Abbreviations

Post by **carlson1** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:21 pm

What is TO and OD?

kw5kw · Post by **kw5kw** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:24 pm

carlson1 wrote:What is TO and OD?

Well, today TO was good for 3 touchdowns

Post by **carlson1** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:31 pm

kw5kw wrote:
carlson1 wrote:What is TO and OD?
Well, today TO was good for 3 touchdowns

I appologize that probably was not nice. Well now that you ruined it for me. I can't watch the game until after Church tonight.

I am guessing they won?

jbenat · Post by **jbenat** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:04 pm

dws1117 wrote:Here is a link to a list that contains more of the gun realted abbreviations.

http://thehighroad.org/library/acro/acron.html

Now you give me a list of abreviations! When I 1st started reading these forums I thought I was in a foreign language forum. After a while it all starts to make sense. That's when you gotta start worrying.

Gun people love abreviations it's like a code for members only.

dws1117 · Post by **dws1117** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:53 pm

After a while it all starts to make sense. That's when you gotta start worrying.

You have been assimilated!

barres · Post by **barres** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:34 am

seamusTX wrote:At the risk of being pedantic, an acronym is an abbreviation that can be pronounced as a word, like laser or scuba.

Things like ACP are just abbreviations.

- Jim

I'm surprised. I have run into very few people who know that laser is an acronym. Glad to know I'm not the only geek around here.

For those who didn't know, laser stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emmission of Radiation. IIRC (If I Remember Correctly).

seamusTX · Post by **seamusTX** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:52 am

barres wrote:I'm surprised. I have run into very few people who know that laser is an acronym.

Gee, I though everyone knew.

I am an electrical engineer, though not currently working as one.

- Jim

kw5kw · Post by **kw5kw** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:18 am

seamusTX wrote:
barres wrote:I'm surprised. I have run into very few people who know that laser is an acronym.
Gee, I though everyone knew.

I am an electrical engineer, though not currently working as one.

- Jim

heck, anyone who'd watched "Goldfinger" should have known that!

you remember the scene:

[Bond strapped to a bed of gold, the laser is switched on and starts burning up the slab of gold towards Mr. Bonds lower middle body.]

James Bond: I think you made your point. Thank you for the demonstration.
Auric Goldfinger: Choose your next witticism carefully Mr. Bond, it may be your last.
Airic Goldfinger: No, Mr Bond; I expect you to die.
James Bond: [sweat rolling off his face]
Auric Goldfinger:There is nothing you can talk to me about that I don't already know. The purpose of our last two meetings is now quite clear. I do not wish to be distracted by another. Goodbye, Mr. Bond.
James Bond: Well, you're forgetting one thing. If I fail to report, 008 replaces me.
Auric Goldfinger: I trust he will be more successful.
James Bond: Well, he knows what I know.
Auric Goldfinger: You know nothing, Mr. Bond.
James Bond: Operation Grand Slam, for instance.
Auric Goldfinger: Two words you may have overheard, which cannot have the slightest significance to you or anyone in your organization.
James Bond: Can you afford to take that chance?
Auric Goldfinger: [thinks for a moment, then orders the laser switched off] You are quite right, Mr. Bond. You are worth more to me alive.
[a technician approaches Bond, and fires a tranquilzer dart into his chest. Bond collapses into unconsciosness]

mr fixit · Post by **mr fixit** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:48 am

flintknapper wrote:

Does this mean there is going to be a test later?

Yes there is. It is useful to know some abreviations, but hard to remember them all.

Just remeber:

TNSTAAFL

Mithras61 · Post by **Mithras61** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:53 am

mr fixit wrote:
flintknapper wrote:

Does this mean there is going to be a test later?
Yes there is. It is useful to know some abreviations, but hard to remember them all.

Just remeber:

TNSTAAFL

I always DID like Robert Heinlein's work...

Diode · Post by **Diode** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:35 am

propellerhead wrote:The one that was new to me from this board was IANAL for 'I am not a lawyer'.

Yeah, first time to see that one was here and I have been into BBSing since the early 80's

Diode · Post by **Diode** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:42 am

Mithras61 wrote:
mr fixit wrote:
flintknapper wrote:

Does this mean there is going to be a test later?
Yes there is. It is useful to know some abreviations, but hard to remember them all.

Just remeber:

TNSTAAFL
I always DID like Robert Heinlein's work...

Argh, ok what's TNSTAAFL

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:11 pm

Diode wrote:Argh, ok what's TNSTAAFL

There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Also seen as TANSTAAFL, for "There Ain't No Such Thing..."

It was one of those complex Heinlein sayings, which had both social meaning, and an important lesson in free market economics.

Kevin

stevie_d_64 · Post by **stevie_d_64** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:46 pm

dws1117 wrote:
After a while it all starts to make sense. That's when you gotta start worrying.
You have been assimilated!

Resistance is futile!

308nato · Post by **308nato** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:32 am

Gee I though AD was attention deficite when it came to remembering
the 4 rules.
I 'am not an electrical enginer but I knew what LASER ment
because I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

Dennis

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