My esteemed colleague is referring to another of the half fractional
elements, Ignorium-84.5 (Ig 84.5). Ignorium is one of the odder half
fractionals.  The primary effect of the material is that it induces a mild
state of forgetfulness, causing you to essentially “ignore” it.  It is
believed that Ignorium was first isolated by Dr. Albert von Struppenhoffer
at the University of Mannheim in Germany in 1925.  However, after working
with Ig for a short period of time, other research projects seemed more
interesting. In 1926, after working with Ig for a short period of time,
other research projects seemed more interesting. In 1930, after working
with Ig for a short period of time, other research projects seemed more
interesting. In 1936, Dr. von Struppenhoffer had a research assistant Dr.
Lisa Marie Vandensniffer, assisting him.  With two of them, they were able
to fight off the effects of Ignorium long enough to validate their work
before the German scientific community.  Some continued research showed
some startling results.  Ignorium seems to bond immediately with both
testosterone and estrogen hormones.  A single atom of Ig bonded with
testosterone allows one to completely ignore anything with estrogen and
vice versa.  So, while there is not much Ignorium in the earth’s crust, as
Dave indicates, there seems to be enough atoms bonded to affect most of the
population.  It has been hypothesized that Ignorium is why husbands and
wives have communication “issues”.  Dr. von Struppenhoffer and Dr.
Vandensniffer originally thought that Ignorium should be called Catium,
because no one can ignore you like a cat.  But, after drinking a bit too
much schnapps one evening, they discovered you can’t say Catium cation
three times fast, so dropped the idea.  Sadly, all of their research was
lost during WW2.  The University of Mannheim was leveled in WW2, so all
records of von Struppenoffer or Vandensniffer were destroyed.  It was
rumored, just rumored mind you, that the two fell madly in love, moved to
Iowa in the US, and changed their married name to Hillman.  But, that is
just a rumor…..


So Dave, what do I win this week?


Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 6:11 AM, David Hillman <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element was the last element to be first discovered in nature rather
> than by synthesis. At any given time, only one ounce of this element exists
> in the Earth's crust. This element has a interesting history as it was
> discovered in 1925, 1926, 1930 and 1936 before the "real" discovery was
> validated. The name of this element was influenced by the word "cat". 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
> Week 31 Leland Woodall
> Week 32 Steve Gregory
> Week 33 Leland Woodall
> Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp
> Week 35 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> Week 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
> Week 37 Richard "Dean" Stadem
> Week 38 Leland Woodall
> Week 38 Tom Carroll
>
> Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> - This is really great! The guys can help me to clear out a flat (thousands
> of books :-( ) and, of course, if they have enough of the dust of about 50
> years, have fun with our cats again......(no dust,only cat's fur in red &
> black)
>
> Week 40 Leland Woodall
> - This week the boys will be helping me with Fall yard work.  If they
> finish in time, we'll also check out the speckled sea trout run currently
> going on in Belhaven, NC.
>
> Week 41 Tom Carroll
> - Clumpy and Kloumpios can help with winter cleaning chores around the
> house. We just received our first blast of cold air today and it is
> expected to be colder tomorrow, so tell the boys to pack their winter
> suits. I need help removing air conditioners from windows and sealing up
> some drafts around windows and doors. After that the boys can relax and
> join me on a trip to Philadelphia to perform some FAA Conformities next
> week. Do they like soft pretzels? The ones I get in Philadelphia are great,
> especially when they are fresh out of the oven.
>
> Week 42 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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>