?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horology

 

[Thorium]

Very good John! Not many people see that at the bottom. Just curious, did you know what horology was? Not many people do, I usually don't even bring it up. As a man of science and nature, I have always been interested in mechanical time keeping. I think my interest in science and mechanical time keeping started when I insisted on wearing a watch when I was six. Not any watch, but a watch with a chronometer, so I could take it apart and see how it worked. This is so cool! people are learning about periodic elements and horology. Now everyone who reads this will have even more useless knowledge. Oh, this couch is comfy.

 

[nait002]

I think my wife was consuming Thorium when Uranium when we had Tasha. Here is the little lady in her room with something from special school. She now goes to school 2 hours a day but they won't let her ride the bus. They are sick of her kicking the windows. It's embarrassing.

 

[steve414]

What is thorium?? Its josh!! he has the badge, he will pull it out on you..

 

[jeffgp]

good picture of tasha

 

[prugs]

The badge has special powers. Takes you to places others can't go.