Curtis: paul said to kill time i should write a poem or short story,
Curtis: so i asked him to list 5 random things to be included, then i proceeded to write
Curtis: would you like to see the final product?
Miklos: ok
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Short story that includes: Magnesium Alloy AZ31, the Ocean, China, Canada, General Motors
Once up
on a time (when else would it be?), there was an accountant who decided he wanted his life to
encompass dual careers. Half his time would be spent
on accounting, while the other half would pursue
science. I mean, what accountant wouldn't have this dream? The problem was, he didn't know where to
start. Should he go to school? Should he google everything? Should he steal patented informati
on? It was
all quite the dilemma, till
one day while banging his head
on his desk trying to decide...he saw the answer
right in fr
ont of him. He saw his encylopeida opened to a page about Magnesium Alloy AZ31. He had no
idea what that was, nor could he understand the jarg
on in the descripti
on, but there was something about
that name that seemed cool and important. He decided to take this informati
on to his buddy in China who
happens to be
one of those genius m
onks you find
on top of mountains. The m
onk told him that this
informati
on will not be found anywhere except in the encyclopedia that he possessed. The accountant
w
ondered how in the world he ended up with such rare informati
on. The m
onk was actually unsure, but
c
ontinued to tell a story of lost treasure. Apparently, back in the day, a treasure hunter was
on a secret
missi
on to find some undisclosed treasure. He left
on this missi
on and never returned, but a few years later,
random scuba divers found an empty treasure chest at the bottom of Canada's Pacific Ocean. The
accountant never knew his father...could this have been him? Did he leave behind this treasure? The m
onk
suggested that if he left behind the encyclopedia, chances are that some magnesium alloy AZ31 was also left
behind. The accountant went home and checked his house, and sure enough he found an unusual substance
in a dusty box in his basement. He thought to himself that with how rare this is, it must be worth a fortune to some
one.
He wasn't sure who to go to with this, but his first instinct led him to General Motors. Up
on a
science
guy there observing the MA AZ31 and its descripti
on, he was stunned. He brought it to the
attenti
on of management and they immediately issued a bagilli
on dollar cheque to the accountant and shortly
afterward hired back all the bagilli
on people they previously laid off. The accountant never found out what
kind of w
onders this thing actually brought to GM, and realized that such chain of events didn't end up
having anything to do with pursuing science, but he realized that if it weren't for banging his head
on his desk
figuring out how to pursue science, he would have never ended up rich up
on this fluke discovery.
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Paul: hahahaha I love it
Paul: this exceeded my expectati
ons 10 fold!
Paul: now for the real story
Paul: So Mg AZ31 stems from primary Magnesium which is actually derived from the ocean
Paul: using a pige
on process, which, developed in Canada or the US (not sure) is quite labour intensive and so its d
one mainly in China
Paul: GM, wants to use Magnesium in their cars, beacuse Magnesium is quite lite and will save fuel
Paul: however, regular magnesium is flammable, so the AZ31 derivative from Magnesium is to be used because its quite stable
Paul: but your story is so much better.
Curtis: i had no idea all these items were related
Paul: yeah, I actually just thought of a single thought, and wrote down ever other word basically
Paul: I planned
on telling you after you wrote your story