Whn you have a long thread. and different people are talking to each other how do you tell what post a reply is answering?????

I get confused when reading a post just top to bottom.
(every chance I'm just being thick of course!!!)

i agree especially onan emotive subject
em

I generally will start with the name of the person I am replying to if it is a relevant point on a long thread :)

Sorry Melody.....which one was you talking to?? :d :d

BB

ROTFL ....G*T!

(and THAT was being addressed to Bramble !!)

Mel
PS ..I am known as the BB on a newsgroup I subscribe too ..only there it stands for Buxom Barmaid ;) :D

I didn't know Bramble Basher was a barmaid...

What does Mrs B say about that??

Dear Posters,

For those of us who are relatively new to the board, where can we find out what the abbreviations mean? Eg. I have no idea what ROTFL means, or, for example, LOL (I have always used this for "lots of love", but posters seem to stick it in willy-nilly - are they sending lots of love to everyone???). I also have trouble with the abbreviations of the dog breeds and I have to try to guess what kind of dog it is by the information in the post. But this is often not possible. Is there a list of abbreviations or acronyms anywhere so I can make more sense of the posts? Many thanks.

Kazdap, I know what you mean !

I used to think LOL was lots of love as well ! :)

Have a look here:

http://www.lotuselancentral.com/abbrev.htm

Dear Fablab,

MANY MANY thanks for that info!! Now I have some idea what's going on.

Now, do you have any ideas where I can find the abbreviations for the dog breeds?? It's really frustrating reading a long post about an XYZ dog doing wierd/interesting things and not knowing whether it is a little tiny terrier, or a monster giant something.

Thanks again :D :)

Hehe Kazdap, if lol meant "lots of love" then this would be one loved up dog board!

lol :D

Jo

Yeah, Jo, I was beginning to wonder.... :D

I thought your post was automatically filed under the one you wished to reply to, as long as you clicked "reply" on the relevant post. So, all the narrower posts under wider ones (so to speak) are replies to the wider post.

Or maybe I'm caught in one of those dreams where I'm trying to run through quick sand ...

If you use active topics or the whole thread then that is so, but if you view in new posts they all appear one after the other the same width. If I am unsure what it is a reply to I click on the thread title and then I can see it lined up with correct posts.