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Yup. Also tickles me that I might have had better equipment than this team, though we still had to source sample carriers from McDonalds.

The multi-million-dollar measurement apparatus required us to put samples in disposable tubes that cost about a dollar each. They turned out to have the exact same physical properties as a McDonalds straw, so once a week someone made a food run and grabbed a handful on the way out.




For the SQUID? Now that brings back even more memories. We got ours from the dining halls.




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