ditchcrawler Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 31 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said: PRV Pressure Relief Valve. MCB Miniature Circuit Breaker. RCD Residual Current Device. RCD Recreational craft directive RCCB Residual Current Circuit Breaker. RCBO Residual Current Circuit Breaker with Over Current. VSR Voltage Sensitive Relay. I'll think of more later, great idea by the way. Tracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: Thats not what I'm seeing maybe different systems are showing different versions of the same post ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 25 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said: my point is, when you're on a mouseless device that you can't hover with and are faced with an acronym with multiple possibilities the feature becomes redundant. perhaps i'm just used to looking at things and thinking how would someone with no clue view it, comes from years of writing idiot-style guides to things I think the point is that people will use these acronyms anyway - I regularly use RCHS and SCCS, both have other options but in a canal context these are few That said, the late Charles Hadfield admitted once that, when taking notes he had used the reference W&B, and a year later he realised there are three canals with these initials and he didn't know which one he'd been making notes on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, magpie patrick said: That said, the late Charles Hadfield admitted once that, when taking notes he had used the reference W&B, and a year later he realised there are three canals with these initials and he didn't know which one he'd been making notes on! But for 2 of them the B is the same!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerra Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 It works on my ancient laptop with ancient windows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 8 minutes ago, Jerra said: It works on my ancient laptop with ancient windows. Bull's eye glass panes? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerra Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Tracy D'arth said: Bull's eye glass panes? Only just past that point in history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alway Swilby Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Bigtwin said: HP? ? Hewlett Packard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Hudds Lad said: perhaps i'm just used to looking at things and thinking how would someone with no clue view it, comes from years of writing idiot-style guides to things This is a good forum to post on then. Have you tried the Brexit threads? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Oi - Excuse me, are you using that WP? WP - Water Point Toofast - Good afternoon, I am of the opinion you've lost your water skier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac of Cygnet Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Kendorr said: All I do is to move the cursor over the abbreviation, don't click anything and after a very short time, the word appears Even on this, hover above Nb in all 4 cases, Narrowboat shows. Nope, nothing happening. Edited to say that after I typed that, I tried again and now it works! Actually, I'm not sure I want these things popping up - I managed quite well with acronyms in context before. Can I turn it off, or is that just being awkward? ? Edited January 19, 2021 by Mac of Cygnet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 19/01/2021 at 08:14, Kendorr said: Works fine, HP laptop, Win 10, Chrome browser. And on FireFox N 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted January 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 19/01/2021 at 11:02, Tracy D'arth said: PRV Pressure Relief Valve. MCB Miniature Circuit Breaker. RCD Residual Current Device. RCCB Residual Current Circuit Breaker. RCBO Residual Current Circuit Breaker with Over Current. VSR Voltage Sensitive Relay. I'll think of more later, great idea by the way. Tracy. On 19/01/2021 at 11:10, magpie patrick said: IWA - Inland Waterways Association RCHS - Railway and Canal Historical Society FMC - Fellows, Morton and Clayton WI - Waterways Ireland EA - Environment Agency TLA - Three letter acronym Confusion is possible, I had a brief but engaging correspondence with the treasurer of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society due to a minor error in an email address Thanks, please keep them coming. On 19/01/2021 at 11:31, Hudds Lad said: my point is, when you're on a mouseless device that you can't hover with and are faced with an acronym with multiple possibilities the feature becomes redundant. perhaps i'm just used to looking at things and thinking how would someone with no clue view it, comes from years of writing idiot-style guides to things That may be true but unfortunately we cannot possibly please or cater for everyone but that's not to say we won't do what we can with the best of intentions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momac Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) WAFI Wind Affected Fekkin Idiot BSS Bloody Stupid Survey SOG Speed over Ground WOT Wide Open Throttle GPS Global Positioning System AIS Automatic Identification System VHF Very High Frequency RADAR RAdio Detection And Ranging Edited January 25, 2021 by MartynG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momac Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 MFD Multi Function Display BT Bow Thruster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted January 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, MartynG said: MFD Multi Function Display BT Bow Thruster Thanks. Will miss out BT though due to it commonly being used to refer to British Telecom. Any that are likely to be misconstrued are probably best left out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerra Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, RichM said: Thanks. Will miss out BT though due to it commonly being used to refer to British Telecom. Any that are likely to be misconstrued are probably best left out. Surely any that are likely to be misconstrued should be in there. Somebody reads a post mentioning the use of the BT in maneuvering and thinks what the blank blank blank has British Telecom to do with maneuvering. Mouse over and discover there are things called Bow Thrusters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 44 minutes ago, RichM said: Thanks. Will miss out BT though due to it commonly being used to refer to British Telecom. Any that are likely to be misconstrued are probably best left out. Does that include NBTA which can have a multitude of meanings? Also H N B C = Historic Narrow Boat Club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted January 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 34 minutes ago, Jerra said: Surely any that are likely to be misconstrued should be in there. Somebody reads a post mentioning the use of the BT in maneuvering and thinks what the blank blank blank has British Telecom to do with maneuvering. Mouse over and discover there are things called Bow Thrusters. Unfortunately the forum system is not clever enough to consider context. If we run a search on "BT", (link below) you will see there is approx. a 60/40 split between the acronym being commonly used to describe Bow Thruster and similarly British Telecom. https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/search/&q=BT&quick=1 4 minutes ago, Ray T said: Does that include NBTA which can have a multitude of meanings? Also H N B C = Historic Narrow Boat Club. But what are the odds of someone joining CWDF to discuss the National Baton Twirling Association? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momac Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 PWC Personal Water Craft RYA Royal Yachting Association MMSI Maritime Mobile Service Identity EPIRB Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon PLB Personal Locator Beacon RIB Rigid Inflatable Boat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 The Baton Twirlers have had quite a few mentions on the site over the years. MAIB = Marine Accident Investigation Branch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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