Hey, I can handle that one - FUBAR is an acronym for "Fouled Up
Beyond All Reason".  What else?  ha ha.


>
> Yep Joe,
>     "FUBAR"  really is a military term....
>
>       A few years ago... while on a training exercise in the Jungles of
Panama I
> was asked to provide a SITREP (SITuation REPort)  My reply of "I Spell:
Foxtrot,
> Uniform, Bravo, Alpha, Romeo" caused more than a little laughter.   The
radio
> operator asked for a confirmation then said "Roger, Confirm FUBAR, Out"
>
> Art "I ain't gonna say what it stands for!" hehehe" Bahrs
>
> >>> Joe Geiser <[log in to unmask]> 07/11/97 06:59am >>>
> Seriously... it could be the drive and head alignment - or the tape
> is physically bad, in which case, I think the term to apply to the
> tape is FUBAR (a military term, really!) and pray you have another...
>
> Joe