You would not believe the deprogramming we have to do here whenever he 
comes back from Oz.

Doug Pauls



From:   Brian Ellis <[log in to unmask]>
To:     <[log in to unmask]>
Date:   09/13/2013 10:57 AM
Subject:        Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question
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Dave

I had to turn my monitor upside down to read your question this week. 
Surely you haven't become Ozzie?

Brian

On 13.09.2013 13:32, David D. Hillman wrote:
> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question (coming from sunny
> Melbourne Australia):
>
> The Question:
> This element will float on water. This element looks like aluminum but 
can
> be cut with a butter knife. This element is heated to a liquid phase,
> poured into rail tank cars where it then solidifies for transport. Once
> the tank car arrives at its destination, heaters re-liquify this element
> for removal. Countries have gone to war over this element. The pure form
> of this element is not found in nature. This element is essential for
> humans. What element is being described?
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz is 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
> Week 21 Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
> Week 21 David Bealer, Watch Fire Signs
> Week 22 Phil Kinner
> Week 23 Guy Ramsey, RD Circuits
>
> 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 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
> - The guys arrived safely, and I sent them to the Erie County Fair. They
> loved the antique tractor/ live steam exhibit, and are now figuring out
> what class their John Deere's can run in the Truck and Tractor pull.
> They are also having a ball in the beer garden.  I'm not sure I will get
> anything constructive out of them this week but they sure are having
> fun!
>
> Week 26 Paul Reid, PWB Interconnect Solutions Inc
> - Well it's time for Clumpy and Kloumpios to join me for some Canadian
> wilderness camping in Algonquin Park, Ontario. What we'll do is put the
> canoe on the van, load up our camping gear, and then we'll head the
> North East area of Algonquin Park. We'll put in on the Barron River and
> canoe up to the river to a portage point where Clumpy and Kloumpios will
> be asked to portage the canoe and gear for about half a kilometer, past
> some falls, until we put back into the river. What we'll do then is
> canoe about a mile up stream and setup camp on a beautiful point of land
> that over looks the Barron Cliffs and has a pine tree every much like
> The Jack Pine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jackpine.jpeg that was
> painted by Tom Thomson in 1916. I'll start fishing; they will do the
> cooking and cleaning.  We will relax for a few days then we'll head back
> to Ottawa (given the mosquitoes don't carry us away). Dave - Maybe we 
can
> meet you on the Ottawa River some time next week.
>
> Week 27 Greg Munie, IPC
> - Since it's getting close to time for the Abbey's grape harvest/wine
> making I'll get the monks to put them up at the Abbey guest house. From
> there it's just a short walk to the vineyard. Of course the food at the
> Abbey may be a little, ah, Spartan, for their tastes. But I can give 
them
> enough pruning, weeding and cleanup to do to keep them busy all week.
> (Maybe I can even get them to do the water run for the vegetable garden!
> They'd probably like driving the old tractor.) And for a special perk 
they
> can have the honor of the company of Benny, the Abbey Golden Retriever!
>
> Week 28 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
> Everyone have a safe week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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