[Elecraft] !

[David Cutter]

Fred, is your middle name Grommit?  What's that?  The moon is made of 
cheeze?  Oh, no..

David
G3UNA

On 08/06/2012 00:02, Fred Jensen wrote:
> On 6/7/2012 3:28 PM, kevinr wrote:
>> 6 x 2 x 0.5 gives 6 cu in.  Which is 98 cubic centimeters.  at 22.5
>> gm/cc that gives 2212 gms.  The going price for a gram of osmium is $61
>> which makes your weight cost about $134,947 not counting machining,
>> mounting, plus shipping and handling.  Quite the fancy weight for your
>> rig Wayne :)
> I suggest using Fruitcake.
>
> 1.  It is the heaviest thing in the universe.
>
> 2.  It cannot be destroyed, it can only be given away.
>
> 3.  All the Fruitcake in the universe was created in the Big Bang:
> Hydrogen [H], a little Helium [He], and Fruitcake [Fc].  Being the
> heaviest thing in the universe, it collected the H and He around it
> forming stars and galaxies.  Some scientists call it Dark Matter which
> makes sense, I've never seen white Fc.
>
> 4.  Galaxies merged, combining their Fc, and eventually the solar system
> was born, with it's share of Fc.  By now, supernovae had seeded the Fc
> with other elements:  Blueberry [Bb], Orange Peel [Op], Lemon Peel [Lp],
> Raisin [R], and Unknown Fruit That Sticks In Your Teeth [Uftsiyt].
> Depending on where you go in the universe, you can also find Nuts [Nu]
> in Fc.  The unknown stuff that holds this all together is called Dark
> Energy.
>
> 5.  Fc is so dense that nothing can ionize it.  Hence it is an
> insulator, except for that collected by my weird Uncle Jack which
> attracts lightning.  I believe his is a rare isotope of Fc.
>
> 6.  Little known fact:  Sunspots are really chunks of Fc rising to the
> surface and bobbing around.  If any were ever ejected and collided with
> the Earth, civilization as we know it would end.  Some think this would
> be a good idea.  Fortunately, it has never happened, which is pretty
> obvious since were still here, civilized or not.
>
> 7.  Fc would certainly hold a KX3 down.  It would hold an SX-28 down ...
> wait, the SX-28 did that by itself.  Possibly it was made from Fc?
>
> Science lesson for the day, right here on Elecraft.  No need to thank
> me, I'm retired, and I have a lot of time on my hands.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
> - www.cqp.org
>
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