Hi Russell - well, they are not very tall but they still can shoot a mean game of hoops as they are really fast! Doug said they are excellent for the "good cop, bad cop" coercion game - I didn't ask him how he knew that! Dave On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Russell Kido <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thank you Dave. > > How good are they in basketball? > > Maybe they can help my 8-year old daughter in her practice and her game. > We will be having some warm temperatures next week, in the 80F range so > they can pack light. They can assist me in visiting customers, might have > to take them to the beach or Disneyland, finalize projects for year-end and > keep my colleagues in line. > > Can I send them to my factory to assist in long lead-time delays on our > products? > (They can play the good guy, bad guy) > > Regards, > Russell Kido > > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2017 11:12 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Answer > > Here is the Element Quiz Question: > > The Question: > This element is extremely radioactive and its most stable known isotope > has a half life of about 8 seconds. The Dubna/LIvermore research team and > the RIKEN research team both made claim to have first discovered this > element. > Only 450 days of irradiating bismuth with zinc was needed to produce ONE > atom of this new element. There are no commercial applications for this > element. Which element is being described? > > The Answer: > The element is Nihonium (Nh)! Nihonium had the temporary name of Ununtrium > until the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the > International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) officially > recognized the element. The RIKEN research team proposed the name > "nihonium" to IUPAC, after its place of discovery and referencing Japanese > chemist Masataka Ogawa's 1908 discovery of rhenium, which he named > "nipponium". > > > The winner of the quiz is Russell Kido, Practical Components and he 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 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 Week > 40 Leland Woodall > > Week 41 Tom Carroll > - Clumpy and Kloumpios can help with winter cleaning chores around the > house. We just received our first blast of cold air today and it is > expected to be colder tomorrow, so tell the boys to pack their winter > suits. I need help removing air conditioners from windows and sealing up > some drafts around windows and doors. After that the boys can relax and > join me on a trip to Philadelphia to perform some FAA Conformities next > week. Do they like soft pretzels? The ones I get in Philadelphia are great, > especially when they are fresh out of the oven. > > Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly > - assisted with ???? > > Week 43 Joyce Koo > - Great, the two chaps can help me to wrap my head around the newly > discovered planet by NASA that not only earth like, but also just 11 light > years away (like live just under our nose)... http://www.planetary. > org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20171115-ross-128b.html?utm_campa > ign=planetarypost&utm_medium=email&utm_source=post1117 > may be prepare search the alien under the sea? (avoid competition of > search alien above the sea, like "expedition unknown" TV show). - dave > you might not get them back if both get lost in the darkness ;-). > > Week 44 Russell Kido, Practical Components > - assisted with ???? > > > I hope everyone has a awesome week. > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] > >