I'm sorry, Hil. I hope she pulls through.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Feb 03, 2021 10:23:03 am PST #3104 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
brenda m - Feb 03, 2021 10:59:21 am PST #3105 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm sorry Hil, I hope things take a turn.
Our issue isn't so much overly creative acronyms as it is using the same acronyms for different things. Is PM a property manager or a project manager or preventive maintenance? Nobody knows! Or reusing acronyms that already stand for something, like CPA for a role that is not accounting but is close enough that there could legit be confusion on the point. Helpful!
NoiseDesign - Feb 03, 2021 11:34:42 am PST #3106 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
I'm so sorry Hil.
On the acronyms, back when I started work at Imagineering right after grad school one of the first documents handed to me was a rather large (I want to say at least 20 or 30 pages) booklet that was just page after page of the acronyms and abbreviations that were used. It's in Disneyland, it's DLP (DisneyLand Park), it's not California Adventure, it's DCL, etc. etc. Every single land, ride, attraction, division, etc had some sort of abbreviation like this. So you'd get sentences in emails that read like, "I'm going to be at DLP earlier today, then over to DCL, so I won't be able to answer the questions about TDS and TDL until I get back to my office at WDI."
Toddson - Feb 03, 2021 11:37:57 am PST #3107 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
To which the appropriate response might be TL;DR?
Sheryl - Feb 03, 2021 2:31:05 pm PST #3108 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry, Hil.
brenda m - Feb 03, 2021 2:35:19 pm PST #3109 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The VA just called and my dad can get vaccinated tomorrow!
chrismg - Feb 03, 2021 3:32:57 pm PST #3110 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Yay, Brenda!
Fred Pete - Feb 03, 2021 3:51:32 pm PST #3111 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Congrats, Brenda!
The government also runs on acronyms, even if most of them weren’t words. I specialized in laws such as EFTA, TISA, EFAA, and SCRA. I was less expert in, but at least familiar with, FCRA, TILA, UDAP, and RESPA. Then there was legislation like FIRREA, FDICIA, GLBA, DFA, and I kid you not, EGRPRA.
Sometimes things could be confusing. Depending on the context, FTCA could mean Federal Trade Commission Act or Federal Tort Claims Act.
Hil R. - Feb 03, 2021 3:52:29 pm PST #3112 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My aunt is doing somewhat better. She was able to talk to her son on the phone for about ten minutes -- before, she wasn't breathing well enough to do that.
Calli - Feb 03, 2021 3:58:01 pm PST #3113 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That sounds promising, Hil.
Yay, Brenda!
My delicious Indian food arrived before the end of my last meeting of the day, and now I'm sitting here listening to people report out, staring longingly at a bag full of yum.