wow...
never heard that one...far as I know everyone knows that word is
pronounced   'man - duh - tory' ..........and that's all.
Like it's mandatory to say it that way.  lol

On 7/18/2014 8:43 AM, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
> And nearly every career Air Force enlisted person I met pronounced the word mandatory as "mandantory."  Let's hope Alistair has been spared that.
>
> Stephen
>
>
> On Friday, July 18, 2014 2:35 PM, "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>
>
>
> lol..
> that's just one genre of course...
> old military-based acronyms.
>
> there are whole other realms of course.
> NRE
> SO
> OSO
> for example, and on and on.
>
> ( one means 'new relationship energy', one means Significant Other, and
> the last one is Other Significant Other )
>
>    gets complicated when people start talking about their OSO's DW's
> daughter .
> ( DW = dear wife )  lol.
>
> still got a great 87 Syncro Doka with 1.9 AAZ TD engine for sale here in
> So. Oregon .
> runs fine ...needs various cosmetics like a headliner , etc.
> asking price is $ 15,500 and I am pretty sure the owner would take 'any
> decent' offer.  Needs a new home for sure.
>
> bfn ( bye for now )
> Scott
>
> On 7/18/2014 7:21 AM, Old Volks Home wrote:
>> Clearly Alistair never served in the military where SOP was part of the
>> daily lingo, ad nauseum.
>>
>> :)
>>
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>>
>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Scott, Jim, whoever,
>>>
>>> You have to stop using jargon in your messages. What the heck is SOP?
>>>
>>> Soldiers on parade?
>>>
>>> Starboard or port?
>>>
>>> Strange old Protestant?
>>>
>>> Sherry or port?
>>>
>>> Sandwiches or pasta?
>>>
>>> Sunrise over Portland?
>>>
>>> The choices are endless.
>>>
>>> Alistair
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jul 15, 2014, at 3:28 PM, "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <
>>> scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>>>> there is ALWAYS RISK with just adding a bypass wire like that.
>>>> perhaps you have already ..
>>>> but until enough of the harness is revealed and inspected to be sure
>>>> you've found ALL the melted/shorted stuff..
>>>> you really can't be totally.
>>>>
>>>> I'd sure carry two fire extinquishers ( SOP on these old rigs ) ..
>>>> and have a way to get batteries disconneted like Right Now.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/10/2014 6:21 AM, Karl Wolz wrote:
>>>>> What I Lind of expected (the bypass, that is).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Karl Wolz
>>>>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 10, 2014, at 9:16 AM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Ric ran a new wire from the switch to the solenoid.