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Kali

(55,020 posts) Sat Jan 11, 2020, 11:10 PM Jan 2020

wanna be my neighbor?

https://tucson.com/news/local/cold-war-market-heats-up-with-two-more-silos-for/article_f9b85c4f-694a-55c9-8248-7e95c7ef6144.html

the one east of Benson is on the ranch

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wanna be my neighbor? (Original Post) Kali Jan 2020 OP

I wonder if the silos are "hot"? Laffy Kat Jan 2020 #1

from my reading the biggest danger is perchlorates from the rocket fuels Kali Jan 2020 #2

What a strange thing to buy. Ptah Jan 2020 #3

at one time I fantasized about putting a bunch of airstreams on it and renting them out like a hotel Kali Jan 2020 #4

PSA Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #5

BWAHAHAHA!!! Kali Jan 2020 #6

: Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #7

! Kali Jan 2020 #8

Laffy Kat

(16,386 posts)

1. I wonder if the silos are "hot"?

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2020, 11:27 PM

Jan 2020

As in radioactive?

Kali

(55,020 posts)

2. from my reading the biggest danger is perchlorates from the rocket fuels

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 11, 2020, 11:35 PM

Jan 2020

sometimes they were sloppy with that stuff. We use a well nearby and I had the water tested, it came back fine.

Ptah

(33,037 posts)

3. What a strange thing to buy.

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Sun Jan 12, 2020, 08:58 PM

Jan 2020

Kali

(55,020 posts)

4. at one time I fantasized about putting a bunch of airstreams on it and renting them out like a hotel

Reply to Ptah (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 12, 2020, 09:05 PM

Jan 2020

Atomic Acres, trailers decorated with lots of retro anodized aluminum. That place in Bisbee, Shady Dell, kind of beat me to it. https://theshadydell.com/

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,609 posts)

5. PSA

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 04:35 PM

Jan 2020

Kali

(55,020 posts)

6. BWAHAHAHA!!!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 05:06 PM

Jan 2020

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,609 posts)

7. :

Reply to Kali (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 05:28 PM

Jan 2020

Kali

(55,020 posts)

8. !

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 05:31 PM

Jan 2020

I remember that one!

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