HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com
Subject: Re: Elements
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 06:51:54 GMT

In article <DRW.92Sep10163637@euclid.mit.edu>, drw@euclid.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) writes...
>And how many elements *have* they found?  I remember when 104 was new,
>but I haven't heard anything since then.

The latest CRC goes up to 110.  None from 104 on have official names, though
the Americans and Soviets proposed (different) names for 104 and 105.  Since
the Soviets are no more this may have changed.

I'm waiting for 114, my old chemistry book says it may be stable or at least
have a long half-life due to nuclear shell theories.

-Mike
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: "Mike Clemens" <mclemens@whale.cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: This Newsgroup
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 22:51:26 -0500

In article <k-snl4g.lllowen@netcom.com> lllowen@netcom.com (lllowen) writes:
>Wow... 
>the good 'ole USA (originally standing for College Eduacated Students...
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^
Obviously.

===============================
    "What price clarity?"

mclemens@silver.ucs.indiana.edu

   Confirmed Mercury-lover.
===============================
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: biesel@javelin.sim.es.com (Heiner Biesel)
Subject: Elemental, my dear Watson.
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:23:08 GMT

Sure, Cesium is nice, and will suffice, but I want my astatine. Lives
there an element more enshrouded in mystery than this? What a mellifluous
name, what bizarre properties! Ah, astatine ...

Regards,
       H. Biesel
       who could wax melodic about dental floss.
From: moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
Date: 10 Sep 92 18:42:00 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <1992Sep10.053827.18402@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, aankrom@nyx.cs.du.edu (Anthony Ankrom) writes...
>In article <1992Sep9.200111.7058@reed.edu> nuke@reed.edu (Bill Newcomb) w
>ites:
>>I like thallium, which needs no radioactivity to be thoroughly nasty.

Yes, nasty stuff.

> It smells bad too. Or is that tellerium. Well I KNOW tellerium STINKS,
>but does thallium???

Tellurium does stink.  Supposedly ingesting a small amount of tellurium oxide
will give you a body-odor that resembles garlic, and you can't get rid of it
for a month!  Great for your social life!

ObCesium:  How blue is a cesium flame?  Is it a strong true-blue or only
a little bluish?  I like experimenting with colored flames and cesium is
one element that sounds rather promising but I've never got a chance to try
it.  (Thallium also sounds promising but given its toxicity I *don't* want
to try it!)

-Mike
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri)
Subject: Re: Time and our heroic element
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 22:03:34 GMT

krpeters@athena.mit.edu (Karl R Peters) writes:

>In article <1992Sep12.045918.13611@cco.caltech.edu> peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
>>gilligan@bldrdoc.gov (Jonathan M. Gilligan) writes:
>>
>>>The meter is defined as the distance light travels in
>>>1/299,792,458 of a second in a vacuum in an inertial reference frame.
>>
>>And just where do they get an inertial reference frame for measuring
>>the speed of light in a vacuum???
>>
>>						--  Michal
>>

>Inertial reference frame: Any frame that is not accelerating.
>Thus, the surface of the earth is OK - provided that the earth's spin
>is not enough to mess up your results.

Aye there's the rub!  The earth's surface is decidedly *not* inertial.

							--  Michal

Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven)
Subject: Praseodymium
Reply-To: gak@wrs.com
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:54:38 GMT

In article 26438@blaze.cs.jhu.edu, arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>I prefer praseodymium.  I mean, _how_many_ elements have 6 syllables?
>--
>"Oh, you know it in the original Gaelic."

"Praseodymium" _is_ in the original Gaelic.  It's spelled the same, and
pronounced "Granseilagh".

---
Richard Stueven        gak@wrs.com         attmail!gakhaus!gak        107/H/3&4
          To sight it must ring clear as a bell, it must snap
          in the ear, feel pleasantly sticky between the fingers,
          smell fresh and tempting and taste heavenly.
From: tron@apple.com (Tantek Celik)
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
Date: 10 Sep 92 23:21:07 GMT
Followup-To: alt.cesium
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <lat8nvINNmpn@aludra.usc.edu>, rone@aludra.usc.edu (Ron
Echeverri) wrote:
> 
> 
> 5150
> technetium is my personal favorite

Me too. But then again, I am biased since its abbreviation (Tc)
are my initials(?grammar).   :-)

-Tantek Celik

tron@apple.com

THE OPINIONS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE THOSE OF MY OWN, NOT OF MY USER OR
SYSTEM.

