I've seen it several times and I'm sure it is obvious. Thanks.

-- Daryll (twinck@wfeca.net), June 30, 1999

Answers

Could be...

I think Zogonapolis taught me this one...

Watch your 6 o'clock....your back...

could also be "Check 6"...

ya just never know...

-- Nailbender (Watchyourback@alltimes.net), June 30, 1999.

Watch your six is an old fighter pilot saying. they used the 24 hour clock to cite direction. six o-clock was directly behind you. 12 directly in front.

-- justme (finally@home.com), June 30, 1999.

Before too many folks start wondering how using a 24-hour clock for directions can have 6 o'clock directly behind oneself while 12 o'clock is directly in front, let me point out that justme (finally@home.com) almost surely meant to say that it was a _12_-hour clock being used for directions by those pilots.

-- No Spam Please (nos_pam_please@hotmail.com), June 30, 1999.

While we are asking dumb questions, I have one.

What does LOL stand for? I'm sure it is very simple but for the life of me.... Thanks

-- bulldog (snifin@around.com), June 30, 1999.

Lots of Luck

-- ExCop (yinadral@juno.com), June 30, 1999.

LOL = Laughing Out Loud

-TECH32-

-- TECH32 (TECH32@NOMAIL.COM), June 30, 1999.

rotflmao=rolling on the floor laughing my ass off imho=in my humble opinion fubar=fucked up beyond all recognition

-- zoobie (zoobiezoob@yahoo.com), June 30, 1999.

No Spam - thanks for correcting me - you are right. 12 hour clock....

-- justme (finally@home.com), June 30, 1999.

Thus the old World War II movie (and TV show) titled: "12 o'clock high" = "There is fighter coming in at you. Look straight ahead, and up, to find him and shoot him." To the pilot, of course, a threat coming in from the front (where he is most likely to get hit by the bullets) has the highest priority. The gunners, shooting in other directions, often did not feel equally threatened by "12 oclock high's".

Now, trivia fans, which is 3 o'clock? Off the port wing or the starboard?

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Kennesaw, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), June 30, 1999.

justme (finally@home.com), you're welcome. Wasn't really intended as a correction of you -- I figured you knew what you meant but were a little busy when writing.

-- No Spam Please (nos_pam_please@hotmail.com), June 30, 1999.

For R. Cook:

Would that be a wing with anhedral or dihedral?

WW

-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), June 30, 1999.

So....which way does trouble come from if you only have a digital watch?

-- smfdoc (smfdoc@aol.com), June 30, 1999.

Some other common abbreviations:

IMHO in my humble opinion
YMMV your mileage may vary
FWIW for what it's worth
BTW by the way
ROTFL may be used with or without the MAO :-)
OTOH on the other hand

Robert C:

Starboard, which, of course, lead to the question: why are the round windows on boats/ships called port holes and not starboard holes? :-) Jerry

-- Jerry B (skeptic76@erols.com), June 30, 1999.

Hmmmmn. That hole question could round and round and round, like this conversation.

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Kennesaw, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), July 01, 1999.