Wow Steve, sorry to hear you broke your leg! But things could have been worse after that KC135 out of Selfridge ANG did that low pass so close to you that the wingtip vortices upset your paraglider. It's good that you didn't have a lot of altitude. Did you ever get the tail number of the tanker? I wonder why he was flying around where you were? Anyways good to hear you're safe! Steve -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Creswick Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 2:34 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Answer and Holiday Greeting Well Dave, Sorry, no Holiday for Clumpy. Clumpy's help could not come at a better time. I already know what he is going to do for me. Besides being my 'go fer' while I mend a broken leg, he can also assist in my search for a permanent local job here in this part of Michigan. It will look good on his resume'! Go Clumpy go! Strangely enough, the wife refers to ME as 'Clumpy', while I struggle through the house on crutches, etc. Wonder if there is some psychic connection going on here...? Could she be trying to upgrade to a newer clumpy?? Good thing I already had her presents!! Merry Christmas! Steve Creswick http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevencreswick -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 12:47 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Answer and Holiday Greeting Hi folks - here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer and a Holiday Greeting: The Question: This element forms a variety of organometallic compounds which see substantial commercial importance: a reducing agent in organic synthesis, an anticaries additive in toothpaste and a ceramic pigment). This is a low melting point alloy. The boiling point of this element is 2632C. What element is this? The Answer: The element is Tin (Sn)! Tin is an element that has multitudes of uses. Solder alloys, metal alloys (bronze), low friction bearing alloys, etc. Tin has been used to produce sheet glass for many years. Tin has very good corrosion resistance. Tin also has some very unique crystal structure behavior - tin pest and tin whiskers! Additionally, it is a myth that tin played a role in compounding the miseries of Napoleon's troops retreating from Moscow in the winter of 1812. The troops uniforms and coats did not have tin buttons which disintegrated due to tin pest - their buttons were made of brass. Now this week we have a first. Several members of the Technet community correctly answered the question. However, my element information source has the boiling point of tin incorrectly listed as 2632C. Steve Creswick pointed out the error as the boiling point of tin is 2602C! The Friday Element Quiz Rules committee decided that Steve is award the winner of this week's quiz. I'll be sending a letter to the reference source author on the needed correction. Wow, pretty cool way to get an publication error resolved. Steve will get to decide if Clumpy has to work or gets the holiday week off! And I just wanted to thank the Technet community for all of the assistance and knowledge you have provided me in 2010. Technet is a wonderful resource of great people from all over the planet. Thank you for making my job a bit easier and less stressful. I wish everyone a happy holiday and a wonderful new year. So far Clumpy has: Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings - accomplished nothing (drank lots of coffee) Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM - conducted REACH material testing Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc. - Solderability testing and mowed the lawn Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich - had an epic journey of travel Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global - ???? Gary owes us a description Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrolab - ???? Fredrick owes us a description Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon - Was a tackling dummy for Dallas Cowboys Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications - Cleaned gutters and painted window trim Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division - ???? Bill owes us a description Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits - ???? Steve owes us a description Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs - descaled the in-line wash machine! Ouch! Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation - assisted with AS9100 quality management systems requirements audit Week 12 Steve Creswick of Balanced Enterprise Solutions - indentured servant. Assistant to an invalid. Happy Holidays Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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