yeah, well Europe went for Nehru jackets in a big way too. What's your point?
At 04:56 PM 4/23/2010, Werner Engelmaier wrote:
> Aah Bev,
>We now have 3 forward-looking, modern
>technological powerhouses joining the US—maybe
>we can bring thee rest of the world to our side?
>Werner
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>Sent: Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:49 pm
>Subject: RE: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
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>Mustn't forget Burma and Liberia!
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>Bev
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>"Appendix G - Weights and Measures". The World Factbook. CIA. 2006.
>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendi
>x-g.html.
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>Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
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> Inge,
>Even though things are not logical, it is hard to change them unless forced.
>People get comfortable with the most absurd habits.
>We got 60-second minutes, and 60-minute hours, of which there are 24.
>Half the world drives on the wrong [sorry-left] side of the road; I am sure
>you remember that it took an act of your parliament to switch Sweden over
>[and you guys did it right, over one weekend].
>And then, of course, there is the good old USA as the only country [other
>than South Yemen, as I understand-we sure keep great company] that still
>measures things according to various body parts of a long since dead king of
>an empire that no longer exits and which we threw out in a revolution.
>And then further, of course, is the English language-don't get me wrong, it
>sure is the richest language there is, but just look at the illogically and
>absurdly different pronunciations of similarly written words [fish could be
>spelled 'ghoti'].
>And what other language has a perfectly understandably sentence when spoken,
>that cannot be written as spoken.
>Could go on forever,
>Skoal Werner
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Inge <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Fri, Apr 23, 2010 5:43 pm
>Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
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>Speaking Greece and Rome, it's remarkable what a heritage mess we are
>living with/in. Hence we have:
>Monday : Moon's day
>Tuesday: keltic god Tiw
>Wednesday: anglosaxian god Wodan
>Thursday: nordic god Thor
>Friday: nordig got Frey
>Saturday: Saturnus day, roman
>Sunday: keltic, nordic, a universal mix
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>January: roman god Janus
>February: febreeum or day of purification
>Mars: roman war god with same name
>April: roman aperire or open (spring)
>May: roman Maia, fertility goddess
>June: roman Juno, Jupiter's wife
>July: of course after emperor Julius
>August: ditto Augustus
>September: seventh month in roman calender
>October: eighth month ditto
>November: ninth month ditto
>December: tenth ditto
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>Autumn: roman autumnum, time for harvesting
>Winter: welsh goddess Gwyn
>Summer: indogermanic zomer
>Spring: probably latin spira, a warm wind
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>Why on earth do we have all these spoky things Year 2010?
>Well, who can come with plausible substitutes?
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>Inge
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>From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: den 23 April 2010 12:53
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
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> > Hi folks! Ok, here is the Friday element quiz answers:
> >
> > The Question:
> > I am a ductile BCC metal and one of the few BCC metals that has
> > no ductile-to-brittle transition. My elemental name is part of Greek
> > mythology.
> >
> > The Answer: Ta - tantalum
> >
> > Bonus Points:
> > Name this metal's greatest attribute and its melting temperature
> > rank with respect to all of the metals.
> >
> > The bonus points answers: Greatest attribute is the tenaciousness of its
> > oxide and Ta has the 4th highest melting point
> >
> >
> > The winner is Joe Kane!
> >
> > And the really odd thing is that Guy Ramsey is awarded the "almost" winner
>
> > prize. Tantalum was named after Tantalus, the son of Zeus, because the
> > difficult efforts to get pure Ta separated from Niobium (Nb) reminded them
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> > of the punishment inflicted on Tantalus by the Greek gods for abusing his
> > guest privileges at the Greek Gods parties. The daughter of Tantalus was
> > Niobe - thus the source of the name for the element Niobium (which is what
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> > Guy submitted).
> >
> > Joe - you get Doug's desk but I haven't a clue how you will be able to
> > claim it.
> >
> > Everone have a fun and safe weekend
> >
> > Dave
> >
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