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"Murielle" wrote in message
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I've been AFK for ages and am trying to catch up on any threads I was in
before my computer made me crazy ... er.

I don't know what AFK means but I'm sorry you're crazy :-)

Mind you, I sometimes think most of us here must be ...

No one told me. That's one thing I love about this group, I learn. I
learn every time I drop by and read a few posts.

Me too.

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Murielle" wrote in message
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I've been AFK for ages and am trying to catch up on any threads I was in
before my computer made me crazy ... er.

I don't know what AFK means but I'm sorry you're crazy :-)

AFK = Away from Keyboard. I had to ask a friend about that one too...

sue

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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Murielle" wrote in message
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I've been AFK for ages and am trying to catch up on any threads I was in
before my computer made me crazy ... er.

I don't know what AFK means but I'm sorry you're crazy :-)

AFK = Away from Keyboard. I had to ask a friend about that one too...

Ah! Thank you :-)

Mary

sue

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"Murielle" wrote in message
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I've been AFK for ages and am trying to catch up on any threads I was in
before my computer made me crazy ... er.

I don't know what AFK means but I'm sorry you're crazy :-)

LOL!

AFK means away from keyboard. It's a very old computer expression. Really
dates me.

Murielle

Mind you, I sometimes think most of us here must be ...

No one told me. That's one thing I love about this group, I learn. I
learn every time I drop by and read a few posts.

Me too.

Mary

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"Murielle" wrote in message
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I've been AFK for ages and am trying to catch up on any threads I was in
before my computer made me crazy ... er.

I don't know what AFK means but I'm sorry you're crazy :-)

LOL!

AFK means away from keyboard.

Ah, thanks! I'll try to remember - but probably shan't :-)

It's a very old computer expression. Really dates me.

Well I've been using a computer at home since 1989, perhaps it's more of a
cultural difference than an age one. Although I AM old :-)

Mary

On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:15:32 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

It's a very old computer expression. Really dates me.

Well I've been using a computer at home since 1989, perhaps it's more of a
cultural difference than an age one. Although I AM old :-)

Mary

Could it be that you didn't/don't play games online? We play games
online, and when you meet other people at random in a game like
Diablo/Diablo II, you let each other know what's going on as fast as
possible since the games are very fast paced. We run into a lot of
AFK BRB (away from keyboard be right back) abbreviations that way.

Leah

"Leah" wrote in message
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On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:15:32 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

It's a very old computer expression. Really dates me.

Well I've been using a computer at home since 1989, perhaps it's more of a
cultural difference than an age one. Although I AM old :-)

Mary

Could it be that you didn't/don't play games online?

I don't :-)

We play games
online, and when you meet other people at random in a game like
Diablo/Diablo II, you let each other know what's going on as fast as
possible since the games are very fast paced. We run into a lot of
AFK BRB (away from keyboard be right back) abbreviations that way.

Ah, I've learned about BRB from a 10yo granddaughter who says it on MSN.
Even use it myself occasionally - but just to impress her. That's not hard
really, she still can't believe that anyone over thirteen even knows what a
keyboard is for :-)

Games aren't a problem for me but when I found myself playing patience at
all times of day and night (even getting up in the night to do it!) I
removed all games from my computer and have no urge for playing with others.
I'd rather be knitting!

Mary

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:20:42 GMT, "Murielle"
wrote:

AFK means away from keyboard. It's a very old computer expression. Really
dates me.

I've been using computers since long before they even had keyboards.
Remember punched cards? Remember FORTRAN?
--
Barbara Vaughan

My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it.

B Vaughan wrote:

I've been using computers since long before they even had keyboards.
Remember punched cards? Remember FORTRAN?

*wistful sigh of happy memories* I remember taking Cobol in the 70s and
having students ask if they had pre-punched cards that they could buy
and then just create the Hollerith code manually instead of having to
stay on campus (at a commuter college) and use keypunch machines.

I also remember encountering my first desktop computer, an Apple, maybe
even a Mac, and wondering what you do with a computer that doesn't have
a screen for you to type on.

I also remember arguing with a software company that they were
ridiculous for not having the source code available so that if you
wanted something different, you could just change the source code.
After I learned better, I used to think it was pretty funny that I did
that, but now I think I was ahead of my time. LOL

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

"B Vaughan" wrote in message
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On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:20:42 GMT, "Murielle"
wrote:

AFK means away from keyboard. It's a very old computer expression.
Really
dates me.

I've been using computers since long before they even had keyboards.
Remember punched cards? Remember FORTRAN?
--
Barbara Vaughan


Oh yes Barbara, I remember FORTRAN which was the first programming language
I learned; I believe it was in 1965. That was later followed by COBOL, RPG,
PL1, BAL, etc. A programmer's life was filled with acronyms but none of
this AFK and BRB stuff which weren't coined until much later.

--
Jan in MN