Long live the memory of the Naval Avionics facility in Indianapolis. Your disposition could also have come from your
Hoosier experience. Many of us in Indiana are considered somewhat odd.
Denny Fritz
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Thank you. Breathe in enough chemical fumes and you too could write this
eird stuff.
o, I was not a submariner. My first job out of college was for the US
avy as a civil servant, but that was working for NAVAIR, the aviation
ing of the Navy. Might also account for my disposition. The one thing I
etain out of that time was the old Navy Addage: Tis Better to Seek
orgiveness Than Permission.
Doug Pauls
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utstanding Doug, wish I was as quick witted as you at 5 AM. Reminds me
f some of the guys I served with in the Navy, were you a submariner?
pat
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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
ften see it on the periodic table (messes up the format).
Stickium is most noted as what we chemists refer to as an indicator
lement. For example, when stickium is part of lipstick, many marriages
ave ended by traces of stickium appearing where they should not be.
ctually, that is where the term lipstick actually came from. It was
riginally lipstickium, but marketers shortened it. It is used in
osmetics 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
ith stickium is applied to some female specimens, and a positive
nhancement is achieved, other female specimens turn a mild shade of
reen. Some have said this is due to envy, but that is just for the
nscientific rabble amongst us. In fact, what is happening is that the
tickium acts a little like the element that is a half step below it in
he periodic table - chlorine. Since most chlorine compounds are
reenish, here is your true reason for the change. In addition, if the
econdary female specimen does not turn green, but appreciates the
nhancement in another, then stickium is acting like the element a half
tep above - argon. Noble gas, noble behavior. It's all very scientific.
Dave was actually a bit incorrect in saying that stickium burns in
itrogen. If the effect above (disparity between female samples) is
ramatic enough, the secondary samples burst into flames no matter what
he environment. You need to be more precise Dave.
The isolation of pure stickum was indeed accomplished in 1910 but noted
esearcher Edward Smear at the University of Wisconsin - Boulder Junction.
His success at the time was really due to having a research team made up
ntirely of women, almost unheard of at the time. Interestingly, this is
here the term "your lipstick is smeared" is rooted. As is sadly often
he case, the women did the work, Ed got the credit.
The subsequent incorporation of stickium into cosmetics is held to be one
f the underlying causes of World War I. Some countries had stickium
ased cosmetics, others did not. And when women want something bad
nough........
In the interest of public safety and health, it should be noted that
tickium only works with estrogen and is dramatically incompatible with
estosterone. Application of stickium-based cosmetics to males results in
orrible effects - most notably Boy George in the 80s.
Now watch, Hillman is going to disqualify me again for some spurious
eason......
Doug Pauls
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i folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:
The Question:
This element has 5 naturally occurring isotopes. This element will burn in
nitrogen atmosphere. This element is found in lipstick. A pure sample of
his 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
loumpios for a week.
o 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
ousin 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
lectrochemical 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,
pace 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
omb
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
nternational 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"
olutions
Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
unknown
Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
assisted with new model qualifications,updating supporting
ocumentation, strain gaging, performing cross sections, verifying a new
elective soldering process, and finally assisted with the development of
plant-wide countermeasure effectiveness auditing program (Wow, they had
o 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
orld 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
aught 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
nd 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
ts new 50,000 watt pre-heater and Radon emitting laser reflow head
Week 44 ???,????
asssisted with ????
veryone have a safe week.
ave Hillman
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