Let the boys enjoy ice fishing and Carlsbergs. The boys can spend the
remaining time in upgrading to rev 2.0 of the worm generator to prep for
the busy travel season!

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> I already talked to Clumpy and Kloumpios. They are on their way to my
> cabin. We are going ice fishing. The only work they have to do is bring me
> another Carlsberg every so often and help clean all the fish we are going
> to catch this weekend. They even have a 4-day temporary license. It sounds
> like they don't want to go to Bhanu's house, LOL! But I will make sure they
> do.
> Thanks! That was fun. I agonized over the element Carbon, because although
> everything is made of carbon, just how would the old timers know what it
> was? The only way I could see them using it was in the form of soot.
> I could envision objects smelted out of the noble metals and tin utensils,
> etc, and sodium in the form of salt, but...carbon?
>
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> Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Answer
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> The Element Quiz winner gets the services of our outstanding/amazing
> gnomes Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week (they have had their vaccination
> shots and can follow any covid-19 protocols the winner decides).
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>
> The Question:
>
> This week the question is going to be a bit more hazy than normal. There
> are 11 elements that are listed in my references as "known to the ancients"
> meaning no specific individual is acknowledged as "discovering" the
> element. The quiz this week is name those 11 elements.
>
>
>
> The Answer:
>
> The eleven elements are: Sb, Bi, C, Cu, Au, Fe, Pb, Hg, Ag, S and Sn.
> There are two elements, Pt and Zn, which were known in ancient times but
> have modern "discovery" assignments. Three possible ways to sleuth out the
> answers without using Google - eliminate the elements that are highly
> reactive or very inert (that eliminates Na, K, etc. and He, Ne, etc.),
> eliminate the elements that are extremely stable as oxides (that eliminates
> Al, Si, etc.) or look for the elements abbreviations that have "old" names
> such as Ag (argentum) or Hg (hydrargyrus). After tabulating the results,
> Richard Stadem and Bhanu Sood are our winners. Joyce Koo gets honorable
> mention.
>
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>
> The winner of the Quiz is Richard Stadem and Bhanu Sood will get the
> assistance of the boys for the week. Please let us know what tasks you have
> for the boys to keep them busy.
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> Winners:
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> Week 1: Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 2: Eddie Hofer, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 3: John Maxwell
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> Week 4: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 5: Russell Kido, Practical Components
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> Week 6: James Head, PCB Design Engineer and Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 7: Denny Fritz, consultant
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> Week 8: Dean Vinke, Blue Canyon Tech
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> Week 9: Richard Stadem, GD
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> Week 10: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 11: Eray CANLI, Volocopter GmbH
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> Week 12: Guy Ramsey
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> Week 13: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 14: Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 15: Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 Systems
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> Week 16: Dave Bealer, Watch Fire Signs
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> Week 17: Torsten Hagge, Tronic One
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> Week 18: Ben Gumpert, Lockheed Martin
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> Week 19: Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 20: Russell Kido, Practical Components
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> Week 21: Tom Carroll, Boeing
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> Week 22: Bhanu Sood, NASA and Dick Krug, retired
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> Week 23: Joyce Koo, IDirect
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> Week 24: Eddie Hofer, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 25: Dean Vinke, Blue Canyon Tech
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> Week 26:  Richard Stadem, GD and Bhanu Sood, NASA
>