Forgive me, I take my vernacular peculiarities for granted, forgetting that the world outside the Republic has likely not experienced the proliferation of UFO's, alien abductions, marauding Big Feet, Jackalopes, Elvis and Jim Morrison sightings, to the extent that we have. Take it from a bloke who has shared in many of these life experiences, that they will all come to pass.
Could be the Norton Bombsights - the military budget is quite lean these days.

