HardShell
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News flash!!! Glock's are not entirely made of plastic!!!
News flash!!! Apostrophes are not used in simple pluralizations!!!
News flash!!! Glock's are not entirely made of plastic!!!
News flash!!! Glock's are not entirely made of plastic!!!
If any firearm were made entirely of plastic it would be quite a problem for [strike]airport TSA screeners to catch on you at the metal detectors[/strike] the shooter, as it would explode from the pressures produced by the cartridge.
Yep.There's a reason the MRI folks ask you about bb's embedded in your skin and if you've ever done metal grinding and have slivers in your skin, etc. It'll suck 'em right out of you.
Yep, July 2001 in Westchester County, NY.svtruth said:IIRC, a young boy was killed a few years ago when he was struck in the head by an oxygen tank pulled to the MRI.
$150,000 in repairs and lost revenue. This website claims they can generate $10,000 in revenue per hour (unverified). Probably a very large chunk of that was the lost revenue for the hours of downtime.
I thought the frame was steel with polymer moulded over it?
News flash!!! Glock's are not entirely made of plastic!!!
Unless you find the ever elusive Model 7. They are the only ones to be made all of plastic, and undetectable by X-ray machines. But expect to pay out the wazzoo if you find one.
Wyman
Yup. Both times I have had MRIs,at 2 seperate local hospitals, they not only had big signs at the check-in desk warning about metal, but also asked at least twice before going into the exam area, where they reaffirmed that before they actually started the machine. The first time, the hospital did a pre-screen the day before the MRI and even reminded me not to wear any metal that day- including eyelets/zippers/buttons on my clothes.Mostly all health care institutions have signs as big as doors before entering to the room.
Actually, most doctors will charge you less if you pay cash than the bill the insurance companies.I love how it is described as "generating revenue" as if they are actually creating something.
They bill insurance massive amounts for certain procedures. The patient does not complain because it is not thier money.
(Of course the insurance companies have deals worked out, so it would cost even more for a customer to pay for it with actual cash.)