[Farmer]

Sorry to be thick...but what does lol mean...I see it used often, but can't work out what it means...please forgive me...I'm old and have led a sheltered life!!!

Farmer 
 

[vickylouxx]

it means laugh out loud

[Farmer]

Oh...thank you vickylouxx...I feel such a plonker...lol

Farmer 
 

[vickylouxx]

cant be as bad as my 9 year old sitting here talking to the pc thinking his sister can hear him he forgot u have to type 

[northfifeduckling]

can also mean lots of love, take a pick, lol
you're not thick at all, Annie aboslutely puzzled me with all her abbreviations in CAPITALS the other day in one of her posts (I don't dare asking what they mean or I might have to remember!)

[sandy]

I am a bit old fashions.....NOT!!! I only send LOVE when I mean it!!!

[doganjo]

It can also mean 'loads of laughs'

How about ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing)

IMVHO - in my very honest opinion (sometimes without the very)

IYCMD - if you catch my drift

tHERE ARE LOADS MORE BUT i CAN NEVER REMEMBER THEM - i'M OLD FASHIONED TOO AND DOA  SPELL CHECK ON EVERY MESSAGE AS I ALWAYS MISTYPE - and accidentally switch on teh caps lock 

[sandy]

There are very few people I would not send love tooo....i am a true HIPPY..LOVE TO YOU ALL!! ( Steve is being very sentimenatal tonight.....must go to bed, early start tomorrow, loads of people comming and loads to do!! love this job!! best job yet!!!

[doganjo]

I kinda like my job too - doing nought! LOL 

[sandy]

learnt a lot 

[Farmer]

In my former life...before smallholding...I was responsible for inducting new Business Advisers for the Business Link initiative...loads of jargon and abbreviations to impart and often had complaints from inductees who vowed they would never use them...I used to challenge them to donate a £1 for every time they fell into the trap in a report within the first six months of taking on the post...usually made around £50 a time, which we donated to a selected local charity...lol

I may be the only person in Britain (or possibly the world) who has never sent a text...I can't get my head around it and just can't be bothered to learn all the abbreviations...must be brain overload from my previous life!

Farmer 
 

[Hardfeather]

All my texts are in longhand........with proper punctuation. I can't bring myself to enter the modern world.

[sheila]

 Me too! I can't stand all this abreviation stuff.

[little blue]

When I bought my parents their first mobile phone, the first text they sent me said..
"hellohowdoyoudospaces"
which I thought was great!
Now my mum texts me every day, makes up her own abbreviations and even tells me whats on the telly I might want to watch!

[Rosemary]

I do punctuation in texts. I don't know how to do capitals in a sentence though.

Another abreviation is RTFM - read the f****** manual!

SNAFU - sintuation normal, all F***** up (used to use  that at work a lot)