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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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SR5 = Sport Rally 5 speed
. . . and people wonder why I want to put a hydraulic handbrake in my truck. It was destined for it!! WRC needs a truck class!
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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IFS stands for Independent Front Suspension, correct?

Anyway, here are my entries:

TTIUWOP!: This thread is useless without pictures!
GAY: Girls all year (a friend made that one up)
EFI: Electronics for Imaging, Extensible Firmware Interface, or Electronic Fuel Injected
LOL: Laugh out Loud or Lots of Love
and another my friend made up:
TITS: Trucks in Tennessee Suck
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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FBI: Female Body Inspector
FU*K: Fornication Under Command of the King
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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This is my all time favourite:

IROC (as in the Camaro)

Italian
Retard
Out
Cruising
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 01:53 AM
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Okay to get back on topic...

this one got me for a while,
WOT - Wide Open Throttle
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 03:53 PM
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LOBL: lock on before launch
LOAL: lock on after launch
RkT: rockets
MSL: missles
LSR: Laser
HE: high explosive
MPSM: multi-purpose special munitions
WP: white phosperous
IL: illuminaton
SK: smoke
PD: point detonating
PTWS: Point target weapons system
AWS: area weapons system
ARCS: aerial rocket control system
HELLFIRE: Helicopter launched fire and forget missile
OGE: out of ground effect
IGE: in ground effect
PPC: performance planning card
AGl: above ground level
MSL: mean sea level
VSI: vertical speed indicator
HSI: horizontal situation indication
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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I figured a pilot might get involved sooner or later. Crap!!!
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 08:53 PM
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I was involved earlier...but didnt dig out the flying stuff until today...
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 10:50 AM
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Yeah, I read your posts, I just meant all the new stuff you added.

This may sound stupid because I know in general what it means, but what exactly is OME?
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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OME - Old Man Emu
CV - Constant Velocity
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 10:56 AM
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valves- PCV - Positive Crank(case) Ventilation
EGR - Exhaust Gas Recirculation
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 11:01 AM
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TCP - Tansmission Control Protocol
UDP - User Datagram Protocol
IP - Internet Protocol
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
MAC - Media Access Control

WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy NOT Wireless Encription Protocol
DVD - Digital Versatile Disk
YAHOO - Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle

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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 11:06 AM
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Glad someone put DVD - alot of people think it is video. There was another thread, I think, that mentioned that BP had changed from British Petroleum to Beyond Petroleum.
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ToferUOP
OME - Old Man Emu
CV - Constant Velocity
Sorry, I knew OME. What I meant to ask was OEM?

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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 11:16 AM
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Original Equipment Manufacturer

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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 11:16 AM
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Birf = solid axle, sometimes written out as Birfield

That one confused the heck out of me for the longest time while I browsed Pirate
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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i thought some hand signals would be useful

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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 01:55 PM
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