Old Timer

wlyon · 04-19-2011, 01:52 PM

I have noticed more and more what I guess are texting terms being used on the forums. This is fine if you text but confusing to us who do not. If you use these abbreviations or whatever just realize some of us old timers have no idea what you are saying. And frankly I am to old to learn a new language. Bill

Ron Wood · 04-19-2011, 01:55 PM

From one geezer to another

...amen brother!

Edward Tinker · 04-19-2011, 02:11 PM

From a person who was hired to teach and train on computer terms, I too can find it maddening.

Normal protocol suggests usage such as this (examples);

Not Normally Seen (NNS) / Junk that I shouldn't Buy (JTISB) etc., etc. or if you are going to use text forms.

Ed

Norme · 04-19-2011, 02:13 PM

Hi Bill, IMVHO you're quite right, LOL. Norm

lugerholsterrepair · 04-19-2011, 02:14 PM

Bill, Ron, you are correct in that sometimes I don't know what people are talking about! Abreviations etc. are here to stay though I would guess. I often run into them that I wonder? I am usually too lazy to ask what they are and just ignor them. oh well..a sign of the times..
I IM Ed in Iraq almost every day and it's useful to shorten typed speech. I am no typist so a hunt and peck system works for me..the shorter the better.
I don't know of any easy solution..people get into habits that a request to change them might not work!

Junk that I shouldn't Buy (JTISB) Man I have a ton of that!

the gunman · 04-20-2011, 10:29 AM

I to have no idea in Hxxx how to decifer those abreviations

Ron Smith · 04-20-2011, 10:35 AM

An on-line translator...

http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php

Had a low-rider Butt-Rocket fly past me on the freeway the other day. Four high school aged kids in it, all were texting including the driver. A State Trooper was one car behind them talking on his radio and giving them his undivided attention. I exited before the SHTF. I doubt that "Mom & Dad" appreciated the unexpected expenditure.

alanint · 04-20-2011, 11:05 AM

A good friend was rather surprised to receive a $1,200 phone texting bill the month after giving his teenage daughter her first I phone.

George Anderson · 04-20-2011, 11:10 AM

I limit my "new write" to POS, WTF, and REMF.

Ron Wood · 04-20-2011, 11:21 AM

Some of us REMFs didn't have a choice, so cutting a little bit of slack would be appreciated. We did what we could.

Ron Smith · 04-20-2011, 11:28 AM

Cripes! I even had to look up "REMF". Must be an Army thing?

alanint · 04-20-2011, 03:38 PM

Vietman, specifically. I don't think it is common military slang today...

MikeP · 04-22-2011, 10:35 AM

Pogue is what A current vet I met used yesterday.

Not necessarily derogatory, though some do use it that way.

What is important to me is that somebody bothered to show up.

I will say that having an infantry MOS and SFQ'd plus 18 months actually carrying a weapon through the bush along the Cambodian border gives me a somewhat different perspective.
Close up personal experience with death at that level makes one appreciate being alive.
Knowing you still have months ahead and you could be next tends to make one a bit jumpy.

Glad its in the past, but I'd do it again.

04-19-2011, 01:52 PM	#1
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,627 Thanks: 3,165 Thanked 2,546 Times in 951 Posts	Old Timer I have noticed more and more what I guess are texting terms being used on the forums. This is fine if you text but confusing to us who do not. If you use these abbreviations or whatever just realize some of us old timers have no idea what you are saying. And frankly I am to old to learn a new language. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

04-19-2011, 01:55 PM	#2
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,005 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 5,139 Times in 1,689 Posts	From one geezer to another...amen brother! __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

04-19-2011, 02:11 PM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,926 Thanks: 2,014 Thanked 4,523 Times in 2,089 Posts	From a person who was hired to teach and train on computer terms, I too can find it maddening. Normal protocol suggests usage such as this (examples); Not Normally Seen (NNS) / Junk that I shouldn't Buy (JTISB) etc., etc. or if you are going to use text forms. Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

04-19-2011, 02:14 PM	#5
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,766 Thanks: 4,883 Thanked 3,121 Times in 1,432 Posts	Bill, Ron, you are correct in that sometimes I don't know what people are talking about! Abreviations etc. are here to stay though I would guess. I often run into them that I wonder? I am usually too lazy to ask what they are and just ignor them. oh well..a sign of the times.. I IM Ed in Iraq almost every day and it's useful to shorten typed speech. I am no typist so a hunt and peck system works for me..the shorter the better. I don't know of any easy solution..people get into habits that a request to change them might not work! Junk that I shouldn't Buy (JTISB) Man I have a ton of that! __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

04-20-2011, 10:35 AM	#7
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	An on-line translator... http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php Had a low-rider Butt-Rocket fly past me on the freeway the other day. Four high school aged kids in it, all were texting including the driver. A State Trooper was one car behind them talking on his radio and giving them his undivided attention. I exited before the SHTF. I doubt that "Mom & Dad" appreciated the unexpected expenditure. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

04-19-2011, 02:13 PM	#4
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 225 Thanked 2,603 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Bill, IMVHO you're quite right, LOL. Norm

04-20-2011, 10:29 AM	#6
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	I to have no idea in Hxxx how to decifer those abreviations

04-20-2011, 11:05 AM	#8
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	A good friend was rather surprised to receive a $1,200 phone texting bill the month after giving his teenage daughter her first I phone.

04-20-2011, 11:10 AM	#9
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,528 Times in 787 Posts	I limit my "new write" to POS, WTF, and REMF.

04-20-2011, 11:21 AM	#10
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,005 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 5,139 Times in 1,689 Posts	Some of us REMFs didn't have a choice, so cutting a little bit of slack would be appreciated. We did what we could. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

04-20-2011, 11:28 AM	#11
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Cripes! I even had to look up "REMF". Must be an Army thing? __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

04-20-2011, 03:38 PM	#12
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Vietman, specifically. I don't think it is common military slang today...

04-22-2011, 10:35 AM	#13
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	Pogue is what A current vet I met used yesterday. Not necessarily derogatory, though some do use it that way. What is important to me is that somebody bothered to show up. I will say that having an infantry MOS and SFQ'd plus 18 months actually carrying a weapon through the bush along the Cambodian border gives me a somewhat different perspective. Close up personal experience with death at that level makes one appreciate being alive. Knowing you still have months ahead and you could be next tends to make one a bit jumpy. Glad its in the past, but I'd do it again.