Govt of canada surplus site selling 3400 lb of lead for min bid of $400 in winnipeg!

[boonerman]

Govt of Canada surplus site selling 3400 lb of lead for min bid of $400 in Winnipeg! Just wanted to give all the Winnipeg casters a heads up! It is under the scrap metal section.

 

[jamesharrison]

yeah, for shielding radiation.

No thanks, despite their claim that it yields no radiation.

 

[DANCESWITHEMPTIES]

3400 LBS of lead for a few hundred?.. Just bring a Geiger counter for that price!

 

[zuke]

HHmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Porkchopsandwhich]

a recycler will buy it I'm guessing for the salvage

 

[legi0n]

shield lead does not turn radioactive
if you don't believe me take a (calibrated) Geiger meter and test the govt lead
I wish I had room to store all that lead

 

[peterem]

yeah, for shielding radiation.

No thanks, despite their claim that it yields no radiation.

Well I hope we can tie it to justin's nutz (do soyboys have even have balls?)
and throw em in the ottawa river like in that video "The cat came back"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck0jwS0CvKk 2 min 55 seconds in

 

[coreyd]

That's the minimum bid. It will go for considerably more than that.

 

[Bassmaster]

yeah, for shielding radiation.

No thanks, despite their claim that it yields no radiation.

The ignorance here is overwhelming.

 

[vagrantviking]

Definitely not a radiation hazard.

If I were in Winnipeg I'd throw up a bid. Probably not a successful one though. Aren't all casters cheapskates?

 

[tigrr]

Most of you have finished having kids already, go for it! lol

 

[Bassmaster]

I would be more concerned about the effects of handling lead than the imagined radiological effects that some misinformed people describe here.

 

[ShawnC6]

Radiation doesn't enter lead shielding....

It's perfectly safe.

 

[trebor2880]

Isn't the gov't getting ready to ban lead bullets?

 

[Grock-co]

Isn't the gov't getting ready to ban lead bullets?

Because the only use for lead is bullets

 

[KeltecFan]

Radiation doesn't enter lead shielding....

It's perfectly safe.

Exactly! That's why they use lead.

 

[bertn]

I got $0.85 per pound a few weeks ago at scrap metal place in sw ontario.
Would bid if it was in my area even though I already have more lead than I will ever need lol.

 

[adamthaggan]

I certainly am! Bid is in. Probably not high enough lol

 

[furet]

Being exposed to radiation does not make anything radioactive!!!
being contaminated with radioactive particles does.
and just to be clear, it’s the contaminents that are radioactive, remove them and it no longer radiates.
the problem is removing them, get it into your body and it’s pretty much impossible to remove it.

 

[trebor2880]

Because the only use for lead is bullets

It's main purpose on this site, for sure.