a quick merry stressmas

[Troubleshooter]

This thread exemplifies why I don't do holidays any more. The SNR in life is getting worse every day. The holidays only exaggerate that. There's nothing like heightening our expectaions of reciprocity to the point of a pathology.

[Griff]

What pray tell is SNR?

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by Griff

What pray tell is SNR?

As a vulgar usage it means the crap you have to go through or put up with to get a meaningful or worthwhile result.

From the Wikipedia here.

"The phrase signal-to-noise ratio, often abbreviated SNR or S/N, is an engineering term for the ratio between the magnitude of a signal (meaningful information) and the magnitude of background noise. Because many signals have a very wide dynamic range, SNRs are often expressed in terms of the logarithmic decibel scale."

Edit: The definition has expanded to include message boards and usenet. For a good example of a bad SNR look at the Critique of Black Culture thread and The big hoorrah in that input thread started by Marichiko.

[Griff]

Ah gottcha. You're spot on there. I try to keep things pretty clean here but I don't control the entire docket during the holidays. Early in my relationship with Pete I really had problems with the way we were doing holidays but we have staked a claim on Christmas Day as a stay home with the kids time. I'm actually much better this year than last when Moms cancer was getting to her and her kids were getting to me.