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09-19-2008, 06:38 AM #1
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Acronyms, you need to be carefull
We had two political parties here in Canada merge in to one. The name of the parties was the Progressive Conservative and Reform / Alliance Party. So in their first public statement after they merged they named themselves the Conservative Reform Alliance Party. They quickly changed their name to just the Conservative Party once a reporter mentioned what the acronym for their name was going to be C.R.A.P.
The funny thing is they are now the ruling party here in Canada.
The base I work at had the Service Battalion split into two, with the new names going to be Service Battalion and General Service Battalion. Service battalion has 4 companies called Supply Coy, Maintenance Coy, Transport Coy and Admin Coy. Since they did not have the man power to maintain 4 separate Coy in each new Battalion, they combined them. Service Batallion kept the leadership from Maintenance and Admin coy, to make two Coys called M&S Coy and A&T Coy. While the new General Service Battalion got to keep the other Coy's leadership making, S&M Coy and T&A Coy.
All I can remember is having the CO of GS Battalion calling out drill on a parade in front of the whole Brigade of 3000 people, yelling S&M COY Attention. While watching the infantry on the same parade trying not to laugh.
GS Battalion is now disbanded and joined with Service Battalion.
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09-19-2008, 09:47 AM #2
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LOL. Too bad this isn't in the General section where the rest of TG can enjoy the humor.
(The subject caught my attention as I was skimming New Posts. I usually don't look hard at the game sections for games I don't play.)
Dude, seriously, WHAT handkerchief?
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09-19-2008, 01:44 PM #3
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Your right I should have posted it there.Is it possible to get some one to move it?
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LOL. Too bad this isn't in the General section where the rest of TG can enjoy the humor. (The subject caught my attention as I was skimming New Posts. I usually don't look hard at the game sections for games I don't play.)
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Canada no longer has a Liberal party in power?
I guess I should reconsider immigration."But way back where I come from, we never mean to bother. We don't like to make our passions other peoples' concern." -Dar Williams
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09-19-2008, 06:00 PM #5
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Wait for it..we have an election in a few weeks. Originally Posted by Spulat
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That seemed like a vague statement I made, it could be interpreted both ways... Originally Posted by Masterjack
So to clarify (just to be sure), I meant it in the sense of "if the Liberal party is no longer in power, then maybe I WON'T try to immigrate to Canada". :P"But way back where I come from, we never mean to bother. We don't like to make our passions other peoples' concern." -Dar Williams
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09-19-2008, 07:00 PM #7
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I want to be a standing member of the T&A Coy.
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Their conservatives are still rather liberal by our standards... Originally Posted by Spulat
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Thats too bad... Originally Posted by Belhade
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Both of our "conservatives" and "liberals" are rather middle of the road compared to most other countries. If you wanted to get into it, a conservative party from England would be something like the Constitution party or the American Patriot Party here, or some other ultra-conservative group.
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Decades ago, the US Air Force came up with this schedule for doing maintenance on its airframes and supporting equipment. After a few years they didnt care for it or it didnt fit the bill. I am not real sure on how it came to pass, I just know the Air Force dropped the program.
Not long after after the Air Force dropped the program, the US Navy, also in need of a program to schedule its maintanence, adopted the program. It calls for daily, weekly, monthly and annual or bi annual scheduled maintenance. In its infinite wisdom, wit called this new program Preventive Maintenance Schedule or PMS. Image if you will, a room full of 18-20 year old guys in their introduction to the US Navy's maintenance program, snickering at PMS. The Army uses a similar program, but took a page from the Navy and calls it Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services or PMCS.|TG-IRR|
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I always found it funny that the sales program used for selling things to customers at my last job was called the Point of Sale system. Or P.O.S. system for short. It really lived up to that one I tell you.
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09-21-2008, 08:36 AM #13
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POS is a pretty standard industry acronym referring to the hardware and software used in anything that resembles a cash register.
Dude, seriously, WHAT handkerchief?
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Yes and they are often times Peaces of S--- as their name details... Originally Posted by ScratchMonkey
I had a School I went to that wanted to rename itself because of the two middle schools one was Hills and Dales (7th & 8th) the other was Highlands (5th & 6th)... A little to close in name for some to be able to tell apart.
Well the leading name was Pathways Middle School until people realized the initials, so they renamed it Crossroads Middle instead.
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back comes to mind.
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