Hey, this is not bad as a 'rant', Friday afternoon or not!

 Yes I agree that there is sometimes an assumption made that all list members are familiar with terms, abbreviations and acronyms.  This is simply not so and is easily remedied by gving a full title in the SUBJECT line of the message.

Of course those of us 'DOWN UNDER' do have an added problem - we read our screens upside down!

Have a great weekend

Roger Smith
New Zealand National Maritime Museum

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> Please excuse this Friday afternoon rant, but for the umpteenth time, I
> have read a posting which uses some abbreviation or acronym which is vital
> to the understanding of part of the message, yet whose meaning is totally
> unknown and impossible to deduce from the text of the message.
>
> REMEMBER: there are many members on this list who are not familiar with
> many organizational acronyms, particularly the  American ones.  PLEASE make
> the effort to type out fully the name referred to in the acronym AT LEAST
> ONCE in your message so those of us who are unfamiliar with it at least
> have a chance to know what you are talking about.
>
> Thank you for listening.
>
> Alex Avdichuk
> City of Toronto
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>