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Your useful mnemonic devices

I'm sorta surprised people need a mnemonic for cardinal points. :confused:

We were given a ton of them for navigation and (nautical) rules of the road. My favorite:

"Green to green, red to red, all is well, go ahead. (When in danger, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!)"

Some others:

"Red over green, sailing machine"

"Red over white, fishing at night"

"White over red, pilot ahead"

"Red over red, the captain is dead" (Vessel not under command (adrift))
 
My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas worked until those scientists decided Pluto wasn't a planet. Bastards.
 
I used this one in my college zoology class for the classification of plants and animals.

Kiss Paul's Cheek Or Forget Going Steady

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genius, Species
 
JNB said:
I'm sorta surprised people need a mnemonic for cardinal points. :confused:
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Me, too.

I don't use them often, but these are the only ones I can think of are
the 30 days hath September poem for how many days and Mr. Pedmas for the order of operations and HOMES for the Great Lakes.
 
ucfgrad93 said:
I used this one in my college zoology class for the classification of plants and animals.

Kiss Paul's Cheek Or Forget Going Steady

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genius, Species
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I always used "kinky people can orgasm from great sex"

Learned a lot in pharm and anatomy this year, most are suitable for publishing. I find the more sexual and odd they are, the easier I remember them.

The one I can remember are the class 1 antiarrhythmics: double quarter pounder lettuce tomato mayo faster please.
 
JNB said:
"All People Seem To Need Data Processing" is the one I got. I went to a pretty dry school, apparently. :D
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My two network engineering teachers were a (ex?) stoner in his 50s with the dirty mind of a high school student and the other was in his mid twenties and just out of college so he shared our screwed up sense of humor. Both two of the best teachers I've ever had though :D
 
Kids Playing Chase On Freeways Get Smashed
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genius, Species

Some Lecturers Teach Points That They Can't Handle
Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquetrium
Pisiform
Trapezium
Trapezoid
Capate
Hamate
 
Well, as several people posted their mnemonics for the planets, I'll just post the one I learned for the Russell Spectrum of stars that I learned in college astronomy:

Oh
Boy,
A
Fine
Girl,
Kiss
Me
Right
Now,
Smack!
 
Leaves of 3, let them be
Berries white, run with fright
= Poison Ivy

And there's also half a million from my anatomy class.
 
The one we learned in English class was:
Hook
Opinion statement
Thesis

Topic
Info (stats, facts)
Details
Ending

(TIDE again)

Counter-arguement
Restate thesis
And
Bang (stats, facts)
Smack (call to action)
 
'Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle' or
'Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father'

The order of sharps and flats in the major scales :)
 
Not really "useful" but the one I still remember an elementary school geography test is for the Great Lakes.

Huron
Ontario
Michigan
Erie
Superior

I've never needed to know the Great Lakes ever again. But, if my life ever depends on naming them, I'll be ready. ;)
 
My dad had one for trigonometry.. Some Old Horse Caught Another Horse Taking His Oats Away, or something. It didn't work for me, apparently. It was for the all the Sine, Cosine, etc. stuff.

I don't really have a whole lot.. I know I do, but atm I'm tired and can't think of them. Often, they only make sense to me anyway :D And, for the most part, I just remember what I'm supposed to remember without a memory aid. I'm good like that. If I'm going to remember something, 99% of the time it's not going to be because of a word picture or gimmick.

tristangage said:
'Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle' or
'Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father'

The order of sharps and flats in the major scales :)
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kind of like Every Good Boy Does Fine. I got that from my guitar teacher, for reading sheet music. Nah, it didn't work.
 
SilentPanda said:
What are some mnemonic devices you have used seemingly forever?
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Magnetic Compass behaviours:

Accelerate
North
Decellerate
South

Undershoot
North
Overshoot
South

North
Opposite
South
Exceeds

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Magnetic compass errors ("V. D. Mona"... nice girl, just use protection)

Variation
Deviation
Magnetic dip error
Oscillation
Northerly turning error
Acceleration/deceleration error

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Required instruments for Day VFR flight:

Tachometer
Oil pressure gauge
Manifold pressure gauge (for an "altitude engine")
Airspeed indicator
Temperature gauge for each liquid-cooled engine
Oil temperature gauge
Fuel gauge(s)
Landing gear position indicator (if retractable)
Altimeter
Magnetic compass
Emergency Locater Transmitter
Seat belts

...and for IFR:

Generator
Radios
Attitude indicator
Ball
Clock
Adjustable altimeter
Rate of turn indicator
Directional gyro


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IFR Clearance Sequence

Clearance limit fix
Route of flight
Altitude(s)
Frequency on which to contact air traffic control
Transponder code

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IFR Approach Briefing:

A - ATIS received, Altimeter set
B - brief the approach using "MICE ATM"
- Marker beacon receiver - ON
- Identify approach plate, Identify radio navaids
- Course inbound
- Entry method
- Altitudes
- Tower frequency; timed-approach times (if applicable)
- Minimums; Missed approach procedure
C - Checklist (pre-landing)
 
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