chengkp75 Posted March 6 #51 Share Posted March 6 5 minutes ago, John Bull said: My father was a CSM serving at JFHQ in BAOR, and 2I/C to the SNCO in the RA, . During a NATO exercise he needed 50 Battle Bowlers to be delivered by Fat Albert to his FLOT. Because QMS always halved requisitions he requested 100 Battle Bowlers. But the IOC of QMS was a TA Rupert CQMS, and sent him the 100 Battle Bowlers that he'd requested.🙄 They ended up using the extra 50 for their scran 🤣🤣🤣 Funny story, eh ? JB 🙂 CSM=Company Sergeant Major JFHQ=Joint Forces HQ BAOR=British Army of Rhine 2I/C=2nd in command SNCO=senior non-commissioned officer RA=Royal Army QMS=Quartermaster Service TA=Territorial Army CQMS=Company Quartermaster Sergeant Fat Albert=C130 transport plane Battle Bowler=helmet scran=stuff cooked by Royal Australian Navy How am I doing? 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted March 6 #52 Share Posted March 6 4 minutes ago, chengkp75 said: CSM=Company Sergeant Major JFHQ=Joint Forces HQ BAOR=British Army of Rhine 2I/C=2nd in command SNCO=senior non-commissioned officer RA=Royal Army QMS=Quartermaster Service TA=Territorial Army CQMS=Company Quartermaster Sergeant Fat Albert=C130 transport plane Battle Bowler=helmet scran=stuff cooked by Royal Australian Navy How am I doing? Although scran was also used in UK when I was brought up, those are all my guesses. C-130, also known as Hercules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted March 6 #53 Share Posted March 6 55 minutes ago, Heidi13 said: C-130, also known as Hercules. Way off topic, but Lockheed Martin has built the C-130s just outside Atlanta (where I live) since 1955. It's not unusual to see them in the air. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted March 6 #54 Share Posted March 6 42 minutes ago, cruisemom42 said: Way off topic, but Lockheed Martin has built the C-130s just outside Atlanta (where I live) since 1955. It's not unusual to see them in the air. I was there back then and it quite impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slidergirl Posted March 6 #55 Share Posted March 6 17 hours ago, clo said: Did you see that Tahoe got up to TEN FEET of snow and 190mph wind gusts. Yes, I did. We didn't get that much. But, the winds were howling and snow was blowing all over. Roads were a mess. 2nd gear and locked FWD down my 2-mile 10% grade on the way home. My PAX at the Lodge stayed in - fortunately none were dumb enough to try to drive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted March 6 #56 Share Posted March 6 2 minutes ago, slidergirl said: fortunately none were dumb enough to try to drive! Not true at Tahoe. I call them 'foolish flatlanders.' Not really the adjective I used. Stay safe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted March 6 #57 Share Posted March 6 (edited) 3 hours ago, chengkp75 said: CSM=Company Sergeant Major JFHQ=Joint Forces HQ BAOR=British Army of Rhine 2I/C=2nd in command SNCO=senior non-commissioned officer RA=Royal Army QMS=Quartermaster Service TA=Territorial Army CQMS=Company Quartermaster Sergeant Fat Albert=C130 transport plane Battle Bowler=helmet scran=stuff cooked by Royal Australian Navy How am I doing? CDO - Command Duty Officer SOPA - Senior Officer Present Afloat OOD - Officer Of the Deck WQSB -Watch, Quarter and Station Bill COMDESRON - Commander Destroyer Sqadron COMASWTRALANT - Commander Anti Submarine Warfare Training Atlantic BUPERS - Bureau of Personnel Edited March 6 by navybankerteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John Bull Posted March 6 #58 Share Posted March 6 (edited) 3 hours ago, chengkp75 said: CSM=Company Sergeant Major JFHQ=Joint Forces HQ BAOR=British Army of Rhine 2I/C=2nd in command SNCO=senior non-commissioned officer RA=Royal Army QMS=Quartermaster Service TA=Territorial Army CQMS=Company Quartermaster Sergeant Fat Albert=C130 transport plane Battle Bowler=helmet scran=stuff cooked by Royal Australian Navy How am I doing? 9.5 out of 12 * RA - Royal Artillery QMS Quartermaster Sergeant Scran - yep, grub. Both navy and army, but not only from 🙃 JB 🙂 Edited March 6 by John Bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noledad77 Posted March 7 #59 Share Posted March 7 "PAX" is also used in the airline industry and, if I had to guess, it's also used by AMTRAK and maybe even Greyhound. AFAIK it's used by the folks who work in the travel industry, and not largely by travelers themselves. I could be wrong (first time for everything, eh? JK JK!) but I don't see what the big deal is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted March 7 #60 Share Posted March 7 3 hours ago, Noledad77 said: "PAX" is also used in the airline industry and, if I had to guess, it's also used by AMTRAK and maybe even Greyhound. AFAIK it's used by the folks who work in the travel industry, and not largely by travelers themselves. I could be wrong (first time for everything, eh? JK JK!) but I don't see what the big deal is. Amtrak uses guests and customers mostly but passenger is also used. I never saw PAX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMadame Posted March 8 #61 Share Posted March 8 On 3/5/2024 at 8:17 AM, GeezerCouple said: "Surely".... what? Surely sarcasm goes over some people's heads. 🤣 (especially on the internet!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted March 9 #62 Share Posted March 9 On 3/7/2024 at 6:19 AM, Noledad77 said: "PAX" is also used in the airline industry and, if I had to guess, it's also used by AMTRAK and maybe even Greyhound. AFAIK it's used by the folks who work in the travel industry, and not largely by travelers themselves. I could be wrong (first time for everything, eh? JK JK!) but I don't see what the big deal is. I worked for a large intl airline back in the 80s and "pax" was it. I also don't see what the big deal is. Has OP returned here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GeezerCouple Posted March 9 #63 Share Posted March 9 33 minutes ago, clo said: I worked for a large intl airline back in the 80s and "pax" was it. I also don't see what the big deal is. Has OP returned here? It doesn't seem that OP has posted again *anywhere* on CC since starting this thread. ?? GC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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