# I was looking at the O’Reilly Auto Parts website… **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632 "2024-06-08T15:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/21 "2024-06-09T17:15:06Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I assume by “fine” you mean, “in a sold state when you die.” Well, as long as they don’t eat it or snort it, they should generally be fine, as well. I mean, this guy (and several others) were _injected_ with Pu-238. He lived another 20 years or so and died of heart disease. None of the people injected with plutonium in this nutso experiment died of it. > **[Albert Stevens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Stevens)** > > Albert Stevens (1887–1966), also known as patient CAL-1 and most radioactive human ever, was a house painter from Ohio who was subjected to an involuntary human radiation experiment and survived the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human. On May 14, 1945, he was injected with 131 kBq (3.55 μCi) of plutonium without his knowledge because it was erroneously believed that he had a terminal disease. > Plutonium remained present in his body for the remainder of his life, the amount decay... ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/22 "2024-06-09T19:18:37Z")
Eating it would not be much of a problem. Plutonium is absorbed into the body very poorly from the digestive system. The idea that plutonium is an extremely dangerous toxin is a myth, largely perpetrated by Ralph Nader. Dr. Bernard Cohen once famously challenged Nader by offering to eat a certain amount of plutonium if Nader would eat an equivalent mass of caffeine. Nader wisely declined, as caffeine is far more poisonous than plutonium. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/23 "2024-06-09T20:38:02Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I mean, this guy (and several others) were _injected_ with Pu-238. He lived another 20 years or so and died of heart disease. None of the people injected with plutonium in this nutso experiment died of it. Unfuckingbelievable! Interesting read. Curiously, he never knew he had been injected. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/24 "2024-06-09T23:40:23Z")
Yeah, breathing it is much more dangerous than eating it. It’s generally pretty safe to have around unless it’s powdered and floating in the air. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/25 "2024-06-10T00:39:04Z")
I can buy that, if you eat it, it relatively quickly just passes through. But I’d have thought that an injection would be lethal in fairly short order. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/26 "2024-06-10T15:13:55Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Unfuckingbelievable! Interesting read. Curiously, he never knew he had been injected. Yes, very interesting. I was also slightly surprised to see that he appears to have been a white guy. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/27 "2024-06-10T16:23:46Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I was also slightly surprised to see that he appears to have been a white guy. Sadly, so true. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/28 "2024-06-10T19:58:11Z")
To clarify, it’s sad to be surprised that it’s a white guy as we know that has not historically been the case. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/29 "2024-06-11T00:57:04Z")
This part has been in the O’Reilly catalog for at least 13 years. > **[This 'Back to the Future' reference has been hidden on O'Reilly Auto's...](https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2017/03/13/back-future-reference-has-been-hidden-oreilly-autos-website-years/99002744/)** > > Looking to upgrade your DeLorean? O'Reilly has you covered. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/30 "2024-06-30T23:27:11Z")
If it will charge to 121 GW instead of 1.21 GW, it is better. Capacitors store charge, they do not require a level of charge to operate. It stores Coulombs, not power measured in Watts. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/31 "2024-07-01T02:44:49Z")
reminds me of this: > **[Swedish Commando underpants, navy model, surplus](https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/swedish-commando-underpants-navy-model-surplus/7449)** > > Varustelekas 2010 April Fools joke page. (that is a completely legit finish mil.surplus et al website (and a great one at that!) Here is another example of how a product they actually sold: > **[Polish combat rucksack, leopard camo, surplus](https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/polish-combat-rucksack-leopard-camo-surplus/9209)** > > The saddest, most terrible attempt to make military gear, ever. I must have spent dozens of hours on their website over the past 5-10 years … always entertaining! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632.md?page=1)