You would not believe the deprogramming we have to do here whenever he comes back from Oz. Doug Pauls From: Brian Ellis <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Date: 09/13/2013 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> Dave I had to turn my monitor upside down to read your question this week. Surely you haven't become Ozzie? Brian On 13.09.2013 13:32, David D. Hillman wrote: > 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. 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