January 3, 201015 yr I hate the word "tarmac" quite a skoshi da*n bit....tarmac this tarmac that....especially when I hear a sentence like "I think we just parked on some soft tarmac" "That crazy O-6 in personnel haS ORDERED his staff to start wearing cris-crossed reflector belts. They ran out to watch us sinking into the tarmac. Looked like the Mexican Army in "Viva Zapata" only glowing. One got squished by a tug"
January 3, 201015 yr Well, since we're de-railing the thread into grammar pet peeves... I hate it when I get a leadership email that's a page long, and at the bottom, there's a "BLUF" line..."Bottom Line Up Front". No, it isn't...you put it at the bottom, jackass. If it were truly "BLUF", you'd have opened the email with it, not closed with it. Does anyone else get taskers with a suspense of "soonest"? Just curious...that one also gets on my nerves.
January 3, 201015 yr Does anyone else get taskers with a suspense of "soonest"? Just curious...that one also gets on my nerves. No, by the time they get to us they've usually changed from "soonest" to "2 weeks ago".
January 5, 201015 yr Worst of all...ordinance. I learned this one the hard way (noobs/shoeclerks/those stuck being an Exec take note) I was a Wing Exec and spent the better part of a day (about 8 hours) redoing about 25 decorations. Nearly all of them misspelled the word "ordinance"... ...until I stopped to look it up and discovered what "ordnance" was. Ordnance=weapons Ordinance=law or regulation Soooooo I had to go back and fix all of those and recall a couple dozen e-mails looking like a d-bag... Pet peeve of mine: insure vs. ensure
January 5, 201015 yr Since the thread has already derailed, my grammar pet peeve is the unnecessary apostrophe. "All pilot's will..." "ABU's will be worn..."
January 5, 201015 yr When getting a briefing downrange, or at the 'Deid and briefers pronounce the word "potable" as "pot-a-ble" (apparently because you can put the water in a pot). Straight from the dictionary -- Pronunciation: \ˈpō-tə-bəl\ or for those that don't understand that notation, it is pronounced, "pote-a-ble" Edited January 5, 201015 yr by FireMission
January 5, 201015 yr When getting a briefing downrange, or at the 'Deid and briefers pronounce the word "potable" as "pot-a-ble" (apparently because you can put the water in a pot). Straight from the dictionary -- Pronunciation: \ˈpō-tə-bəl\ or for those that don't understand that notation, it is pronounced, "pote-a-ble" I learned something today.... I've always said POT-a-ble....
January 5, 201015 yr This is why I say get rid of the T-38 and all fighter guys should go through T-1s. This way everyone will get propper CRM and grammer training!
January 5, 201015 yr This is why I say get rid of the T-38 and all fighter guys should go through T-1s. This way everyone will get propper CRM and grammer training! ....but not spelling apparently.
January 5, 201015 yr This is why I say get rid of the T-38 and all fighter guys should go through T-1s. This way everyone will get propper CRM and grammer training! Grammar training, too....
January 5, 201015 yr From Wikipedia: “Jokes are typically for the entertainment of friends and onlookers. The desired response is generally laughter; when this does not happen the joke is said to have "fallen flat".”
January 5, 201015 yr mmmm....Lauren Holly. You got that right..I figured Butters was just being funny, but it was a good excuse to post her picture.. Lloyd: Hit me! Just give it to me straight! I came a long way just to see you Mary. The least you can do is level with me. What are my chances? Mary: Not good. Lloyd: [Gulps] You mean, not good like one out of a hundred? Mary: I'd say more like... one out of a million. Lloyd: So you're telling me there's a chance. Yeah!
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