END OF LINE.
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From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 01:06:53 GMT

In article <h1rn7_c.gooley@netcom.com> gooley@netcom.com (Mark. Gooley) writes:
>Why cesium?
>
>Why not bismuth?

I need to get one of those H-P high precision clocks.

Why there's ...
	Antimony,
	Arsenic,
	Aluminum,
	Selenium.
	And Nitrogen,
	And Oxygen,
	And Hydrogen,
	And Rehenium.....

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
  Acting Associate Editor, Software and Publication Reviews
  Scientific Programming
  {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene
Ref: Tom Lehrer, That was the Year that Was.
Xref: sparky alt.cesium:123 rec.arts.comics.misc:2407
From: weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
Newsgroups: alt.cesium,rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Cesium Man
Date: 14 Sep 92 14:52:43 GMT
Reply-To: weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
Followup-To: alt.cesium
Organization: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology

I think one focus of this newsgroup should be to improve the public's
awareness of cesium, especially the young.  One obvious avenue is DC
Comics' Metal Men.  For those who don't remember them, Dr Will Magnus
is a science genius who created six robots animated by a "nuclear
powered microscopic activator".  Each robot was made entirely out of
a single metal, and they had various attributes like the metal, and
they could physically refashion themselves into any shape as they
combatted various menaces, like Chemo, the walking chemical batch.

The current team consists of Gold, Lead, Mercury, Iron, Tin, and
Platinum (aka Tina).  I think it shouldn't be too hard to convince
DC of the importance of Cesium.  Indeed, at the back of one issue,
their "Metal Facts and Fancies!" blurb tells us to "Thank CESIUM
for coating light meters".

DC's address is DC Comics INC/666 Fifth Ave/NY NY 10103.  I think
they are available online somewhere.  A concerted effort could have
an effect.  I mean, who cares about the death of Superduperman?
-- 
-Matthew P Wiener (weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu)
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: enw2049@zeus.tamu.edu (WALKE, ERIK N)
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 14:55:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.010653.27353@nas.nasa.gov>, eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov
(Eugene N. Miya) writes...

> 
>Why there's ...
>	Antimony,
>	Arsenic,
>	Aluminum,
>	Selenium.
>	And Nitrogen,
>	And Oxygen,
>	And Hydrogen,
>	And Rehenium.....
> 
>--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
>  Acting Associate Editor, Software and Publication Reviews
>  Scientific Programming
>  {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene


>Ref: Tom Lehrer, That was the Year that Was.

       Actually, TL sings that song on his comic tour-de-farce album,
       "An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer," along with other great hits
       like "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" and the "Masochism Tango." 

***************************************************************************
  All opinions expressed by this user are well-reasoned and insightful. 
  Needless to say, they are not those of his advisor or university.
**************************************************************************
From: sbyrnes@rice.edu (Steven Byrnes)
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
Date: 9 Sep 1992 01:52:34 GMT
	<BuA703.BxF@ais.org>
Reply-To: sbyrnes@rice.edu (Steven Byrnes)
Organization: Yeah, right, sure!
X-Zippy: I don't believe there really IS a GAS SHORTAGE..  I think it's all
 just a BIG HOAX on the part of the plastic sign salesmen--
 ..  to sell more numbers!!

Ok.  So, is there an FAQ for this group?  If there isn't one already, I
volunteer to write one.

Steven
From: spl@pitstop.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont)
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
Date: 10 Sep 1992 15:10:25 GMT
Organization: University of Calif., San Diego/Microscopy and Imaging Resource
NNTP-Posting-Host: pitstop.ucsd.edu

In article <BuDAB4.Eur@news.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>I say that we disband this group and get something useful like alt.nitrogen.
>Nitrogen is much more useful than cesium anyway, and is in all ways a
>superior element.

