From: "Chuck Taylor" 
To: "ATM Archives" 
Reply-To: "Chuck Taylor" 


> hogging  --- Attending an ATM class and tying up the only testing stand.

> ROC --- What you throw at the thin mirror that you have spent countless
weekends trying to polish the astigmatism out of.

> TOT --- Small child whose skill lies in adding grit to the Cerium Oxide
container (without being observed)

> COC --- Center of Catastrophe = The spot in the kitchen where you were
standing when you tripped and spilled the pot of pitch. ( If spouse has
already told you to melt it outside, this is also known as Cooking (pot)
Over Center (of head).

> TDE --- Totally Dumb Estimate = Somebody else's measurement of your
1/42.37539864 wave mirror (99.8748632 strehl)

> KE --- What others employ to get the test stand away from the person who
is "hogging"

> BFL --- Behind [the] Face Laugh = the art of keeping only a smile on the
outside, while laughing hysterically on the inside, as someone explains to
you that commercial optics are always better because they are made by
"professional experts."

;-)

Chuck Taylor
(Lunar-Observing)

--- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP