QED -- Now you see why I don't use them -- with certain exceptions of 
course.

mike wilson wrote:
>> From: Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: 2006/08/31 Thu AM 08:30:20 GMT
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: Kite -- acronyms
>>
>> That hadn't occurred to me. I apologise.
>>
>> By the way, does IMHO imply that the writer has a dishonest opinion as 
>> well? It's almost as bad as 'To tell you the truth' or 'To be truthful.' 
>> The way our language is abused is often amusing and sometimes annoying.
>>     
>
> H is for "humble" - often meant sarcastically.
>
>   
>> Don
>>
>> John Forbes wrote:
>>     
>>> It's not a question of whether you can type fast enough to type the whole  
>>> phrase in full.  It's a matter of putting a searchable string in the  
>>> subject line so that people can use it to filter out the pictures.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:22:12 +0100, Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> I think 'approve' is the wrong word. Your approval doesn't matter one
>>>> way or the other. I don't use acronyms because I don't need them -- my
>>>> typing is fast enough. And I don't know them anyway. I think most stem
>>>> from days of yore when amateur radio operators (HAMS) used Morse code to
>>>> communicate (I did) and hundreds of such acronyms were in daily use --
>>>> some in voice communication as well. I remember a few and I'm sure those
>>>> haven't changed much. But its a matter of taste and style that doesn't
>>>> require approval or disapproval. I'm not trying to start an argument,
>>>> merely making an observation.
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>>>
>>>> Bob W wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi Shel,
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't approve of all these abbreviations, and I never think about
>>>>> them when I'm composing an email anyway. If people miss my pics, well
>>>>> that's too bad for me I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>  Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff
>>>>>> Sent: 31 August 2006 01:41
>>>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>>>>>> Subject: RE: Kite
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Bob,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like the space and the openness of the pic, but ,maybe
>>>>>> there's a little
>>>>>> too much of it.  I have a photo that's somewhat similar - a woman on
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>> a
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>> hilltop, sitting in a wheel chair, flying a kite, and every
>>>>>> time i see it I
>>>>>> wish I'd gotten a little closer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, may I suggest that you put PAW or PESO in your subject
>>>>>> line.  There
>>>>>> are those of us - quite a few actually - who filter the pics
>>>>>> from the rest
>>>>>> of the list traffic.  I mostly see your pics by accident when
>>>>>> reading the
>>>>>> archives or when subscribed to the list because of a discussion that
>>>>>> interests me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shel
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> [Original Message]
>>>>>>> From: Bob W
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.web-options.com/Kite.jpg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's a couple of years old, and I was disappointed with it because
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>>> I
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>>> felt at the time that I hadn't got what I wanted. But revisiting
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>>> it
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>>> (accidentally, while browsing my hard disk), I rather like the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>>> space
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>>> and the freedom but perhaps I'm letting my sentiment cloud my
>>>>>>> judgement. I'd be interested to hear what others think.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>>             
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> -- 
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