Doug, Well at least you will be a clean and well preserved lab specimen!! A thousand hard steps to rise, but one single/fatal step to fall. Drew -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 10:20 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] NTC RE: [TN] Element Quiz Answer Wow, an interesting turn of events. In the space of an hour I went from mild mannered easy going engineer to the feared LAPD. Must have been all the isopropanol I am breathing today. Doug Pauls Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Decker, Scott UTAS < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Boy, talk about creativity in the group... Richard, do you write for > anyone? You might want to look into news stand paperbacks. You know, > the ones that have the dog eared corners and dirty finger marks on the > edge of the pages. The books just under the Fabio novels, (not the > ones about butter either.) and just above the stack of yesterday's > papers, those papers that were on the bottom of the stack and got wet > from that wet and drizzly snowstorm you mentioned. Yeah, that's quite > the story, and after reading it, I too hope I'm never on Doug's bad > list or whatever list it is, I don't know if I could stand myself > knowing that others on the forum would know my status with Doug. > Please everyone, can't we all just get along and live together in harmony, (and no, not E-Harmony either)??? > > Well, (he says with a heavy sigh) Everyone try to have a nice weekend, > maybe by next week, this will all blow over like a tumble weed that > blows across the Arizona desert and the Dust In The Wind, (hum, that > could be a > song?) and ride on to a new week and new day. (You sure don't find > used days anymore, do ya. Proof we are a throwaway society!)... > > :-) > > Scott Decker – Staff Engineer, PCB Design Services CID+ – Electronic > Systems Center UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS > 3445 S. 5th Street, Suite 170, Phoenix, AZ 85040 U.S.A. > Tel: 602 308 5957 FAX: 602 243 2347 > KE7MWT AKA:PadMasterson > [log in to unmask] www.utcaerospacesystems.com > > CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING: This message may contain proprietary and/or > privileged information of UTC Aerospace Systems and its affiliated > companies. If you are not the intended recipient please 1) do not > disclose, copy, distribute or use this message or its contents, 2) > advise the sender by return e-mail, and 3) delete all copies > (including all > attachments) from your computer. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. > This Document Does Not Contain Export Controlled Technology Or > Technical Data. > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stadem, Richard D > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 6:12 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [External] [TN] NTC RE: [TN] Element Quiz Answer > > Ooooooew, boy, I hope I never get on your bad list, Doug! Forever > banished in disrepute. > And here Dave has always been such a good, loyal, and supportive > friend to you, always eager to help you out, yet you threw him under > the FEQAB bus as it left town in a wet and drizzly snowstorm in the > night whilst leaving behind a paper trail of used Kleenex, coffee cups > with lipstick stains and little plastic swizzler sticks, empty > doughnut boxes and Geritol bottles, and lots of cough drop wrappers.... > And while poor Dave lies on the shoulder of the road, bruised, > battered and shivering, a cold hard rain has come. > Have you no shame? > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 7:50 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Answer > > Nope, I ain't buyin' that. Mis-direction would have used some OTHER > element. You are still disqualified. > > > Doug Pauls > Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 7:39 AM, David Hillman < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Sorry Doug but the inclusion of the actual answer in the list of > > clues was not a mistake, it was the highest level of mis-direction > > and > deception! > > > > At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it. > > > > Dave > > > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 7:16 AM, Douglas Pauls < > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >> I have convened a special meeting of the FEQAB and they have > >> disqualified my esteemed colleague's question. When you put the > >> answer in the question, it's not really a question, now is it? I > >> am going to take this one and frame it. In 4 years of the exercise > >> this > is the first time he goofed. > >> Well, other than the weekly goofs of disqualifying me. > >> > >> > >> Doug Pauls > >> Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 7:01 AM, David Hillman < > >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >>> Here is the Element Quiz Question: > >>> > >>> The Question: > >>> This element does not oxidize in air. The name for this element is > >>> Spanish in origin. This element exists in high abundance on the > >>> Moon. The most common use of platinum is as a catalyst in chemical > >>> reactions. Large ore deposits of this element are found in the > >>> Merensky Reef. Which element is being described? > >>> > >>> The Answer: > >>> The element is Platinum (Pt). Platinum derives its name from the > >>> Spanish word "platina" meaning "little silver". The largest > >>> commercial use of platinum is for catalytic converters in vehicles. > >>> The early Spanish explorers found quite a bit of platinum in South > >>> America but it was often simply thrown away, and there was an > >>> official decree forbidding the adulteration of gold with platinum > >>> impurities. The Merensky Reef is a layer of igneous rock in the > >>> Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa and contains most of the > >>> world's known reserves of platinum group metals. > >>> > >>> > >>> The winner of the quiz is Leland Woodall and he will get the > >>> services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. The discussion on > >>> Moon cheese was quite entertaining! Its clear that the TechNet > >>> community is very creative and imaginative. > >>> > >>> There won't be a Element Quiz next week as I will be > >>> "investigating the impact of lead-free metal alloys on the flight > >>> dynamics of North American waterfowl with an emphasis on tungsten" > >>> and will need the boys assistance. > >>> > >>> > >>> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following: > >>> > >>> Past Quiz winners/tasks: > >>> Week 1 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, > >>> SigmaTron Intl. > >>> Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics > >>> Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd. > >>> Week 3 John Burke > >>> Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Week 5 No Winner - no > >>> correct responses! > >>> Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA > >>> Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp > >>> Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce > >>> Week 8 Leland Woodall > >>> Week 8 David Bealer, SMT > >>> Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing > >>> Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics > >>> Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing > >>> Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS > >>> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and > >>> Assembly Week 13 No Quiz, Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld > >>> Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA Week > >>> 16 John Maxwell Week 17 Leland Woodall Week 18 Leland Woodall Week > >>> 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 20 Robert Kondner Week 21 Tom > >>> Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc. > >>> Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC Week 23 Juliano > >>> Ribeiro, DATACOM Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems > >>> Week > >>> 25 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC > >>> International Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose Week 27 Bhanu Sood, > >>> NASA Week 28 Leland Woodall Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 30 > >>> Leland Woodall Week 31 Leland Woodall Week 32 Steve Gregory Week > >>> 33 Leland Woodall Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp Week 35 > >>> Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc Week 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems > >>> Week 37 Richard "Dean" Stadem Week 38 Leland Woodall Week 38 Tom > >>> Carroll > >>> > >>> Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and > >>> Assembly > >>> - This is really great! The guys can help me to clear out a flat > >>> (thousands of books :-( ) and, of course, if they have enough of > >>> the dust of about > >>> 50 > >>> years, have fun with our cats again......(no dust,only cat's fur > >>> in red & > >>> black) > >>> > >>> Week 40 Leland Woodall > >>> - assisted with ???? > >>> > >>> > >>> I hope everyone has a awesome week. > >>> > >>> Dave Hillman > >>> Rockwell Collins > >>> [log in to unmask] > >>> > >> > >> > > >