I'm all for that.  There is a large tank of liquid nitrogen right
outside my office door -- I'm set!

BTW, ever put, oh, about a half an inch of liquid nitrogen in a
plastic soft drink bottle, cap it tightly, and put it in the middle of
an empty field?  (HINT: Run like hell and cover your ears)

							spl



-- 
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UCSD Microscopy and Imaging Resource/UCSD Med School/La Jolla, CA 92093-0608
"There was a time when tyrants feared/The new world of the free.
Now freedom is afraid and shrieks/At tyranny." - "Brave New World," A. Macleish
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: scottm@intime.intime.com (Scott Michel)
Subject: Re: Caesium
Organization: -- J/24 -- Racers Home for Programmers
Distribution: alt.cesium
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:50:25 GMT

In article <SHABBY.92Sep14222244@podge.mit.edu> shabby@Athena.MIT.EDU (Chris Shabsin) writes:

   Newsgroups: alt.cesium
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   In article <TK.92Sep14143545@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu> tk@ai.mit.edu (Tom Knight) writes:
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      From: tk@ai.mit.edu (Tom Knight)
      Newsgroups: alt.cesium
      Date: 14 Sep 92 18:35:45 GMT
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      I'm very disappointed in this newsgroup.  Nowhere have we had an
      adequate discussion of the fundamental issue:

      Is our fair element called Cesium or Caesium.  My fine high quality
      wall-sized periodic chart minces no words, and comes down hard on the
      side of Caesium.  We all know, of course, that it comes from the latin
      Caesius, meaning blue-white, so how do you people get off forgetting
      this crucial "a"?

      Since Cs is the most electropositive element, surely there must be
      something interesting about CsF, mixing it with the most electronegative?
      Who can give us the definitive story?

   I for one have never seen it spelled Caesium.
   NEVER.  Well, not until now.  It's probably some sort of British
   periodic table...

Have you ever taken Latin? "ae" is a Greek and Latin dipthong, pronounced
as a long "i", e.g "Kih-see-um". Probably more European than British.

   --
   -Chris Shabsin
   -shabby@athena.mit.edu
   -member, SIPB, PWLCSBHNM, MITMB, VWA, MITCC, PWN, LSI
   -founder, Gations, Inc.
   -"You got the power, you got the might, get ready for battle, beat
	   that Black Knight!"
					   -Black Knight pinball game...
From: tomf@ai.bunny.gte.com (Tom Fawcett)
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
Subject: traffic control
Date: 9 Sep 92 03:12:03 GMT
Reply-To: tomf@gte.com
Organization: GTE Laboratories Inc.


Look, I'm only interested in cesium-136.  Could the rest of you
please put "non-136" in your keyword lines so I can killfile you?

Thanks,
-Tom
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: aankrom@nyx.cs.du.edu (Anthony Ankrom)
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 05:38:27 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.200111.7058@reed.edu> nuke@reed.edu (Bill Newcomb) w
ites:
>In article <Sep09.051228.94187@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> arsmith@lamar.Co
oState.EDU (Alan Smith) writes:
>>
>>Big Al.  Who *really* goes nuts over Gallinium, though.
>>
>
>Er, come again? Do you mean gallium? 
>
>I like thallium, which needs no radioactivity to be thoroughly nasty.
>
>nuke
>--
>~/.oo



 It smells bad too. Or is that tellerium. Well I KNOW tellerium STINKS,
but does thallium???


St. Anthony

--
        CH3  O            CH(CH3)2        |      dadaMatrix
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Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
Subject: Re: This Newsgroup
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 12:33:04 GMT

Oh, sure, string us down and then shoot us down.

Bah.


--

Dave Hinz  -  Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's.  Obviously.
hinzd@picard.med.ge.com
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven)
Subject: Re: More Cesium facts.
Reply-To: gak@wrs.com
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:37:29 GMT

In article 7334@nntpd.lkg.dec.com, moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com () asks the question:
>What's 1/(2^1333)?

