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I did google. What I got among other things is Sports Sedan like in Chevrolet SS. No ShopSmith and no stainless steel.

But you are right. Who is to say which acronyms are acceptable. That is why I very seldom use them.

dusty wrote:I did google. What I got among other things is Sports Sedan like in Chevrolet SS. No ShopSmith and no stainless steel.

But you are right. Who is to say which acronyms are acceptable. That is why I very seldom use them.

each to there own

We were talking sinks and materials they are made out of, and I think Stainless Steel was mentioned a few times b4. We were not talking Shop Smith stuff, Chevys, or Nazi's

dusty wrote:I did google. What I got among other things is Sports Sedan like in Chevrolet SS. No ShopSmith and no stainless steel.

But you are right. Who is to say which acronyms are acceptable. That is why I very seldom use them.

Funny, nephew came home from work and we were discussing your post Dusty and the sink thread. He said funny!!!! He got an email from his Superior asking/consulting on a new piece of equipment, mentioned/used "ss", yes small lower case, Now he has an Er 10 and a Greenie, and a Military Veteran, cant use Vet, might be confused with a Military Veterinarian. A Military Historian so the ss from his Superior could be as JPG said,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzstaffel
So now he takes things in context, I am at work, not the wood shop, or doing Military History, and it is from my Superior in the Commercial Food Industry, dah, what would "ss" mean, let me guess, Stainless Steel!!!
Dusty, keep in context I know it is tuff, I dont like it and and it is not going to get any better, I see mom at 96 and she is way ahead of the curve, as far as being sharp mentally, but the body is failing faster, hearing, ect, getting old sucks, getting really old and mentally sharp
REALLY SUCKS

Yup, just like a puzzle. Once you get all the pieces identified it comes together really easy.

I don't come here to the forum to do word puzzles.

The old adage is it is up to the writer to make it clear and understandable, not for the reader to have to do it.

Old Bell System rule was to spell it out the first time you used in a memorandum like this: stainless steel (ss). Then for the rest of the memo you could use ss so long as it was meant to be stainless steel.

Ed

reible wrote:The old adage is it is up to the writer to make it clear and understandable, not for the reader to have to do it.

Old Bell System rule was to spell it out the first time you used in a memorandum like this: stainless steel (ss). Then for the rest of the memo you could use ss so long as it was meant to be stainless steel.

Ed

Absolutely Ed. The military (the king of acronyms) did the same thing. There were rules (regulations) on how to write documents. The first time in the document you wrote 'A thing' you spelled it out followed by the acronym in parenthesis. After that the acronym was used through the document.

I am not sure that is still true today in the military. They have dumed down in those areas.

jsburger wrote:

reible wrote:The old adage is it is up to the writer to make it clear and understandable, not for the reader to have to do it.

Old Bell System rule was to spell it out the first time you used in a memorandum like this: stainless steel (ss). Then for the rest of the memo you could use ss so long as it was meant to be stainless steel.

Ed

Absolutely Ed. The military (the king of acronyms) did the same thing. There were rules (regulations) on how to write documents. The first time in the document you wrote 'A thing' you spelled it out followed by the acronym in parenthesis. After that the acronym was used through the document.

I am not sure that is still true today in the military. They have dumed down in those areas.

We have been through/threw this b4 . Man, Dusty, what else you got to? do??

reible wrote:The old adage is it is up to the writer to make it clear and understandable, not for the reader to have to do it.

Old Bell System rule was to spell it out the first time you used in a memorandum like this: stainless steel (ss). Then for the rest of the memo you could use ss so long as it was meant to be stainless steel.

Ed

I had had a great Supervisor/trainer, he said/philosophy, if I explain it to you 2 xs and you dont get it, the 3rd time I better do it differently in a way you do!!!

dusty wrote:I did google. What I got among other things is Sports Sedan like in Chevrolet SS. No ShopSmith and no stainless steel.

But you are right. Who is to say which acronyms are acceptable. That is why I very seldom use them.

This is what I got and was referring to.

Yeah, that was among "the other things".