... and for me. However, as I said, it seems I no longer need either, since the answer, in plain English, appears to be engraved on my mind!
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CIVIL and SOHCAHTOA were taught in the early 60's and never to be forgotten, along with my 'non-military' works numbers
CRIPPLER?
BODMAS?
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Ah, if we're talking 'military', how about TWEGOLAPS (from my school cadet force days, in the 60s
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Yeap....
Continuity
Ring
Insulation
Polarity (dead)
Polarity (live)
Loop impedance
Earth Electrode
RCD
The correct order of tests on a new electrical installation
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That's an easy one - resistor band colour codes
So what's Bodmas and Twegolaps ?
So what's Bodmas and Twegolaps ?
One of the disciplines I was educated in really majored on mnemonics, to the extent that there were actually books published on the subject. However, students being students, those 'offical' ones usually got over-ridden by 'more easily remembered' ones, most of which were decidedly unsuitable for 'family audiences'.
To take a fairly tame example, "On Old Olympus' Towering Top, A Finn and German Viewed Some Hops" was actually remembered as "Oh, Oh, Oh To Touch And Feel A Girl's Vagina. Such Heaven!"
Just to confuse things, there were slight variants since the V-word could alternatively be an S-word, and the S-word could be an A-word - some variants included "...Picked Some Hops" and "... Picked Ancient Hops", " ... Feel A Girl's Privates" and "..... Ah, Heaven" !Kind Regards, John
BODMAS is the conventional order of priorities in undertaking mathematical calculations ...
Brackets
Orders (powers or roots) [sometimes called "Others" or "Of", but always means powers/roots]
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction
TWEGOLAPS lits the "duties of a sentry" (things a sentry neend to know) but to get the meanings, you are testing my long-term (50+ years) memory! However, I'll have a go ......
Times of Duty
Who is out (anticipated returning patrols)
Enemy's Position
Ground to be covered
Own troop's position
Landmarks
Action on approach
Passwords
Signals to be sent
I'm fairly confident of all other than the "W".
Kind Regards, John
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HASEL - Pre-aerobatic checks if I remember correctly. I think we used to have a second S in there.
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Case in point, were I to recall the version I learned in less PC times then the post would get removed as racist, sexist, and obscene
Yes, HASSELL (as I vaguely recall learning it <cough> years ago - though it seems there are versions with one or two Ss and one or two Ls.
Probably rightly so.
BODMAS is also known as BIDMAS......I for indices.....
It is, but the (I would say less intuitive) BODMAS seems to be what is nearly always used/quoted.
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