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 Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 03:00 pm
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After doing a quick Wikipedia search I thought I'd ask what does "Orsa" mean?  A province in Sweden or something else?

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I see reference that is was a area in Sweden and also a Swedish dialect.

One reference to a definition of "operations in time".

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 Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 03:28 pm
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Skipdawg wrote:
Interesting!...I had read on another forum that it was Orsa,Sweden...but the "operations in time" is very fitting!hand6.gif Maybe Berg will chime in later with the answercool10.gif I see reference that is was a area in Sweden and also a Swedish dialect.

One reference to a definition of "operations in time".

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 Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 04:22 pm
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Orsa class torpedo boat

The Orsa class were a group of large torpedo boats or destroyer escorts built for the Italian Navy in the late 1930's. They were an enlarged version of the Spica class, with more endurance and a greater depth charge load but less powerful machinery and a lighter gun armament. Surviving pair rebuilt as anti submarine frigates in the 1950's.

anti-aircraft guns
  • 8 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machine guns
  • 6 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • 6 Depth charge throwers [/list][/list]
  • Marina Militare,

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     Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 04:24 pm
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    ORSA = ORegon Sunsets Amazing! Shhh don't tell anyone it is supposed to be a secret. :P


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     Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 06:05 pm
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    Skipdawg
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    yamahaki wrote:
    Orsa class torpedo boat

    The Orsa class were a group of large torpedo boats or destroyer escorts built for the Italian Navy in the late 1930's. They were an enlarged version of the Spica class, with more endurance and a greater depth charge load but less powerful machinery and a lighter gun armament. Surviving pair rebuilt as anti submarine frigates in the 1950's.

    anti-aircraft guns

  • 8 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machine guns
  • 6 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • 6 Depth charge throwers [/list][/list] Marina Militare,
    Very cool. Thanks for sharing that. hand6.gif
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     Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 06:23 pm
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    Eric L.
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    I believe ORSA is mainly used (outside of watch circles) as an acronym for the Operations Research Society of America or Operations Research / Systems Analysis, but the theme is the same.

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     Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 06:39 pm
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    It also stands for Oxacillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus... :shock:

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     Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 06:45 pm
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    A little birdy may have told me of the latin origins of the word:

    ordior ordiri orsus dep. [to begin]; esp. [to begin speaking]. N. pl. of partic. as subst. orsa -orum , [beginnings, undertakings]; esp. [words uttered, speech].

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     Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 08:40 pm
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    orsa is the latin word of beginning , i chose this word when i began this company.

    the boat thing is kinda cool , made me think......


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     Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 08:51 pm
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    Dang, I was hopin for the medicine-resistant infection...   :shock:

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     Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 09:24 pm
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    Eric L.
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    I think in the end, it can mean whatever you want it to mean.  ;)

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