I object to you referring to Budweiser, Miller, and Coors as beers, unless
you are referring to the original Czechoslovakian Budweiser.
;-)

James (Real Ale Drinker)

On 25 Aug 2017 3:17 pm, "Douglas Pauls" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> My esteemed colleague refers to another of the half fractional elements,
> Solomonium-46.5 (So-46.5).  The metal, in its pure form, is a bright and
> lustrous metal very similar to silver.  But exposure to the atmosphere and
> with age, becomes a tarnished and degraded appearance (much like Solomon).
> Unfortunately, it does not have the same alloying properties as silver.
> Ancient silversmiths experimented with chalices made of silver with small
> amounts of Solomonium added.  They found that Solomonium was mildly soluble
> in ethanol. The Greek philosopher Demetrius of Phalerum noted that those
> who consistently drank wine and spirits from Solomonium chalices seemed
> wiser than other people and hypothesized that Solomonium enhanced wisdom,
> as evidenced by Solomon himself.  On the down side, Solomonium is an
> accumulative biotoxin, much like Mercury, and will slowly poison people
> with time.  Solomonium appears to be easily incorporated into barley and so
> the early Sumerians had very trace amounts of Solomonium in their beers.
> Barley continues to be the main sustainable source of Solomonium, and to a
> lesser extent, rice.  Small amounts of S02NO4 (in the ppb range) can be
> found in Miller, Budweiser, and Coors, at that is why you often feel much
> wiser than you are after a few beers.
>
>
>
> Solomonium was originally part of the research performed by Andrew Oddy.
> When Oddy tried to combine coupons of Solomonium, Silver, Lead, and Copper,
> he found the Solomonium to be highly antagonistic to the other metals,
> generating incredible amounts of heat.  Bamberger, Robinett and Thickett,
> who were performing similar research, wisely stayed about a mile away
> during the experiments.  All that was found of Dr. Oddy was a mound of ash,
> surrounded by the charred remains of his lab.  Truly a tragedy.  In
> reviewing the results, Bamberger, Robinett and Thickett said “let’s not do
> that”, then went out to have a few beers.
>
>
>
> So, Dave, what do I win this week?
>
>
> Doug Pauls
> Principal Materials and Process Engineer
> Rockwell Collins
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:17 AM, David Hillman <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Here is the Element Quiz Question:
> >
> > The Question:
> > This element is a metal and has a large variety of commercial
> applications.
> > It can be found in nature as a free element and is one of the best known
> > element despite only being the 35th most abundant on Earth. The element
> is
> > mentioned in the Bible and was known to ancient civilizations. This
> element
> > has been poisoning humans for hundreds of years. This element is used in
> > the Oddy test. Which element is being described?
> >
> >
> > The winner of the 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 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
> > Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
> > Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> > Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd.
> > Week 3 John Burke
> > Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
> > Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses!
> > Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> > Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
> > Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce
> > Week 8 Leland Woodall
> > Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
> > Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> > Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> > Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> > Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
> > Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> > Week 13 No Quiz,
> > Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> > Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> > Week 16 John Maxwell
> > Week 17 Leland Woodall
> > Week 18 Leland Woodall
> > Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> > Week 20 Robert Kondner
> > Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
> > Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC
> > Week 23 Juliano Ribeiro, DATACOM
> > Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems
> > Week 25 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
> > Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International
> > Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose
> > Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> > Week 28 Leland Woodall
> > Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> >
> > Week 30 Leland Woodall
> > - It's roasting in NC right now, so the guys and I will have some early
> > morning golf this weekend.  Next week they can assist me with writing
> work
> > instructions for our rework department.  Joy, joy, right?
> >
> > Week 31 Leland Woodall
> > - assisted with ????
> >
> > Week 32 Steve Gregory
> > - assisted with ????
> >
> > Week 33 Leland Woodall
> > - assisted with ????
> >
> > Week 34 ????
> > - assisted with ???
> >
> >
> > I hope everyone has a awesome week.
> >
> > Dave Hillman
> > Rockwell Collins
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
>