Comments on: Atomic brand names http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/04/atomic-brand-names/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 10 Nov 2024 17:04:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: feeblemind http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/04/atomic-brand-names/#comment-51978 feeblemind Mon, 04 Jul 2024 03:03:10 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=13290#comment-51978 There was also Radium Beer, brewed in Terre Haute Indiana c. 1930. http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/brandnames/beer.htm There was also Radium Beer, brewed in Terre Haute Indiana c. 1930.

http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/brandnames/beer.htm

]]> By: CatLA http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/04/atomic-brand-names/#comment-50796 CatLA Wed, 29 Jun 2024 23:13:11 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=13290#comment-50796 @Mike How about this: http://www.dissident-media.org/infonucleaire/arium.html I still worry that I used to get my feet X-rayed as a kid whenever we bought new Clarks shoes. Does anyone else remember those machines in shoe-shops? @Mike

How about this:

http://www.dissident-media.org/infonucleaire/arium.html

I still worry that I used to get my feet X-rayed as a kid whenever we bought new Clarks shoes. Does anyone else remember those machines in shoe-shops?

]]> By: Mike http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/04/atomic-brand-names/#comment-43771 Mike Tue, 26 Apr 2024 21:28:01 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=13290#comment-43771 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there WERE patent medicines/snake oil that really contained radium (!) that greatly accelerated the user's expire date! So, it wasn't just a catchy advertising word, it was an insane ingredient! Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe there WERE patent medicines/snake oil that really contained radium (!) that greatly accelerated the user’s expire date!

So, it wasn’t just a catchy advertising word, it was an insane ingredient!

]]> By: Andy http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/04/atomic-brand-names/#comment-41862 Andy Mon, 04 Apr 2024 13:46:43 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=13290#comment-41862 This reminds me of the type of thing you would see in Fallout This reminds me of the type of thing you would see in Fallout

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