you had better explain them - I don't know BPOE
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
benevolent & protective order of elks
DVD (digital versatile disc)
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
FUBAR (fouled up beyond all recognition (another verb beginning with F is also used))
GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out
HMO - health maintenance organization
IRA Irish Republican Army
JDL (jewish defense league)
LASER - light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
MEAP - Michigan Educational Assessment Program
(annual testing our kids take)
NIMBY (not in my back yard)
RIP:
mwhahaha - rest in peace
QED (Quid Erat Demonstrandum or Quantum Electrodyamics)
I wanted to say Qld - Queensland!!
SASE (self addressed stamped envelope)
go ahead, pragmatic; i like what i've seen of Qld, which was Cairns
