Southern Marauder Breakfast 6-19-2010

[GAMike]

You know where it is......... Be there! All are welcome!

8:00am @ the Cracker Barrel off the Delk Road & 75 Exit (Restaurant is on the southbound side) We park out back.

Come on all you slackers
Ya never know what we may get into

[PonyUP]

I'm out of town on business for this one, but I'll be there in July for sure

[Marauder_Santa]

I will miss this one too. Unless my "date" cancels.

[CWright]

See you there!

[FordNut]

Y'all enjoy. I'm going on the "Secret City" tour. Periodically (used to be annual but after 9/11 it's hit & miss) they have a public tour which takes you into parts of the Y-12 complex. This year one of the highlights is the enrichment facility that was used for making "Little Boy". The facility that did the enrichment for "Fat Man" has been dismantled.

For those who don't know, I live about 20 miles from Oak Ridge which is the Secret City that was created for the Manhattan Project.

Coincidentally, I have an interview tomorrow with USEC (United States Enrichment Corporation) to work at their ACP (American Centrifuge Project) in Oak Ridge. The project is the result of privatization of Uranium enrichment.

[LJ on 24's]

I am going to try and make it.

[GAMike]

Y'all enjoy. I'm going on the "Secret City" tour. Periodically (used to be annual but after 9/11 it's hit & miss) they have a public tour which takes you into parts of the Y-12 complex. This year one of the highlights is the enrichment facility that was used for making "Little Boy". The facility that did the enrichment for "Fat Man" has been dismantled.

For those who don't know, I live about 20 miles from Oak Ridge which is the Secret City that was created for the Manhattan Project.

Coincidentally, I have an interview tomorrow with USEC (United States Enrichment Corporation) to work at their ACP (American Centrifuge Project) in Oak Ridge. The project is the result of privatization of Uranium enrichment.

Good luck Brian

I am going to try and make it.

Larryits about time you posted up Chris and I were wondering where you were

[Paul T. Casey]

Brian, that sounds awesome.

Mike, Chris, Larry, and anyone else who makes it, have some bacon, eggs, and sausage for me please. The hog farmers of America have taken a big hit with my heart attack.

[GAMike]

Brian, that sounds awesome.

Mike, Chris, Larry, and anyone else who makes it, have some bacon, eggs, and sausage for me please. The hog farmers of America have taken a big hit with my heart attack.

No doubt Paul......... Most of em are lookin for work as fishermen in the gulf because of you

[FordNut]

Coincidentally, I have an interview tomorrow with USEC (United States Enrichment Corporation) to work at their ACP (American Centrifuge Project) in Oak Ridge. The project is the result of privatization of Uranium enrichment.

Good luck Brian

Thanks Mike, seems to me you recently made a job change too...

Brian, that sounds awesome.

Quite an interesting visit. Learned a lot about the enrichment process and the business overall. They have 4 operating facilities plus the corporate HQ. Oak Ridge is where R&D, testing and prototyping is done. Portsmouth (Piketon, OH) is where the centrifuges will be operated for production scale work. They also ran the gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah but it is shutdown and being decomissioned because the centrifuges are much more efficient than the diffusion process. It's all LEU enrichment for reactors, no weapons grade stuff. It sounds really interesting, I hope I get it, but even if they make an offer I have to wait for a background check & security clearance.

[GAMike]

[QUOTE=FordNut;926889]Thanks Mike, seems to me you recently made a job change too...


Tis true oh wizard of all things radioactive Working for a GA Tech incubator sponsored company that develops some pretty robust SQL reporting tools in ASP.Net 2.0 development evnvironments.

Big market opportunity, company has about 140 customers now, trying to take it to the next level......... We shall see Been there 2 weeks, and so far response from people I have spoken with, and my tech guru friends that I sometimes rely on for technical due dilligence has been pretty favorable.

[White Knuckles]

I'll have to miss this one as well. Finishing up a business trip to FL. The wife is enjoying herself at the beach, while I hustle around the state trying to pay for it.

[Paul T. Casey]

I'll have to miss this one as well. Finishing up a business trip to FL. The wife is enjoying herself at the beach, while I hustle around the state trying to pay for it.

If you were "hustling" around in your avatar outfit, you may find a few more takers.

[mlschultz]

Hey Guys, I won't be able to make it to the breakfast this month.

Going to Brainerd Optimist with the Injected crew to do some drag racing I attached a link to the event, and to Brainerd's web site if your interested in racing or just hanging out and watching the action.

Caravan leaves from Injected at 8am. Call Ryan at Injected if you need more details. 678-449-6871

http://www.streetcarforums.com/showthread.php?t=168531


http://brainerdracing.com.phtemp.com/index.html

[GAMike]

Oh well I don't think we are going to trip it Florida George But if some folks are up for a trip to the TN/GA line???? That would be alright with me.