New for today... A naivety of RoHS requirements A confusion of ISO procedures An impasse of custom regulations Here is the official list of nouns of assemblage as of Dec. 22nd A Plethora of RoHS "consultants" A plenum of furnace designers A flock of Christmas tree colorers An outsource of operations managers A levee of civil engineers (or a flood of civil engineers) A scrutiny of inspectors (or auditors or quality engineers) A framework of mechanical engineers A board of drafters (drafting board, before CAD) A wave of solderers A shock of ESD experts A flurry of weather forecasters A Blizzard of Dairy Queen workers A vat of French fry cooks A buzz of beer drinkers A google of html programmers An average of mean statisticians A peck of pickled pepper pickers A cabinet of paperwork filers A blast of hunters A snipe of last-minute eBay bidders A shuttle of NASA engineers A montage of photographers A par of golfers A punch of stand-up comedians A snore of late-show hosts (or a yawn of...) A bugger of entomologists A mass exodus of PCB manufacturers (oops - that was a CNN headline) A flock of Christmas tree colorers A pride of braggarts A pool of football fanatics... A lump of pumps... A whole batch of little fjelstads.. A set of Lead poisoned EU parliamenters.. A chunk of lifted balls, erh..BGAs An aggression of account receivable managers A hesitation of accounts payable managers A procrastination of MRB members A rush of manufacturing managers A proclamation of quality engineer A flow of fluxers A sod of solderers (esp. USA) A prowess of printers A covey of coaters An insurrection of inspectors... (I like alliterations) A passle of quarterbacks A fumble of running backs A middling of centers A crash of linebackers A flight of wide receivers An interception of corner backs A number of safeties (after all there is safety in numbers...;-) A crock of accountants A yawn of marketing researchers A hype of account managers A bus of designers A crock of accountants A yawn of marketing researchers A hype of account managers A "Lake (benthic)" or "Septic" or "Sludge" of Lawyers A "Target" of Company Presidents An "Audit" of Accountants A "Charge" of Electrical Engineers A "Busyness" of Technocrats A "Statement" of Quality Directors A "Shock" of double eagles. -----Original Message----- From: paul reid [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:46 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] NTC - Nouns of Assemblage We have been having snow flurries today here in Ottawa. This is an improvement over the driving snows of last week, and it's warmed up to -6C. The Holidays are upon us, everyone seems a little excited, good spirits abound. In the spirit of the season.... I am a biologist who started working in the electronic industry 29 years ago (started on x-sections). I rarely get to use the primary scope of my education in this industry. Oh if someone gets hurt I can apply a bit of human anatomy and physiology, sickness allows me some respite in patho-physiology, down stream from the ammonical etcher allows a jump into extreme ecology and the possibility to describe a new species or two, but the majority of the time its, electronics, material sciences, physics and chemistry. I am very content to be a biologist in the electronics industry but I do miss my original calling. I on occasion try to bring a little bit of bio into my work. To that end.... In biology we have nouns of assemblages. For example; a "gaggle" of geese, a "herd" of cows, or a "flock" of birds. "Gaggle", "herd" and "flock" are the nouns used to describe the assemblages of those animals. Some of my favorite nouns of assemblages are a "pride" of lion, a "murder" of crows and a "parliament" of owls. We had a "parliament" of Great Horned Owls living in the eves of our house in Calgary a few years ago. I was proud of our "parliament"; the cat seems a little nervous that year. Indulge a biologist; what are the nouns of assemble in this industry? What noun describes a gathering of electrical engineers, quality managers or company presidents? We call 6 IST test coupons connected by V-scoring a "raft" of coupons. Are there nouns of assemblage for a box of resistors, IC, or connectors? Would two or more electrical engineers be called a "shock" of double eagles? Could one say that two or more quality directions is a "statement" of quality directors? Sincerely, Paul Reid Program Coordinator PWB Interconnect Solutions Inc. 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