I have good news and bad news!

The good news is that Clumpy's raft rose out of the waves, just like 
Aphrodite, and he drove ashore on his John Deere.

The bad news is that he had not gone more than a few kilometres when he 
had an accident. He did not realise that the left side of the road was 
the right side and that the right side was the wrong side; the result 
was a head-on collision with another John Deere, driven – and here was 
the coincidence – by somebody whom he found was a very distant cousin by 
the name of κλουμπιος. When the two stood side-by-side, you would think 
of two peas in a pod. Happily, neither was injured although both the 
John Deeres were badly damaged.

I'll get Clumpy to help rewire my office. At the moment, it is still 
half-wired with Swiss sugs and plockets, which are strictly illegal, as 
Cyprus uses the awful UK ring mains system which is a Leviticus-style 
abomination unto mankind with monstrous fused plugs. The other half uses 
the unsafe UK abortions but with cables trailing across the floor. I 
have 38 power sockets ready for him, in 3 circuits: 1) generally 
switched through the UPS to the various computers, monitors and 
peripherals 2) switched through the same switch but bypassing the UPS 
for power devices (UPS is limited to 1,500 W) and 3) unswitched for 
plugging in phone, fax, desk lights, vacuum cleaners etc. In addition, 
the poor bugger will have to rewire the Ethernet and connect computers 
to scanners, printers, HDDs etc. A good week's work for him, I fear. The 
great thing is the cousin κλουμπιος has offered to help, so there is a 
chance that we may get it finished in time. I'm told that both the John 
Deeres will be repaired and as good as new before the end of the week.

There is one thing that is puzzling me: Clumpy is chuntering about 
pancakes tonight, with loads of lemon juice, squeezed straight from 
fruit picked off the tree in the garden. Kλουμπιος cannot understand how 
he can eat pancakes, because the orthodox Lent started yesterday on 
Green Monday. It is very difficult explaining these sectarian differences.

Brian



On 07/03/2011 15:43, David D. Hillman wrote:
> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:
>
> The Question:
>
> This element has two allotropic phases - one is an FCC structure and one
> is a HCP structure. This element plays a critical role as an alloying
> element in a wide range of metal alloys, cermets and protective
> coatings. This element has only one stable isotope which finds use in food
>
> sterilization and medical radiotherapy. Nearly 6 billion tons of this
> element are estimated to exist on the world's seafloor but are not
> economically recoverable at today's metal prices. What element is being
> described?
>
> Bonus question: In what year was this element's oxide first reduced to
> produce the pure element?
>
> The Answer:
>
> The element is Cobalt (Co). Cobalt is a very important element in terms of
> an alloying constituent in steel, superalloys, and ceramics. About 40% of
> the world Cobalt production is used to produce Co compounds for
> decolorizing and colorizing glass, potter, paint, ink and as additives to
> rechargeable Li-ion batteries. Early computer disks used Fe2O3 particles
> dispersed in an epoxy phenolic resin as the magnetic recording media.
> These disks worked well for moderate data storage densities. However,
> higher storage densities require thin film rather than particles. Cobalt
> based thin film compositions such as Co-Pt-B or Co-Cr-Ta are used in those
> applications.
>
> The winner of this week's quiz is Brian Ellis so Clumpy will be packing
> the John Deere and heading to Cyprus.  Bev Christian correctly answered
> the bonus question - the year was 1735.
>
> 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
> - unknown
>
> Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrolab
> - unknown
>
> 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
> - unknown
>
> Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits
> - unknown
>
> Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs
> - descaled the in-line wash machine! Ouch!
>
> Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation
> - assisted with AS9100 quality management systems requirements audit
>
> Week 12 Steve Creswick of Balanced Enterprise Solutions
> - Acted as Steve's "go fer" due to a broken leg!
>
> Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
> - conducted a plasma pre treatment Taguchi DOE for a sealing process
>
> Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM
> - assisted with a tin pest investigation/test
>
> Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM
>   - assisted Bev shoveling snow
>
> Week 16 David Bealer of Waatchfire Signs
>   - unknown
>
> Week 17 Brian Ellis, rumored to be retired
>   - assisted with ??????????
>
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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