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    Posted: September 15 2006 at 9:11am
Im new to this folks, please be kind. I just really need to ask this. Why all the abreviations?! I spend half the day trying to figure out what half of you are talking about!
 
Sometimes I have to laugh though at "Preps" In NZ "Preps" are a feminine sanitary pad.
 
And what the heck is "SHTF"?
 
Please folks, can you please use the real words so we can all understand?
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SHTF=BLEEP hits the fan,  preps=preparations, supplys,food,fuel,ect,  dd=dear daughter, dh= dear husband,sil = sister inlaw,bil =brother inlaw,ds=dear son, sip= shelter in place, any body  else think of any  ,please add to this ,   roxy
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bleep wasn't the word I wrote but you get the picture, roxy
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MOOLOOMEN:  Try www.acronyms.com. It is very helpful to me for figuring out all these abbreivations (sp?). Now if only I could spell. lol Take care!
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teotwawki = The end of the world as we know it.

Bob=  Bug out bag.

Imho=In my humble Opinion
 
Imo = In my Opinion.  Can't think of any but just ask you'll get an answer..
 
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So's we can see the light at the end of the tunnel!
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Originally posted by krystal krystal wrote:

So's we can see the light at the end of the tunnel!
hahaha, fair enoughSmile
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Originally posted by HappyCamper HappyCamper wrote:

teotwawki = The end of the world as we know it.

Bob=  Bug out bag.

Imho=In my humble Opinion
 
Imo = In my Opinion.  Can't think of any but just ask you'll get an answer..
 
We aim to please...Smile
 
Right, but wouldnt it be far better if you just said that so we didnt have to refer back to that key everytime there is a natural (or man made!) disaster??
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Originally posted by HappyCamper HappyCamper wrote:

teotwawki = The end of the world as we know it.

Bob=  Bug out bag.

Imho=In my humble Opinion
 
Imo = In my Opinion.  Can't think of any but just ask you'll get an answer..
 
We aim to please...Smile
 
Another thing to always keep in mind is, Dyslexics get really confused with abreviations. Fact.
 
I used to be dyslexic, but don't worry, I'm ko now.
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And who is Dubya?
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George "W" Bush, President USA, roxy
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OUCH! Who moved the table?
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Originally posted by mooloomen mooloomen wrote:

Originally posted by HappyCamper HappyCamper wrote:

teotwawki = The end of the world as we know it.

Bob=  Bug out bag.

Imho=In my humble Opinion
 
Imo = In my Opinion.  Can't think of any but just ask you'll get an answer..
 
We aim to please...Smile
 
Right, but wouldnt it be far better if you just said that so we didnt have to refer back to that key everytime there is a natural (or man made!) disaster??
 
You won't have to refer for long...You'll start to remember them very quickly...
 
I also had the same problem you had and I did what you did...I ask what does BoB mean and they told me...Bug out bag.
 
Now I read them as if the word were actually there...
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The Dubya, comes from the way we Texans pronounce some letters, so in our 'dialect' W or Double U becomes Dub Ya. Don't ask. Im a native Texan and most times i cain't figure it out either... Wink
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us southlanders prononce it "double u"Smile
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