Wyoming Trivia (Renamed) (Cheyenne, Casper, Sheridan: driveway, porch, grass)

[Wm Jas]

When I was a kid “Made in Japan” had the connotation as “Made in China” does today. Cheap AND inexpensive. A lot of products were hand made out of used beer cans.

For more than 30 years Japan has represented quality technology.

That is 100% Deming.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

I've been waiting for somebody to jump in with it, but I'll go ahead.

W. Edwards Deming, the management guru and father of the Japanese post-war industrial revival, spent much of his childhood in Cody and Powell and graduated from the University of Wyoming in Laramie in 1921. After World War II, he taught Japanese businessmen his principles of quality service and products, inspiring the Asian nation’s spectacular economic rise.

That is correct! I was surprise to learn he grew in Powell, having lived not far from there for so many years. TQM (Total Quality Management) was a big thing in the 1990's where I worked for 6 years or so, before a management change pretty much let it die out.

[ElkHunter]

I know what you are saying. For years I worked as a design engineer for clean room chip robotic harness' in Texas. TQM was law.

Some of Sheridan’s downtown buildings have the letter “K” engraved on top. Where did that come from, or why is it there?

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

I know what you are saying. For years I worked as a design engineer for clean room chip robotic harness' in Texas. TQM was law.

Some of Sheridan’s downtown buildings have the letter “K” engraved on top. Where did that come from, or why is it there?

Hint: Fairly famous in this neck of the woods, he did a lot of developement in Sheridan and either built, or commissioned buildings and when he did, He made sure his K was chisseled out in the marble or stone the building was built out of. A LOT of buildings down town have the K up near the top.

Edit - I said fairly famous in this neck of the woods, however, he is well known at the State level, as well.

[Sunshinegirl4650atY]

I am enjoying reading this thread from the beginning. I am on page 5 and I haven't got one right yet but I am learning a lot

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

I know what you are saying. For years I worked as a design engineer for clean room chip robotic harness' in Texas. TQM was law.

Some of Sheridan’s downtown buildings have the letter “K” engraved on top. Where did that come from, or why is it there?

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

Hint: Fairly famous in this neck of the woods, he did a lot of developement in Sheridan and either built, or commissioned buildings and when he did, He made sure his K was chisseled out in the marble or stone the building was built out of. A LOT of buildings down town have the K up near the top.

Edit - I said fairly famous in this neck of the woods, however, he is well known at the State level, as well.

I think I'd better give this one up. I thought some of the locals would chime in, but I guess not. Here's the answer and then I'll ask a different question.

Some of Sheridan’s (pop. 15,804) downtown buildings have the letter “K” engraved on top. John B. Kendrick, a successful rancher and politician, had the letter engraved on buildings he commissioned. Kendrick was a former governor and state and U.S. senator.



Here's a better question.

Following up on a tip from a local rockhound, researchers for the Wyoming State Geological Survey uncovered a 34-pound "common" opal near ?

Prospectors later staked claims on nearby government property, allowing them to look for opals of both the common and the more valuable "precious" varieties.

[Rescue3]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

Following up on a tip from a local rockhound, researchers for the Wyoming State Geological Survey uncovered a 34-pound "common" opal near ?

My house.

(I wish.)

That was found in March 2005 near Sweetwater Station in the Rattlesnake Hills part of Wyoming. The actual field is called Cedar Rim Field.

I gave it to Trace for our tenth anniversary.

(She wishes.)

[ElkHunter]

[quote=Rescue3;21005863]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

Following up on a tip from a local rockhound, researchers for the Wyoming State Geological Survey uncovered a 34-pound "common" opal near ?
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My house.

(I wish.)

That was found in March 2005 near Sweetwater Station in the Rattlesnake Hills part of Wyoming. The actual field is called Cedar Rim Field.

I gave it to Trace for our tenth anniversary.

(She wishes.)

You got it, your up!

[Rescue3]

What former two-term governor of Wyoming went on to become a US Ambassador in both republican and a democratic administrations, and to which country was he posted?

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by Rescue3

What former two-term governor of Wyoming went on to become a US Ambassador in both republican and a democratic administrations, and to which country was he posted?

Michael J. Sullivan: A former two-term governor of Wyoming 1987–1995, he recently served as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland under the Clinton and Bush administrations 1999–2001. Michael J. Sullivan