Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-09 Thread Nate Duehr
Eric Lemmon wrote: LOL = Lots Of Luck (often misused as a meaningless closer) LOL is definitely not that... it's Laugh out Loud used to indicate the discussion is making you laugh. (Yahoo Instant Messenger even laughs in a little kid's voice if you type it...) Many of these came about from

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-09 Thread Nate Duehr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, let's not forget the grand daddy of them all: WTF! I have a coffee cup that says that. :-P Nate WY0X

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-08 Thread Chris Rosing
BOHICA... a little rarer - Original Message From: Mark Stennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2007 12:20:15 AM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT NFG... -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups

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2007-07-08 Thread Mark Stennett
FUBAR... -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Rosing Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 1:34 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT BOHICA... a little rarer

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2007-07-08 Thread Ron Wright
Mark, I saw it as FNGs. 73, ron, n9ee/r From: Mark Stennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/07/07 Sat PM 11:20:15 CDT To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT NFG... -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder

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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-08 Thread cruising7388
In the original pristine FUBAR, did R stand for Repair or Recognition? In a message dated 7/7/2007 9:18:14 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And don't forget FUBAR - way worse than SNAFU. ** See what's free at

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2007-07-08 Thread Richard
] Acronyms-a little OT In the original pristine FUBAR, did R stand for Repair or Recognition? In a message dated 7/7/2007 9:18:14 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And don't forget FUBAR - way worse than SNAFU. _ See what's free at AOL.com http://www.aol.com

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2007-07-08 Thread MCH
I've always known it as Recognition/Recovery. For those who don't know, the rest is 'Farked' Up Beyond All. Joe M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the original pristine FUBAR, did R stand for Repair or Recognition? In a message dated 7/7/2007 9:18:14 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL

[Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-07 Thread Doug W7FDF
In the eight to nine years I've been involved with computers and electronic mail and having been licensed since 1959, I have read [and still read everyday] many a article generated here on the largest Amateur Radio related Yahoo list, Repeater-Builder and other technical resources. I even

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-07 Thread Eric Lemmon
: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug W7FDF Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 6:54 AM To: Repeater-Builder Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT In the eight to nine years I've been involved with computers and electronic mail and having been licensed

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2007-07-07 Thread John J. Riddell
Eric, the Kids my grandchildren, use LOL as Laugh out loud in their E mails 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: Eric Lemmon To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:07 AM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT Doug

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2007-07-07 Thread David
Don't forget ROFLMAO= Rolling On Floor Laughing My A** Off LOL = Laugh Out Loud TTFN = Ta Ta For Now Doug, Here's my take: AFAIK = As Far As I Know FWIW = For What It's Worth IMHO = In My Humble Opinion BTW = By The Way FYI = For Your Information YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary LOL = Lots Of Luck

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2007-07-07 Thread Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)
Lemmon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:07 AM *Subject:* RE: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT Doug, Here's my take: AFAIK = As Far As I Know FWIW

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2007-07-07 Thread Bob M.
:* RE: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT Doug, Here's my take: AFAIK = As Far As I Know FWIW = For What It's Worth IMHO = In My Humble Opinion BTW = By The Way FYI = For Your Information YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary LOL = Lots Of Luck

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-07 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 06:54 AM 07/07/07, you wrote: In the eight to nine years I've been involved with computers and electronic mail and having been licensed since 1959, I have read [and still read everyday] many a article generated here on the largest Amateur Radio related Yahoo list, Repeater-Builder and other

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2007-07-07 Thread VE3ID
AFAIK means, IMHO, as far as I know, as far as I know 73 ve3id Doug W7FDF wrote: In the eight to nine years I've been involved with computers and electronic mail and having been licensed since 1959, I have read [and still read everyday] many a article generated here on the largest Amateur

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-07 Thread TGundo 2003
As PSK31 and other digital modes evolve in Amateur Radio, any guess as to how long it will take for the FCC to put this into the exam pool? And you thought morse code was tough- at least that was only 26 characters + numbers and some punctuation! And then in 50 years a bunch of older hams

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2007-07-07 Thread n9wys
Thanks, Mike. I had to bookmark that page! One I use occasionally is BSEG which stands for Big $h!% Eating Grin. H... Wonder why it didn't make the list there. HAHAHA Mark - N9WYS -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of Mike Morris WA6ILQ A very

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-07 Thread cruising7388
Well, let's not forget the grand daddy of them all: WTF! ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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2007-07-07 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 12:28 PM 07/07/07, you wrote: Well, let's not forget the grand daddy of them all: WTF! It's already on that list... Mike WA6ILQ

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2007-07-07 Thread Kris Kirby
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, let's not forget the grand daddy of them all: WTF! And the modern, radio version: WTF, Over? -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer. -- Henry

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-07 Thread no6b
I was going to stay out of this, but I found an error: TCB: Trouble Came Back ~50 years ago Elvis used this one as part of a logo on his private plane, with a lightning bolt underneath. I was told it meant taking care of business in a flash. So for me TCB always meant taking care of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-07 Thread w5zit
Sent: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 11:23 am Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT Thanks, Mike. I had to bookmark that page! One I use occasionally is BSEG which stands for Big $h!% Eating Grin. H... Wonder why it didn't make the list there. HAHAHA Mark - N9WYS -Original Message

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-07 Thread w5zit
How about TU (Tango Uniform) for any item, box, chip that was dead. (Txxx Up) 73 - Jim - W5ZIT -Original Message- From: Mike Morris WA6ILQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 12:47 pm Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

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2007-07-07 Thread Eric Lemmon
-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT How about TU (Tango Uniform) for any item, box, chip that was dead. (Txxx Up) 73 - Jim - W5ZIT -Original Message- From: Mike Morris WA6ILQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:wa6ilq%40pacbell.net To: Repeater-Builder

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-07 Thread MCH
-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 5:44 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT How about TU (Tango Uniform) for any item, box, chip that was dead. (Txxx Up) 73

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT

2007-07-07 Thread Mark Stennett
NFG... -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MCH Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:15 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a little OT And don't forget FUBAR - way