Neils TDi again Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 Where oh where has the saying "its on my radar" come from ? I work in a large financial company and everyone from the COO to the receptionist is using the term but where the hell did it come from and how do I turn the dam radar OFF ? I hate it say what you mean dont give Sh1tty excuses for not being aware of the day to day business dont say "It wasnt on my Radar" aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... Sorry just had to do it. ;) :P ;) :P Quote
Guest MATT jr Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 :P possibly came from air traffic controllers, and the words "It wasn't on my Radar" used when a plane crashes ;) MJR Quote
Smilge Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 Where oh where has the saying "its on my radar" come from ? I work in a large financial company and everyone from the COO to the receptionist is using the term but where the hell did it come from and how do I turn the dam radar OFF ? I hate it say what you mean dont give Sh1tty excuses for not being aware of the day to day business dont say "It wasnt on my Radar" aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... Sorry just had to do it. :P ;) :P ;) Neil ..... it came from the WAAF operators during WW2 who were watching German bombers coming over the channel using the Chainholme Radar system ...... you cant turn it off but you can use some ECM (electronic counter measures) ...... I would turn my radio up full blast and employ some Barrage jamming or confusion jamming if you have deception techniques available ...... :P Quote
Andrew T Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 My pet hate is "it's not in my bailiwick" favoured by certain people that I have to deal with. Having Googled it I can tell you that it means "it's not within my field of expertise". Do they think it sounds better than being honest and saying "I don't know"? Quote
Neils TDi again Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Posted January 29, 2007 (edited) WAAF Had to be down to a woman I might have known. Running for cover.................... oops Edited January 29, 2007 by neil_wiles Quote
mumof4 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 Hmmm...since the only peeps i work with happen to be my kids..if i get asked a question that i dont know the answer to..or they wanted a really detailed explanation..i just sit down with them and have a gander at one of the many encyclopedias that i have....got that many my bookcases are bending under the weight of them all! Quote
Guest Cepheus Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 We have to deal with that many acronyms and abreviations in work that we don't have time for buzzwords - however, management types that visit regularly have come out with some classics ..... talking about "low-hanging fruit" was a favourite of one of the heads of department, and an email that we had once stated that we should all be "stretching the envelope to maximise mission critical gains". I swear that the first person I hear say the word "Blamestorming", I'll go at them wth a knife!!! Quote
Guest MATT jr Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 we hear a lot from lecturers at uni - gets tiring MJR Quote
greg_68 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 No one has more acronyms and 'buzz' words than Ford. Our favourite at work at the moment is we have 'thought showers' in meeting instead of 'brainstorming' as this apparently is a description used in conjunction with epeleptic fits. So as not to offend anyone we now use 'thought showers'. Quote
johnswlondon Posted August 16, 2007 Report Posted August 16, 2007 ok first the short answer then the long answer the short answer is that a h cooke,later warden of new college (my old warden),worked for what is now the m o d in london and helped in radar equipment for use in bombing raids during ww2.so `on my radar` is a term we can thank him for,although magnetron would be a better term. I have replaced the next bit with the link to the page he copied from.mumof4 http://www.vectorsite.net/ttwiz_03.html Quote
NikpV Posted August 16, 2007 Report Posted August 16, 2007 it would have been more appropriate to link this long copied section (whilst it is in the public domain is it still ok to be copied wholesale ?? I didnt think it was the same thing as copyright free) since its already hosted somewhere I am sure glen doesnt want to host it again. Quote
gregers Posted August 16, 2007 Report Posted August 16, 2007 well i got board of it after the 2nd paragraph. Quote
johnswlondon Posted August 16, 2007 Report Posted August 16, 2007 no probs,i thought it was interesting and wanted to share it,after all this site is all about technical info and development of systems. time to move on i guess. bye folks Quote
mumof4 Posted August 17, 2007 Report Posted August 17, 2007 It is indeed...all i did was put a link in to the page you got your info from.....i actually found it interesting once id sat and read it all.Learn something new everyday thats my motto. Quote
Smilge Posted August 17, 2007 Report Posted August 17, 2007 no probs,i thought it was interesting and wanted to share it,after all this site is all about technical info and development of systems. time to move on i guess. bye folks It was thank you John and the link was very useful as I teach Radar principles. You can't get enough "history" of a very interesting subject. Quote
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