I first heard something like this in Meekatharra in 1987:
"SHP this is JSW, 25 DME on the 186 radial left 6,000 FT, request your position?"
"Aaaaaaah, SHP, we're over the Bellelle wool shed, mate..."
There was a pregnant silence as both parties tried to digest this information, then I stepped in and interpreted for them. Nice to see the 'advances' of the last 20 years are now being overcome with some 'interpreters' on the ground again
