Song of stickium dedicated to the Stickium ambassadeur:

Stick to your task ’til it sticks to you;
Beginners are many, but enders are few.
Honor, power, place and praise
Will always come to the one who stays.
Stick to your task ’til it sticks to you;
Bend at it, sweat at it, smile at it, too;
For out of the bend and the sweat and the smile
Will come life’s victories after a while.

/Inge










On 11 November 2011 14:37, Douglas Pauls <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> The answer is the element stickium.
>
> Stickium is a very interesting element, one of the few that have the rare
> "half fraction" atomic number, in this case 17.5, which is why you don't
> often see it on the periodic table (messes up the format).
>
> Stickium is most noted as what we chemists refer to as an indicator
> element.  For example, when stickium is part of lipstick, many marriages
> have ended by traces of stickium appearing where they should not be.
> Actually, that is where the term lipstick actually came from.  It was
> originally lipstickium, but marketers shortened it.  It is used in
> cosmetics as a visual enhancement but primarily  as an adhesion promotor
> (which is also the root for our present term sticky).
>
> Another use as an indicator is in cosmetics in general.  When a cosmetic
> with stickium is applied to some female specimens, and a positive
> enhancement is achieved, other female specimens turn a mild shade of
> green.  Some have said this is due to envy, but that is just for the
> unscientific rabble amongst us.  In fact, what is happening is that the
> stickium acts a little like the element that is a half step below it in
> the periodic table - chlorine.  Since most chlorine compounds are
> greenish, here is your true reason for the change.  In addition, if the
> secondary female specimen does not turn green, but appreciates the
> enhancement in another, then stickium is acting like the element a half
> step above - argon.  Noble gas, noble behavior.  It's all very scientific.
>
> Dave was actually a bit incorrect in saying that stickium burns in
> nitrogen.  If the effect above (disparity between female samples) is
> dramatic enough, the secondary samples burst into flames no matter what
> the environment.  You need to be more precise Dave.
>
> The isolation of pure stickum was indeed accomplished in 1910 but noted
> researcher Edward Smear at the University of Wisconsin - Boulder Junction.
>  His success at the time was really due to having a research team made up
> entirely of women, almost unheard of at the time.  Interestingly, this is
> where the term "your lipstick is smeared" is rooted.  As is sadly often
> the case, the women did the work, Ed got the credit.
>
> The subsequent incorporation of stickium into cosmetics is held to be one
> of the underlying causes of World War I.  Some countries had stickium
> based cosmetics, others did not.  And when women want something bad
> enough........
>
> In the interest of public safety and health, it should be noted that
> stickium only works with estrogen and is dramatically incompatible with
> testosterone.  Application of stickium-based cosmetics to males results in
> horrible effects - most notably Boy George in the 80s.
>
> Now watch, Hillman is going to disqualify me again for some spurious
> reason......
>
> Doug Pauls
>
>
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> [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Question
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> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
>
> This element has 5 naturally occurring isotopes. This element will burn in
>
> a nitrogen atmosphere. This element is found in lipstick. A pure sample of
>
> this element was not produced until 1910. What element is being described?
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy and
> Kloumpios for a week.
>
>
> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have:
>
> 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
> - Were tackling dummys 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 Watchfire Signs
> - assisted with reflow profiling
>
> Week 17 Brian Ellis, rumored to be retired
> - assisted with rewiring the house, had a tractor accident and found his
> cousin Kloumpios
>
> Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC
> - assisted with tin whisker inspection/examinations
>
> Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
> - assisted with scraping barnacles, boat paint and boat engine maintenance
>
> Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
> - assisted with weather observations (70F to snow) and resolving
> electrochemical migration failures
>
> Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
> - assisted with commercial aircraft galley inspection
>
> Week 21 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired, and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense,
> Space and Security
> - assisted with root cause corrective action tasks
> - assisted with nothing but catching up with the family
>
> Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc.
> - assisted with metallographic cross-sections and Dye & Pry testing
>
> Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM
> - assisted with a creep corrosion project and the setting up of an oxygen
> bomb
>
> Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits
> - unknown
>
> Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser
> - assisted with stencil aperture data analysis and split/stacked firewood
>
> Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi
> - assisted/participated in the Kokomo Airshow Race Event
>
> Week 27 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired
> - assisted with tedious website work and family home cooking
>
> Week 28 Nigel Burtt
> - abandoned Nigel and were rumored to be involved in UK News Corps/News
> International cellphone/journalism/politics scandal
>
> Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
> - unknown
>
> Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3
> - assisted with a hot tub refurbishment for post work day de-stressing
> - assisted with SIR and Cleanliness testing
>
> Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC
> - assisted with lab testing
> - assisted with tin whisker investigations
>
> Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
> - attempted to provide both US Congress and EU lawmakers "engineered"
> solutions
>
> Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
> - unknown
>
> Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> - assisted with new model qualifications,updating supporting
> documentation, strain gaging, performing cross sections, verifying a new
> selective soldering process, and finally assisted with the development of
> a plant-wide countermeasure effectiveness auditing program (Wow, they had
> to work hard this week!)
>
> Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories
> - assisted with new equipment preparations
>
> Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE
> - assisted with beach trash collection duty
>
> Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications
> - assisted Dave Hillman with a geography lesson, watch USA vs Irland in
> World Rugby Cup and went skiing.
>
> Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope
> - assisted with metallographic cross-sectional analysis of die cast Mg and
> taught a group of Cub Scouts how to hotwire a tractor
>
> Week 40 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
> - assisted with a customer audit
>
> Week 41 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
> - assisted with pcb cross-section analysis
>
> Week 42 Andy Giamis, Commscope
> - Andy gave them the week off (BBQ and English ale party)
>
> Week 43: 4 winners
>           Bev Christian, RIM
> - assisted with testing of phthalates
>         Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> - assisted with installing a new fuel pump on the tractor, mowing my yard
> and raking the leaves/pine needles.
>        Patrick Goodyear, PGE
> - assisted with relaxing on the beach following kelp removal efforts
>        Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
> - assisted with the qualification of a Radon-fueled Airvac PCBRM 5.2 with
> its new 50,000 watt pre-heater and Radon emitting laser reflow head
>
> Week 44 ???,????
> - asssisted with ????
>
>
> Everyone have a safe week.
>
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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