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From: James Mortellaro <Jsmortell@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:10:15 EST
Fwd Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:09:27 -0500
Subject: What'S The Temperature Of The Sand? 


Dear List;

I have received numerous emails (delivered to my AOL address)
since our Host/Moderator EBK ran my post on the temperature
of the sand.

Since it appears to have drawn much interest, I will give the
source of this piece of undigested beef...

This term "temperature of the sand" is from a true story...
one which occurred back in the mid sixties at a NASA-Goddard
meeting which was attending by Grumman personnel and led by
the then project chief for the program I was working on, the OAO
(Orbiting Astronomical Observatory).   This spacecraft was a
precursor to Hubbell and Grumman was the prime contractor.

I was then responsible for integrating the various experiment
packages on board the flight article.  For a young engineer, this
was a great deal of responsibility, and so I was more than a
little cocky!

At a NASA meeting, the program manager was making a complete
fool of himself and I just couldn't take it any more of his
stupidity.

So when the chief opened the meeting for questions, I asked,
"Sir, what is the temperature of the sand?

The NASA chief asked, "Sand?  What sand?"

"The sand you have your head buried in!"

Subsequent to that particular episode, I was asked by my
management to seriously consider a career in the Postal Service.
I did two things.  I kept my mouth shut.  I kept my job.

But Jimmy doesn't work there any more.  Jimmy is retired. So I
decided to ask the question once more, for old times' sake.

Jimmy