REFRAIN FROM ABBREVIATIONS, WITHOUT INTRODUCTIONS, IN THREADS

[Soundguy]

I don't think we disagree.

yep.. my goal when i show up to buy something.. is to know more about it than the seller...

 

[TripleR]

yep.. my goal when i show up to buy something.. is to know more about it than the seller...

I sure try to, I am a researcher by nature and always try to learn as much as I can, I learned early in life the benefits of knowledge and pitfalls of the lack thereof.

 

[Soundguy]

I sure try to, I am a researcher by nature and always try to learn as much as I can, I learned early in life the benefits of knowledge and pitfalls of the lack thereof.

yup. I go to machinery auctions and shows.. and gun shows and shops looking for gems or that lil rusty or tarnished one that's worth a mint but looks like a piece of junk and sells cheap.

knowledge is power...

 

[/pine]

FWIW...one of my favorite abbreviations is "VPL's" ...

 

[aczlan]

yep.. my goal when i show up to buy something.. is to know more about it than the seller...

Thats how I picked the guy to work on our hot water heating system (oil boiler+wood boiler+indirect hot water heater). He was the first person who could take a look at it and tell me something I hadn't already figured out.

Aaron Z

 

[hawkeye08]

FWIW, AFAIK, IMHO I couldn't care less. YMMV

 

[Xfaxman]

I am using Crome for my Browser, with Google Dictionary. All I have to do when there is a word or acronym that I don't know is double click it and the definition shows above it.

TLA (Three-Letter Acronym)

Also use Urban Dictionary, September 13: generation xerox a lot

 

[troutsqueezer]

I sure try to, I am a researcher by nature and always try to learn as much as I can, I learned early in life the benefits of knowledge and pitfalls of the lack thereof.

Me too but there's a big variable. If the wife has veto power over the purchase, all research may just go out the window and the criteria becomes: Does it fit with the furniture? is it the right color? Will my husband kill himself on it? That last one is what drove my purchase of a B21. :confused2:

I may still kill myself.

 

[TomSeller]

OKAY!

That would be Okay (OK). Seriously, this is very good advise. Also, include the manufacturer, not just the model number.

 

[Wagtail]

FWIW...one of my favorite abbreviations is "VPL's" ...

Better yet is a VPL with a HB!

Oops, forgot the 'introduction'... Hungry Bum (HB). :thumbsup: