+Criminal Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 The abbreviation “BM” has a negative connotations for those of us with children. Can we agree on another? Quote Link to comment
+rogbarn Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 I had thought of this problem before. There is also the problem of calling all entries in this database benchmarks vs. a specific type that is also called a benchmark. I think we should use some other generic term like "Survey disk" but benchmark is probably to ingrained at this point. Notice how I managed to get all the way through this message without using the initials BM! Quote Link to comment
+rogbarn Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 I had thought of this problem before. There is also the problem of calling all entries in this database benchmarks vs. a specific type that is also called a benchmark. I think we should use some other generic term like "Survey disk" but benchmark is probably to ingrained at this point. Notice how I managed to get all the way through this message without using the initials BM! Quote Link to comment
azog Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 I don't have children, but the letters are burned in memory and have only one possible meaning. ---------- Chickenfoot! Come back! You're not a freak! You're just stupid! Quote Link to comment
+brdad Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 Bowel Movement? Big Mama? Breakdown Maintenance? Basal Metabolism? I dunno.... Women are like guns, keep one around long enough and you're going to want to shoot it. Quote Link to comment
rusty0101 Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 ... BM (bookmark) that picture of the BM (Benchmark) with the BM .... and so forth... The series could be drawn out indefinately. -Rusty Quote Link to comment
arcadesdude Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 quote:Originally posted by RogBarn:... but benchmark is probably to ingrained at this point. So you're saying this poll is bm (basically moot?) =D --Ricky Cobb Quote Link to comment
+rdw Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 "Control Point" covers just about everything. Steeples, elevated tanks, benchmarks, antennas, triangulation discs, etc. BM has never sounded quite right. rdw Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted September 27, 2002 Author Share Posted September 27, 2002 Friend: "Watcha doin? You: "Looking at pictures I took yesterday Friend: "What kinda pictures?" You: "I have 15 pictures from the 12 BMs I found over the weekend." Next thing you know you're being driven away in the short bus. If your house catches afire, and there aint no water around, If your house catches afire, and there aint no water around, Throw your jelly out the window; let the dog-gone shack burn down. **Huddie Ledbetter** Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted September 27, 2002 Author Share Posted September 27, 2002 Friend: "Watcha doin? You: "Looking at pictures I took yesterday Friend: "What kinda pictures?" You: "I have 15 pictures from the 12 BMs I found over the weekend." Next thing you know you're being driven away in the short bus. If your house catches afire, and there aint no water around, If your house catches afire, and there aint no water around, Throw your jelly out the window; let the dog-gone shack burn down. **Huddie Ledbetter** Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 Not that I'm insinuating that this is a silly poll or anything , but benchmarks and BMs have the same number of syllables when you speak them aloud. I'm not sure if many folks use BM to describe benchmarks in everyday language. ICBM makes more sense as an abbreviation in speech. I think in most cases BM is used in context in the forums. Not much room for confusion here. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 Not that I'm insinuating that this is a silly poll or anything , but benchmarks and BMs have the same number of syllables when you speak them aloud. I'm not sure if many folks use BM to describe benchmarks in everyday language. ICBM makes more sense as an abbreviation in speech. I think in most cases BM is used in context in the forums. Not much room for confusion here. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 ICBM - a great victory call for benchmarkers - I love it! (As if we don't look suspicious enough!) Quote Link to comment
Tiggr Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 The names of each type of Bench Mark are Stamped in the outside ring of letters,Triangulation Station,Reference Mark,Azimuth Mark, ect.ect. on the USGS brass caps, log the proper name of the BM and that should solve the delima. call it like you see it. if it looks like **** and smells like **** then it must be ****, I am learning a few things from hubby. A Point in the right direction,ASCENSION. Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Jeremy Irish:Not that I'm insinuating that this is a silly poll or anything :rolleyes Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location I don't think that this is anything to worry about. Let the big shots at BP worry about this kind of stuff, they're already trying to say it's for "beyond petroleum". Sorry, it's still gas and will never be petrol. I asked a cashier at the local Amoco what BP stood for. He gave me the definition, to which I replied,"Oh, I thought it meant bowel purge". He'll never forget that, especially when these new bosses give him a hard time. ABC...my wife is a regular church goer. We were driving past a church that had the sign "Adult Bible Classes". I asked her if they got their material from adult book stores? She was not amused. This too, shall pass. Quote Link to comment
arcadesdude Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Jeremy Irish:ICBM makes more sense as an abbreviation in speech. I think in most cases BM is used in context in the forums. Not much room for confusion here. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Yeah InterContinental Ballistic Missile is great for everyday speech. Good acronyms are hard to come up with cause they usually mean something else already. --Ricky Cobb Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 It is kinda funny Some people are finding the WRONG kind of BM in the woods... Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 It is kinda funny Some people are finding the WRONG kind of BM in the woods... Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 Maybe there are finding the right BM in the Woods like me when I get to the woods I relax and thats why you should always have hockey tickets you never know where you might find the game. Or maybe just gettin out in the woods scares the **** out of em. just joking now don't tooo serious!!! Tetrahedron in a sphere=GEOID=Perfect Pyramid. On all Planets there is a Geometric disturbance at 19.5 degrees!!! Quote Link to comment
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