Doug - please...
...The fact that Scepterium was sold to the US Government by my great, great, grandfather Max Nesbitt is one thing, but to accuse me of having responsibility for all your political problems is a stretch too far!
Sir Arthur Percival Roderick Speechless, "Dumb Percy" to his closest friends, stumbled across the Dukeite deposits - quite literally! The fact that he then succumbed to being struck on his bonce by the "Great Sceptre" was due to his majesty, King George IV, suffering from a recurring bout of dropsy.
The King, also known as "The first gentleman of England", was curiously responsible for creating the Tartan dress as we know it today. This was a result of his visit to Scotland in 1822 when he first met my great, great, grandfather Max who was visiting the family castle and who loved wearing outlandish colour schemes. Max was then living in Penn's Land and his dad, John, was a close friend of Benjamin Franklin. (http://www.ibydeit.org/about-history.php)
Scepterium is a mineral derived from an earlier known deposit in Ireland called O'Bamatite. This is actually a half-fraction of Boron…let Dewey do what he may with that explanation.
…and if anyone wishes to visit the family castle, you need to let me know well in advance.
Graham Naisbitt
On 9 Aug 2013, at 13:43, Douglas Pauls <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I was informed, in no uncertain terms, that I needed to get off my lazy
> ass and do some further education on half fractionals.
>
> The element being described here is Scepterium (Sp-74.5). It is a half
> fractional with the properties of gold, silver and curium. It is most
> commonly found in the ore Dukeite and exists as Scepterium iodide.
>
> Scepterium was first isolated by Sir Arthur Percival Roderick Speechless
> in 1815, from deposits of Dukeite prevalent in Farnsborough in the UK. The
> Scepterium, when reduced to pure form had all the luster of gold, the
> malleability of silver, and a very interesting radiation effect, which was
> not understood for years. When the material was displayed for George IV,
> two of the radiation effects became apparent. The radiation caused those
> near the metal to long to hold it (similar to gold and silver) and to
> believe they played a much greater role in the grand scheme of things. It
> was immediately crafted into a Royal Sceptre of the British Empire. As a
> side historical note, Sir Arthur was knighted by George IV using this
> Scepter, but it was so heavy it crushed Sir Arthur's skull, killing him
> on the spot. This is the origin of the term - struck speechless. A sad
> tale, but true.
>
> The famous Washington monument Dave speaks of is the US Capitol, and I
> know this because I was there last week. A small amount of Scepterium was
> alloyed into the metals used to build the capstones of the chambers for
> the Senate and for the House of Representatives. Consequently, all those
> who sit in those chambers feel they are much more important or much more
> "royal" than they really are. As another side historical note, the
> Scepterium was sold to the US Government by Graham Naisbitt's great great
> grandfather. So our present political problems are all his fault. A sad
> tale, but true.
>
> There is also a small amount of Scepterium plated over the top part of the
> Washington Monument capstone, which was damaged in the 2011 earthquake. So
> there are actually two monuments involved. They cannot finish the
> earthquake renovations until Graham sells the US government a little more
> Scepterium. He is holding out.
>
> OK Hillman, do your worst.
>
> Doug Pauls
>
>
>
> From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 08/09/2013 06:54 AM
> Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question
> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> The pure form of this element is not found in nature. During the early
> 1800's this element was considered a precious metal and used by royalty. A
>
> famous Washington DC monument has a capstone made from this element. What
>
> element is being described?
>
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy and
> Kloumpios for the week.
>
> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
>
> Past Quiz winners/tasks:
> Week 1 Dick Krug, Spartan Complex Systems
> Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC
> Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
> Week 3 Pat Goodyear, PGE
> Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory
> Week 5 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
> Week 6 Steve Gregory
> Week 7 Phil Kinner
> Week 8 Brian Ellis
> Week 9 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
> Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 11 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik
> Week 13 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 14 Brian Ellis
> Week 15 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
> Week 16 Steve Gregory
> Week 17 Phil Kinner
> Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems
> Week 19 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 20 Denny Fritz
>
> Week 21 Amol Kane
> - the boys can help me with optimization and qualification of Process
> Equipment like stencil printer and wash. In their spare time they can
> enjoy the fine TX summer
>
> Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
> - the boys can stay 2 days with me and as I've always said "a man's home
> is his castle, in a manor of speaking". I'll be training them in stand-up
> comedy dealing with the dichotomy of Technet humor. Their names and act
> will be " Grim and Stellar".
>
> David Bealer, Watch Fire Signs
> - since I will be out next week, they can take those 2 days
> off. Everybody deserves a weekend once in a while.
>
> Week 22 Phil Kinner
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 23 Guy Ramsey, RD Circuits
> - The boys arrived on Saturday as promised. Stayed at our place,
> StonebridgeFarm, and helped hang high tension electric fence for my
> daughter's horse
> boarding operation. Sunday they helped me pull 300 hr maintenance on the
> tractor, watched Caroline start (break) a horse in training, tipped a few
> back by the pool, enjoyed a glorious purple sunset, tipped a couple more
> while telling stories and watching fire flies . . . took it easy.
> During the week they worked on the in-line cleaner, validating and
> verifying the PID setups, repaired our high pressure pump for our factory
> humidification system, which without Steve Gregory's care and attention,
> had started to leak. Then we kicked around possible ways to keep a 600mm
> by
> 450mm by 7.6mm, 60 layer, sequential lamination board, with 33:1 PTH,
> eight DUT performance board at .4 mm pitch for 1189 Ball BGA survive
> reflow,
> measured z axis shift, and designed the attachment; pad, ball diameter and
> stencil for the interposers. They had to rush off before we finished
> developing the underfill process needed to stabilize the interposers.
>
> Week 24 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
> - The boys have been working hard and surely deserve some break. I'm
> fixin' to be nice to the boys and just let them sit on my porch, have a
> Texas drink, relax and enjoy our weather. This summer's been kinda cold
> around here: has not even hit 40C (104F) yet.
>
> Week 25 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
> Everyone have a safe week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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