According to bc(1), 2^1333 is

18749263821435190536772814392983690946092349355604925492927034824320116962549709740656
50867527709043876138728622744631201042576761302231667855412924309976828321659588846612
96135022352565464398369822295116322966171839683786938581655992511300336949086269214221
23506751207581947091933613966688839280363398902400800483586699262711119792634739590414
5181804573192476997979522109740163671156338328206512750592

The calculation of the reciprocal is left as an exercise.

gak

---
Richard Stueven        gak@wrs.com         attmail!gakhaus!gak        107/H/3&4
          To sight it must ring clear as a bell, it must snap
          in the ea,r feel pleasantly sticky between the fingers,
          smell fresh and tempting, and taste heavenly.

Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: krpeters@athena.mit.edu (Karl R Peters)
Subject: Re: Time and our heroic element
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 14:18:35 GMT

In article <1992Sep12.045918.13611@cco.caltech.edu> peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
>gilligan@bldrdoc.gov (Jonathan M. Gilligan) writes:
>
>>The meter is defined as the distance light travels in
>>1/299,792,458 of a second in a vacuum in an inertial reference frame.
>
>And just where do they get an inertial reference frame for measuring
>the speed of light in a vacuum???
>
>						--  Michal
>

Inertial reference frame: Any frame that is not accelerating.
Thus, the surface of the earth is OK - provided that the earth's spin
is not enough to mess up your results.
(Of course, you also need a vacuum chamber)
In orbit around the earth is bad, but I think in orbit around the sun would
be OK due to the relatively low acceleration at 93 mil miles out.

Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: nuke@reed.edu (Bill Newcomb)
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 20:01:11 GMT

In article <Sep09.051228.94187@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> arsmith@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Alan Smith) writes:
>
>Big Al.  Who *really* goes nuts over Gallinium, though.
>

Er, come again? Do you mean gallium? 

I like thallium, which needs no radioactivity to be thoroughly nasty.

nuke
--
~/.oo
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: radish@iastate.edu (Rod Hoon)
Subject: Kiwi Fruit
Originator: radish@pvoper.cc.iastate.edu
Keywords: kiwi signature nonsense 
Organization: Happenstance Ltd. -- Makers of Fine Coincidences Since 1966
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 15:59:30 GMT

In alt.cesium, positron@engin.umich.edu (Jonathan Scott Haas) .sigs:
> Jake liked his women the way he liked
> his kiwi fruit: 

Seedy, small, and rotund with green flesh?

>                 sweet yet tart, firm-
> fleshed yet yielding to the touch, and
> covered with short brown fuzzy hair.

Oh...

rdh
--
 R. Hoon                     radish@iastate.edu   //   hzl04@isuvax.iastate.edu
       "bolt scuff jilt chase / circle riddle shake in haste / sit down"

Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: drw@euclid.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley)
Subject: Re: Sr-90
Organization: MIT Dept. of Tetrapilotomy, Cambridge, MA, USA
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 19:03:55 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.040945.9158@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> aankrom@nyx.cs.du.edu (Anthony Ankrom) writes:
   Nobody mentioned Strontium 90! And what about Xenon 133? How about
   Xe(133)O3, my favorite explosive. And the isotope HAS to be 133...

Details?

Dale
From: bwildasi@whale.cs.indiana.edu (Ben Wildasin)
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
Date: 9 Sep 92 22:55:30 GMT
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington

In article <1992Sep8.205019.28449@news.acns.nwu.edu> birdman@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Christopher Kush) writes:
>I propose splitting into two groups;
>
>	alt.cesium.atomic-mass
>	alt.cesium.atomic-number

Yes, during the past few days traffic has reached a level that makes it
difficult for people whose interest in cesium is restricted to a particular
property. The obvious solution is to create a new alt.cesium.property
hierarchy. Naturally, each new group will have a companion whose name ends
in .d. As with similar arrangements elsewhere, we may be certain that
posters will set the Followup-To: to the .d group. Possible names could
include:

alt.cesium.property.atomic-mass
alt.cesium.property.atomic-number
alt.cesium.property.freezing-point
alt.cesium.property.electronegativity
alt.cesium.property.ionization-energy.first (.second, etc.)
alt.cesium.property.color
alt.cesium.property.taste
alt.cesium.property.odor
alt.cesium.property.ld-50

