Don,

I wonder if my shrink would let me switch from pills to (beer) bottles :D

Olav

On 9/13/2013 5:21 AM, Don Vischulis wrote:
> Both lithium and sodium have a specific gravity less than 1. We all know that sodium is essential to life. Having lived in West Bend, WI for many years, I learned that the beer from the local brewery was named Lithia because of the naturally occurring lithium in the water. I say that if it's in the beer, it's essential to life. The correct answer must be lithium. ;=)
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> Don Vischulis
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> On Sep 13, 2013, at 5:32 AM, "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]> 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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