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echo: telemate
to: DAVE NEUMAN
from: FRANK BELL
date: 1996-06-03 08:18:00
subject: Re: Unresponsive arrow ke

-> They take up space.. well, not much.. but I just don't like'em!  And
-> I usually get stubborn about these things :)
Well, that's certain okay!  If it ain't fun, don't do it!  (We got
enough unfun things we *have* to do, without taking on ones we don't
have to do.)
-> FB> IOW, give up on trying to quote on this BBS and try another route
-> ;).
-> Did you mean to say WOW?  Anyways, I'll just work around it.. I've
IOW--BBS slang for "in other words."  Sometimes you'll see articles
about emoticons and abbrev. used in computer messaging--like the :) for
smile--there're hundreds people have come up with, but, frankly, the
only ones I've seen used with any regularily are the smile, IOW for in
other words, IMO for in my opinion, FWIW for for what it's worth, G
for grina, and AFIAK for as far as I know.  It took me two years to
learn what FWIW meant, and then I never did figure it out for myself.
I had to ask (G).
Your quotes looked good in your last post.  Catch you later!
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