-- 
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 at several times, suffered death, rather than      |
 submit to break their eggs at the smaller end."    | bwildasi@indiana.edu
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From: arsmith@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Alan Smith)
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
Subject: Re: Cesium, of course.
Date: 10 Sep 92 01:10:32 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

In article <1992Sep9.172841.5904@unislc.uucp> dlm@unislc.uucp (Dennis McCurdy) writes:
>Dan Gezelter (gezelter@sam.cchem.berkeley.edu) wrote:
>: Cesium is used in photoelectric cells, since the absorption of radiant
>: energy in the visible region of the spectrum can remove an electron
>: because of its low ionization energy.  Cesium also serves as a
>: "getter" in vacuum tubes, removing the last traces of corrosive gases
>: in the tube when it is first put into use.
>
>Seems I read in Aviation Week that cesium was also being used in ion-thruster
>research by NASA. The engines didn't have too much thrust, but hey, one small
>step....
>
>: Back off, man.  I'm a chemist.
>
>ok, ok, OK!! :)
>
Both of you forgot *the clock*

Big Al.  who lives near *the clock*, sorta.
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
From: jgm@umcc.ais.org (jim miller)
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
Organization: Ann Arbor Information Society -- Columbus Annex
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 22:40:48 GMT


birdman@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Christopher Kush) writes:

>I propose splitting into two groups;
>
>	alt.cesium.atomic-mass
>	alt.cesium.atomic-number

Ok, I vote "yes" on this issue.  Let's get these vital groups out in
circulation as quickly as possible.
In the meantime, I'll get to work on organizing alt.cesium.stories
and alt.cesium.advocacy.

-jim

-- 
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From: jtruss@planet10.WPI.EDU (Free the Expo 67!)
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
Date: 14 Sep 1992 17:16:06 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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In article <192gnjINN9hp@bigboote.WPI.EDU> gryphon@rajeesh.WPI.EDU (Benjamin D Hutchins) writes:

>I think he's right--interestingly enough, most parts of my '66 VW Bug are made
>of either unobtanium/obscurium or (about 75% of them) commonium.  I think the
>flywheel (having rebuilt the engine once) is made of neutronium, and various
>parts of the engine appear to be cast aquarium.

Of course, you do realize the inherent hazards built into such a vehicle.

Inevitably, unobtainium and obscurium will undergo beta decay and become
either corrodium or deformium (a compound composed of hittium and runnigen).

Finally, your automobile will reach an inert state, composed almost entirely
of bondine.

--
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jtruss@wpi.wpi.edu  ::  and steadily losing what was left
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From: gryphon@rajeesh.WPI.EDU (M-5)
Newsgroups: alt.cesium
Subject: Re: Welcome!!
Date: 14 Sep 1992 19:18:14 GMT
Organization: RecursionCo.: We'll do it again and again and again and again a
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In article <192hcmINNa00@bigboote.WPI.EDU> jtruss@planet10.WPI.EDU (Free the Expo 67!) writes:
>In article <192gnjINN9hp@bigboote.WPI.EDU> gryphon@rajeesh.WPI.EDU (Benjamin D Hutchins) writes:
>
>>I think he's right--interestingly enough, most parts of my '66 VW Bug are made
>>of either unobtanium/obscurium or (about 75% of them) commonium.  I think the
>>flywheel (having rebuilt the engine once) is made of neutronium, and various
>>parts of the engine appear to be cast aquarium.
>
>Of course, you do realize the inherent hazards built into such a vehicle.
>
>Inevitably, unobtainium and obscurium will undergo beta decay and become
>either corrodium or deformium (a compound composed of hittium and runnigen).
>
>Finally, your automobile will reach an inert state, composed almost entirely
>of bondine.
>

But John, you forget--this problem can be averted through the regular infusion
of maintainium, which I am lucky enough to possess an inexpensive source or 
two of.  Besides, only about 25% of the vehicle is made of unobtanium/obscurium
alloy; the rest is commonium, inexpensium, and such-like elements.  

--G.

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