Shhhhhh. Don't tell everybody about this place. I came here to spend one
year....that was in 1962.....and I never left. We live in Idaho Falls part
of the time and just this side of West Yellowstone part of the time. There
are so many outdoor things to do it's impossible to work it all in. There
are even a few things to photograph. /jnm
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of rtomcala
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 1:26 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] OT depleted Uranium from Idaho
>
>
> I resent that ! I spent a year on that high (>5000 ft) desert helping
> to deplete that uranium. If you like outdoor sports (hunting, fishing,
> skiing etc) you're real close to heaven. Definitely heaven if you're a
> photographer (I was, but pre-Oly 1965)). Where I lived (Idaho Falls)
> sat at the foot of the Sawtooth Range and the edge of the desert and
> right near the lava flats (towards Blackfoot). Social life was a bit
> slow, a Mormon town in the middle of nowhere, but the other stuff mare
> than made up for it. The only place with better odds on getting nice
> trout for dinner is your local fishmonger.
> Rand E.
> P.S. Oh yes, the combination hunting, fishing, trapping license for a
> year was $6.35 and in many places trout season was 12 months long and
> the limit was 25 fish a day.
>
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> "James N. McBride" wrote:
> >
> > Tank armor is also now being made from depleted uranium. This is being
> > manufactured on the desert in Idaho of all places. /jnm
> >
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