Ah, Dwight, Dwight.  Just a little leg pulling.  If Dave Hillman can get
away with calling me an engineer (horrors! I'm a scientist!) Or if
others can point out that our national animal is a fairly vacuous, fat
rodent that occasionally fells trees on itself, then I think you can
take a gentle ribbing with regards to something that used to be called a
Communist plot that would bring down your country.  And look who is
standing and who is not?  The USSR is not.  Of course it will be
interesting to see where either of our countries stand with regards to
the Chinese in 100 years.  Gulp.
Bev

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dwight Mattix
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 8:00 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers

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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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bev Christian <[log in to unmask]>
>To: 'TechNet E-Mail Forum' <[log in to unmask]>; 
>'Werner Engelmaier' <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:49 pm
>Subject: RE: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
>
>
>Mustn't forget Burma and Liberia!
>
>Bev
>
>"Appendix G - Weights and Measures". The World Factbook. CIA. 2006.
>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/ap
pendi
>x-g.html.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Werner Engelmaier
>Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 7:19 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
>
>  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
>
>
>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
>
>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
>
>Autumn: roman autumnum, time for harvesting
>Winter: welsh goddess Gwyn
>Summer: indogermanic zomer
>Spring: probably latin spira,  a warm wind
>
>Why on earth do we have all these spoky things Year 2010?
>Well, who can come with plausible substitutes?
>
>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
>
> > 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
>
> > 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
>
> > 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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