what about listing abbreviations and their meaning for people who are not
mechanically minded and also for the non american mebers.
what do you think.

 

You mean like this:
Common Acronyms and/or Jargon

I swear that people don't even bother to look around, regardless of how blatant we make the sections with technical info in them...

 

i did actually type in abbreviations in the search, no results.
of course, its so obvious, i should have typed in common acronyms,
its the first thing that comes to mind.
sorry.