2. Abbreviations

Here’s a list of abbreviations that I use in my emails to Dan:

OS = Over-Subscribed

US = Under-Subscribed  (if I’m referring to the United States, I’ll say U.S.)

PS = Perfectly-Subscribed

WB = Western Block (of OS states)

SB = Southern Block (of US states)

LG = Landing God (the tongue-in-cheek deity that “controls” where I land)

GD = Google-Deprived (when a town is so small that Google has nothing or next-to-    nothing of interest about the town)

GE = Google Earth image

KS = Keep Smiling (my sign-off)

MM = the Mighty Mississippi

M&M = the evil OS twins, Montana and Minnesota

M&M&M = the evil OS triplets, Michigan, Minnesota and Montana

ut = unnamed tributary (for no good reason, not in caps)

PO = Pacific Ocean

AO = Atlantic Ocean

G of M = Gulf of Mexico

R = River

Ck = Creek

Fk = Fork

Br = Branch

N,S,E,W = Cardinal directions

lat/long = Latitude & Longitude

For more information, see “About Landing.”