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6th August 2004, 11:20 PM #1
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Sorry to ask....
Well I have been asking questions about a few things to do with my house and I have been reading posts, starting to get the feel for the forum and I keep coming across the BB and SWMBO?
Guys can you please explain what they mean?
BB=Big Brother????
SWMBO= ???
They are probably really simple and I might regret asking this tomorrow LOL
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6th August 2004, 11:23 PM #2
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Bulletin Board
She who must be obeyedDan
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6th August 2004, 11:24 PM #3
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Gemi, don't worry I had the same thing when I started.
BB = Bulletin Board
SWMBO = She Who Must Be Obeyed
and some more
lol - Laughing Out Loud
DAMHIK - Don't Ask Me How I Know
IMO or IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
FYI - For Your Info
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7th August 2004, 12:46 AM #4
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SCMS = Sliding Compound Mitre Saw
CMS = Compound Mitre Saw.
These had me stumped for a while.
Ben.
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7th August 2004, 01:11 AM #5
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ROS: Random Orbital Sander
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7th August 2004, 02:40 AM #6
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oops.....................shouldnt have done that
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
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7th August 2004, 07:53 AM #7
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7th August 2004, 10:51 AM #8
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7th August 2004, 06:59 PM #9
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7th August 2004, 07:07 PM #10
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Apparently you didn't.
Originally Posted by fxst
oops.....................shouldnt have done that
Bob Willson
The term 'grammar nazi' was invented to make people, who don't know their grammar, feel OK about being uneducated.
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7th August 2004, 11:10 PM #11
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Thanks guys. Made me laugh!
Would just be my luck to be surrounded buy a group of men who seem to know who is boss hahahahaha
jk (just kidding...LOL)
In my case, SWMBO would have to be SWMDIHS
She Who Must Do It Her Self
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8th August 2004, 12:19 AM #12
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And, in the interests of P.C. (Political Correctness)
POOSSLQ (Pronounced 'posel-qew') - Person Of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters.
as opposed to S.O. - Significant Other.
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14th August 2004, 05:35 PM #13
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Lets not forget BS, gets quite an airing on this BB.
Bandsaw of course.
ROFLMAO
Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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23rd August 2004, 12:38 PM #14
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Just wondering if someone could tell me what these three mean?
(sic)
(sp)
et al
Thanks.
Ben, the gramaticly challenged.
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23rd August 2004, 12:44 PM #15
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sic
this means that a quote given has retained its original spelling, particularly if it has a mistake in it.
et al
this is latin for "and others" you will see this when references are given to books that are written by a number of authors. Usually the first author is given and the others just get "et al"
sp
I think this is an abreviation for "spelling""Looking west with the land behind me as the sun tracks down to the sea, I have my bearings" Tim Winton
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