*Nudges Zeke...*

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I realise you're busy an' all, but try not to forget about the FBC, okay?[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Fried Beef Cheesecake?[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Har Har Har. Har.[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Err, no really. What's FBC? Oh wait. Fiver By Community. Nevuh Mind ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[admiral sab]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]oh I thought it stood for Fiver Boys Convention. My bad. ;)
j/k

Sab[/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I thought he was saying that we had full Bussard Collectors, and it's Zeke's job to empty them. Hmmm.

Where was it I was reading about how they were really Buzzard Collectors? Anyone recall that?[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Ferengi Board of Control (a division of the FCA)


Edit: No, don't remember seeing anything about Buzzard Collectors. So, how many LY/B?[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[quote:post_uid0="Celeste"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Err, no really. What's FBC? Oh wait. Fiver By Community. Nevuh Mind ;)[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Committee! It's Fiver by Committee!

Yeesh. :eyeroll:

:p[/color:post_uid0]

[Marc]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]I thought he was saying that we had full Bussard Collectors, and it's Zeke's job to empty them. Hmmm.

Where was it I was reading about how they were really Buzzard Collectors? Anyone recall that? [/quote:post_uid0]

A Bussard Collector is a starship hydrogen ramscoop. A Buzzard Collector would be the engine of a jet aircraft flying at low altitude over the Arizona desert.[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Don't worry, Jedi -- FBC doesn't stand for Forgotten By Colin. After ENT Week, when I have time to focus on other site stuff again, I have a plan for making up the lost FBC time. For now, everybody just rest your fiving muscles. (Not you, staffers.)[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[quote:post_uid0="PointyHairedJedi"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Committee! It's Fiver by Committee!

Yeesh. :eyeroll:

:p[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Bah, I don't pay attention to those threads.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Marc"]A Bussard Collector is a starship hydrogen ramscoop. A Buzzard Collector would be the engine of a jet aircraft flying at low altitude over the Arizona desert.[/quote:post_uid0]
:lol:

Thanks for the reassurance, Zeke. By the way, do you plan to do any season 2 fivers, or just season three ones?[/color:post_uid0]

[admiral sab]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]LOL Marc, you amuse me highly. ;)

Sab[/color:post_uid0]

[Marc]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]LOL Marc, you amuse me highly.[/quote:post_uid0]

It's my job. I have to justify the exorbitant staff member salary Zeke pays me...or rather which he said he'd pay me soon.[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[quote:post_uid0="PointyHairedJedi"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Thanks for the reassurance, Zeke. By the way, do you plan to do any season 2 fivers, or just season three ones?[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Just S3 for Enterprise Week, but I'm gonna finish S2 over the summer. After a couple of FREAKING MASSIVE EVENTS are out of the way.[/color:post_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[quote:post_uid0="Zeke"][color=#000000:post_uid0]FREAKING MASSIVE EVENTS[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I like the sound of that. *Dances*[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Just remember, don't count your chickens before they're hatched or your Zekes before they've got everything organized and in the bag. (Hint, hint, Zeke...)[/color:post_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yeah i know, apparently i just like getting my hopes up only to have them dashed brutaly aginst the rocks. :p ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[quote:post_uid0="Kira"][color=#000000:post_uid0](Hint, hint, Zeke...)[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I know, sorry, I'm behind on the behind-the-scenes stuff. Enterprise Week is taking bucketloads of time. I'll get back on top of things on the organizational side as soon as I can.[/color:post_uid0]

[Wade, The Sane Commodore]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]A Bussard Collector is a starship hydrogen ramscoop. A Buzzard Collector would be the engine of a jet aircraft flying at low altitude over the Arizona desert.
[/quote:post_uid0]

Marc, that was wrong on many levels. Bravo Zulu![/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Zulu?[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Clocks on submarines? Films Michael Caine has starred in? Actual African tribes?

I'm just throwing out ideas here.[/color:post_uid0]

[admiral sab]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]oh the name of a Mardi Gras Parade? :D

LOL Ok just thought I'd try to help.[/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]According to the US Navy web site:

[b:post_uid0]Where does the term "Bravo Zulu" originate?[/b:post_uid0]

The term originates from the Allied Signals Book (ATP 1), which in the aggregate is for official use only. Signals are sent as letters and/or numbers, which have meanings by themselves sometimes or in certain combinations. A single table in ATP 1 is called "governing groups," that is, the entire signal that follows the governing group is to be performed according to the "governor." The letter "B" indicates this table, and the second letter (A through Z) gives more specific information. For example, "BA" might mean "You have permission to . . . (do whatever the rest of the flashing light, flag hoist or radio transmission says) "BZ" happens to be the last item in the governing groups table. It means "well done".[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, okay then. I'm beginning to wonder if Wade the Sane Commodore doesn't have some sort of connection with the Navy...[/color:post_uid0]

[admiral sab]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]well then Marc knew what he meant because Marc has vast Navy knowledge. ;)

Sab[/color:post_uid0]

[Wade, The Sane Commodore]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="PointyHairedJedi"]Well, okay then. I'm beginning to wonder if Wade the Sane Commodore doesn't have some sort of connection with the Navy...[/quote:post_uid0]

Yes, much to their chagrin. Midshipman 2nd Class Heath, at your service. Scooter is quite correct on the meaning of Bravo Zulu, and for a prize maybe we can AD14 sometime. I'm sure Marc got my meaning; he has to go through all my TNG fivers and remove all of my naval terminology.

Oh, PHJ, I loved your HMS Enterprise avatar. I'd love to find a good image of the sloop Enterprise, 18. If you know of any please let me know.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Is this (http://www.hazegray.org/features/enterprise/) what you're after? I'm not sure where to get better pictures than that.[/color:post_uid0]

[Marc]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]>> I'm sure Marc got my meaning <<

Actually, I missed it. I was so busy trying to figure out what I got "wrong on many levels" that I missed the naval meaning of "Bravo Zulu." :) In any case, Wade is way ahead of me on naval terminology, since he's the real McCoy (no pun intended) whereas I'm just an enthusiastic amateur. There's a joke in an upcoming fiver I wrote (it should appear in a couple of weeks) that's a tip of the hat to the U.S. Navy, and which I'm sure Wade will catch right away.[/color:post_uid0]