I haven't been able to call anyone to find out!

Its brrrrrassic.(Northern English term for freezing cold!) Also from the Roman texts found at Hadrians Wall: "Hail Caesar, its brassicus cor blimeyous out there!

Graham N

On 3 Dec 2010, at 14:54, Leland Woodall wrote:

> Wow, you are socked in!  Are all the electronic manufacturers still
> working, or is everything shut down?
> 
> Leland
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graham Naisbitt
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 6:25 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Question
> 
> Rats - and I wanted Clumpy to clear the snow over here! Our gritters
> can't cope...
> 
> Take a look at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11901718
> 
> Graham N
> 
> 
> On 2 Dec 2010, at 23:42, KennyB wrote:
> 
>> Astatine
>> 
>> KennyB
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
>> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 3:24 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Question
>> 
>> Hi folks - here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer and it should be a
> tough 
>> one:
>> 
>> The Question:
>> 
>> This element has a world inventory supply of nearly 1 gram. This
> element 
>> is the heaviest element that has engineering use.
>> 
>> Bonus question: This element has two crystal structures - name the
> crystal 
>> structure that exists above 590C.
>> 
>> 
>> The winner of the week's quiz will get to put Clumpy to work for a
> week 
>> (just look what he had to do last week!).
>> 
>> So far Clumpy has:
>> 
>> Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings
>> - accomplished nothing (drank lots of coffee)
>> 
>> Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM
>> - conducted REACH material testing
>> 
>> Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc.
>> - Solderability testing and mowed the lawn
>> 
>> Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich
>> - had an epic journey of travel
>> 
>> Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global
>> - ???? Gary owes us a description
>> 
>> Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrolab
>> - ???? Fredrick owes us a description
>> 
>> Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon
>> - Was a tackling dummy for Dallas Cowboys
>> 
>> Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
>> - Cleaned gutters and painted window trim
>> 
>> Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division
>> - ???? Bill owes us a description
>> 
>> Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits
>> - ???? Steve owes us a description
>> 
>> Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs
>> - descaled the in-line wash machine! Ouch!
>> 
>> Good Luck.
>> 
>> Dave Hillman
>> Rockwell Collins
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