hee...hee.....he said bud Lloyd Duso Diamond-MT Plant Manager (814) 535-3505 www.Diamond-mt.com On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Chuck Brummer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > wow, you just let out the big secret to the state of happiness of the West > Coast Bovine > AKA BovinusMaryJaneis > > nice going bud > > Chuck > > > Charles W. Brummer | 3M Manufacturing Engineer > 3M Electronic Solutions Division > 3M Canoga Park, 8357 Canoga Ave. | Canoga Park, CA 91304 > Office: 818 734 4930 > [log in to unmask] | www.3M.com > > > This message (including any attachments) may contain material, non-public > information or proprietary information and is for the intended recipients > only. If you are not the intended recipient, you should notify the sender > and delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or use of this > information is strictly prohibited and may subject you to legal liability. > > > > From: Douglas Pauls <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 09/13/2013 05:52 AM > Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question > Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> > > > > I have this one. The element Dave refers to is another half fractional > element (imagine that): Creamium, which lies between lithium and sodium in > > the periodic table, but has an electron pair configuration similar to > aluminum. Creamium was often found in and around bauxite deposits and was > > considered to be an undesirable material as it often melted at 37.48C, > making the bauxite very slippery and difficult to handle, and it induced a > > mysterious craving for croissants in bauxite miners. When you filter all > the bauxite/aluminum out of the Creamium, it does take on a pale yellow > hue. Not many people know this (imagine that), but the Butter Cow, made > each year at the Iowa State Fair, contains 24% Creamium as it has a higher > > structural strength than does normal butter. > > There are huge natural deposits of Creamium in the upper Midwest in the US > > (Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota), and in Switzerland. One of the foremost > researchers of Creamium has been Dr. Fernando Margarine (how ironic) at > the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Dr. Margarine found that the most > efficient way to separate out the Creamium from the aluminum was to > actually feed it to dairy cattle, whose digestive process formed pellets > of Creamium in the excrement. His grad students had the job of recovering > > the Creamium pellets from the cow flop, which is where we get the phrase, > this is a shitty job. As noted above, Creamium lends structural strength, > > and cow flops with a high amount of Creamium are prized at the annual > Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw competition. Dr. Margarine published most > of his work in 1793, which was pretty staggering considering that UW-M was > > not founded till 1848. But as a graduate of that facility, I can tell you > > that logic does not slow that institution one damn bit. Dr. Margarine > came to a sad end, I am sorry to say. He wondered if humans could also > refine Creamium as do cattle. He ate enough of it that is colon fused > shut and the resulting methane generation cause quite an explosion, > killing Dr. Margarine and his research staff instantly. Even today in > Wisconsin, you can hear people say that Margarine will kill you, but > butter won't. > > As a side note, there have been an ugly set of commercials on TV of late, > suggesting that California cows are happier than Wisconsin cows, > presumably because of differences in Creamium content. It's a vicious > lie. California cows are happier than Wisconsin cows because they graze > in fields of Marijuana. So they are stoned, not "happy". It's also why > California butter leaves you feeling hungrier. Wisconsin cows - home of > truth, justice, and true American Dairy products. > > Anyway, Dave mentions that countries have gone to war over Creamium, but > that is kind of a stretch. Dave refers to the Liechtenstein-Swiss War of > 1803. Both countries claimed to have cows that were superior in refining > Creamium. Some ugly rhetoric was put forth by both sides, and after > several months of lobbing chunks of depleted-Creamium cow flops across the > > border, the combatants agreed to disagree over a few steins of good beer. > > I shall now wait as my esteemed colleague disqualifies me from half a > world away. > > Doug Pauls > > > > From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 09/13/2013 05:33 AM > Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question > Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> > > > > Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question (coming from sunny > Melbourne Australia): > > The Question: > This element will float on water. This element looks like aluminum but can > > > be cut with a butter knife. This element is heated to a liquid phase, > poured into rail tank cars where it then solidifies for transport. Once > the tank car arrives at its destination, heaters re-liquify this element > for removal. Countries have gone to war over this element. The pure form > of this element is not found in nature. This element is essential for > humans. What element is being described? > > The winner of the weekly element quiz is 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 Dick Krug, Spartan Complex Systems > Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC > Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited > Week 3 Pat Goodyear, PGE > Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory > Week 5 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > Week 6 Steve Gregory > Week 7 Phil Kinner > Week 8 Brian Ellis > Week 9 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited > Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 11 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp > Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik > Week 13 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 14 Brian Ellis > Week 15 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > Week 16 Steve Gregory > Week 17 Phil Kinner > Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems > Week 19 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 20 Denny Fritz > Week 21 Amol Kane > Week 21 Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell > Week 21 David Bealer, Watch Fire Signs > Week 22 Phil Kinner > Week 23 Guy Ramsey, RD Circuits > > Week 24 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger > - The boys have been working hard and surely deserve some break. I'm > fixin' to be nice to the boys and just let them sit on my porch, have a > Texas drink, relax and enjoy our weather. This summer's been kinda cold > around here: has not even hit 40C (104F) yet. > > Week 25 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp > - The guys arrived safely, and I sent them to the Erie County Fair. They > loved the antique tractor/ live steam exhibit, and are now figuring out > what class their John Deere's can run in the Truck and Tractor pull. > They are also having a ball in the beer garden. I'm not sure I will get > anything constructive out of them this week but they sure are having > fun! > > Week 26 Paul Reid, PWB Interconnect Solutions Inc > - Well it's time for Clumpy and Kloumpios to join me for some Canadian > wilderness camping in Algonquin Park, Ontario. What we'll do is put the > canoe on the van, load up our camping gear, and then we'll head the > North East area of Algonquin Park. We'll put in on the Barron River and > canoe up to the river to a portage point where Clumpy and Kloumpios will > be asked to portage the canoe and gear for about half a kilometer, past > some falls, until we put back into the river. What we'll do then is > canoe about a mile up stream and setup camp on a beautiful point of land > that over looks the Barron Cliffs and has a pine tree every much like > The Jack Pine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jackpine.jpeg that was > painted by Tom Thomson in 1916. I'll start fishing; they will do the > cooking and cleaning. We will relax for a few days then we'll head back > to Ottawa (given the mosquitoes don't carry us away). Dave - Maybe we can > meet you on the Ottawa River some time next week. > > Week 27 Greg Munie, IPC > - Since it's getting close to time for the Abbey's grape harvest/wine > making I'll get the monks to put them up at the Abbey guest house. From > there it's just a short walk to the vineyard. Of course the food at the > Abbey may be a little, ah, Spartan, for their tastes. But I can give them > enough pruning, weeding and cleanup to do to keep them busy all week. > (Maybe I can even get them to do the water run for the vegetable garden! > They'd probably like driving the old tractor.) And for a special perk they > > > can have the honor of the company of Benny, the Abbey Golden Retriever! > > Week 28 ???? > - assisted with ???? > > Everyone have a safe week! > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. 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