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Other than NAVY and USMC, the one I heard the most when I was in the service was BOHICA.
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Hi...my name is Mike, and I'm a lane-splitter.
'80 XS1100SG (mine)
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OH thats a good one dude..I had to look that one up...LOL
Last edited by madmax-im; 11-18-2008, 04:04 PM.1980 XS650G Special-Two
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We, there is TXOM (Thanks, Old Man) from ham radio, and from science fiction we get TANSTAAFL (There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch).
Computer science has a ton of acronyms, won't go into them all here, but my favorite is PEBKAC (Probem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair).Jerry Fields
'82 XJ 'Sojourn'
'06 Concours
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"... life is just a honky-tonk show." Cherry Poppin' Daddy StrutComment
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Speaking of computer ones, I use one quite often when telling people how I fixed their computer without doing a thing. I just walk up to it and the problem disappears.
It's called LOOTH-ing. Laying On Of The Hands.1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
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Hi Mike,
moving along from BOHICA there's GYAAG (grab your ankles and grin)
Robert Heinlein initiated TANSTAAFL and again from a Science Fiction author, I like Larry Niven's TANJ (there ain't no justice)Fred Hill, S'toon
XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
"The Flying Pumpkin"Comment
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Short initialisations for big phrases or names.
Can anyone beat 'The G'?
The 'G' is the Melbourne Cricket Ground.Automotive Imbecile.
Proud owner of 'The Swiftcicle'. (Swifty for short)
'78E Full Vetter Dresser.
1196 Big Bore Kit.Comment
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Going along with the computer theme, I have classified some computer problems as OTS errors. I am by no means a computer expert but occasionally I get requests to sort out problems people are having with their "stupid" and unresponsive systems. Once I find a remedy, usually due to them having clicked on the wrong icon, they ask what the cause was? I just tell them it was a OTS error and walk away. They nod knowlingly and smile.
BTW (OTS....Operator too stupid)Ernie
79XS1100SF (no longer naked, now a bagger)
(Improving with age, the bike that is)Comment
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