Screen Theory

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I'll have to give the 'foggy film hypothesis' a, 'Well, maybe.' X rays would certainly cloud unused film, but the closest I could come, Googlewise, to RF clouding was the advice that it 'was not a good idea to thaw frozen film in the microwave.'

By the way, no more RF at the moment, but it has literally been microwave hell recently. It was great to just get out of this 'Jewish microwave oven' we call our apartment, this afternoon. I did a little shopping (tap) at King Soopers, then went to Ace (tap) Hardware looking for stuff to shield my bed with at night. I had been there a few days ago, looking for some cheap, thin sheet metal. The closest they could come was 'aluminum flashing,' a kind of thick aluminum foil. I decided on that as a working plan, but knowing my beady little brain the way I do I decided to wait: I might come up with a better idea. So I put it off. (RF here at 1721.) Sure enough!

While at Ace again this afternoon I noticed that they had some metal screening material with about 3/8 inch squares. Alright! That material should work against all but the very shortest wavelengths. Hmm. But what would the cuttoff frequency be? Could they go higher and pierce the screen? (more RF - news time at 1727 - back at 1810). It finally dawned on me that the best (cheapest, lightest) solution was good old window screen. I bought enough of it to screen my full-sized bed from below. Will it work? We shall see...