Re: [FT] OU Defence Force Website now error checked and

Brian Burger wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 aebrain@austarmetro.com.au wrote:
>
> > > BTW, Alan - what happened to the note about the BORON program
originally
> > > being called "Modular Operational Refit Of Navy"? ;-)
> >
> > Yes, I'll insert that one back in. Thanks for reminding me. BTW
there was
> > a piece of kit in Royal Australian Navy service (on subs)
> > called the "Automated Plotting and Charting Table" that was
originally
> > called the "Combined Underwater Navigation Table".
>
> Oh boy, the Oz Navy seems to have a rare talent for picking, um,
> *interesting* acronyms!
>
> Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -
> - http://warbard.iwarp.com/games.html -

Canada has one instance of the reverse, an innocent acronym for a mildly
rude
sounding name.	Canada's greatest contribution to space exploration is
perfectly
straight, six metre long antenna that starts out fitting in a shoebox--
The STEM