Re: NNG: "IIRC" & "SFAIK"; ... BTW ><"4-6+6-4"

IMHO, of course -

But over the course of six and 1/6 thousand posts in the past seven years or so,
ISTM using a few of these common abbreviations has saved me several hundred
keystrokes, and thereby postponed carpool tunnel syndrome by at least a week
or two ...    

OTOH, FAR more offensive IMHO is the post+steam+era introduction of the 'plus' sign into the Whyte (sp?) classification system for steam locomotives. IIRC when Alleghenys were in regular service they were referred to as the "2-6-6-6" type, and Cab-forwards were "4-8-8-2's".  "4-6+6-4" brings to mind a double+ten+wheeler Beyer+Garratt, and NOT an articulated.   I dropped my subscription to TRAINS magazine several years ago when this disgusting re+write of history was adopted by the editor.

- El Curmudgeono Viejo y Verde

p.s. Please don't take the above personally, Ed - IIRC, this is only the second time I have deliberately used the double-birdie "smiley", and it's not directed at you but at that idiot TRAINS editor Goldberg or whatever his name was.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/2012 12:12PM by Russo Loco.