Jesse's garter snakes

[chris-uk]

Okay...I have no idea what stfu and gtfo means...I think it takes me longer to text abbreviations because I have to think about what the heck I'm typing for the abbreviation! And hey Mike...having a little signature schizophrenia are we? Lol...

Jesse...stop making the old people think! I'm going to need some gingko biloba or something so that I can function on this forum.

That's because abbreviations like those don't have a place in civilised, grown-up conversation. They're just another way to circumvent the forum's profanity filters.

They're a little vulgar aren't they?

Agreed, hence they shouldn't be used on forum.

roflbsst

Means "Rolling On the Floor Laughing, But Somehow Still Typing". I stole it from one of our British comedians because I thought it was a good observation on most chat room/text talk abbreviations.

I don't want to come over as some old git with a downer on the youth of today (I am, but that's not the point in hand ), however surely we want to keep the forum as a fun, but grown-up, place to converse - as opposed to lowering it to text-talk, abbbreviations and teenage profanity? The youngsters who stop by the forum can make positive contributions but let's not kid ourselves, the wealth of knowledge is held in the heads of the older members and if we dumb down the conversations we will loose more valued contributers (I could name at least one person who made positive contributions who isn't posting anymore).

Just my two-pennies worth, which is not to thinly veiled as being targetted at Jesse in particular.