You missed a business (alternatively a busyness) of ferrets...my personal favorite. It could be applied both correctly or tongue in cheek (depending on which spelling you use) to a group of technical people :-) Dharma KAW/USA Ltd. 39 Simon Street, #4 Nashua, NH 03060 603-886-8711 x212 603-881-8763 fax Confidentiality Notice: This email and any accompanying documents contain information that is confidential, privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. This information is private and protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, or have received this email in error, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this document in any manner is strictly prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of paul reid 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. Tel: 613-596-4244 Ext. 229 Fax: 613-596-2200 --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------