Just a point of interest. Do all Cuties realise that in the world of Mobile Phones, computers etc. capital letters mean that you are shouting. Thought I would let you all know.

On this site I use Capital Letter because You Cant see my SMILE. SO The caps here take the place of a smile for me because you guys are so great.

Bless your heart..don't think anyone here is on you for your comment. But we do all laugh a lot, usually at ourself! Am fairly sure I knew that was shouting, but after all these yrs using that as emphasis, I still do so! And I still think LOL is lots of love!! Wonder what SWAK means now instead of "sealed with a kiss?" Not many letters mailed these days SWAK!! Enjoy all the wacky comments & just LOL!

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by meganne 27 Sep 2010

I have no idea if they've change the meaning of SWAK, but I did have to ask my Niece what MWA meant.

For those who don't know, it is GIVING a kiss, like when you purse your lips and blow someone a kiss.

How in blazes someone thought smooching a kiss sounds like Mwa! is truly beyond me, but I now find I use it all the time in txts and no-one has asked ME what it meant???????
LOLOLOL!!!!!
HNR, M

We just like to share. WELCOME to CUTE!!!!

A splendid way to avoid loosing yr voice -:)Next time I want to yell at my husband, I'll text message him. LOL

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by meganne 27 Sep 2010

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

I couldn't type the other letters cause I figure nothing can replace the real thing for a belly laugh.

Tears streaming down my face, that comment really tickled me.

HNR, M

If we don't stress over misspelled words, punctuation, or grammar, why stress over capitals?

Hi Margaret - I've loved this thread!!!! It's been a lot of fun reading all the comments. I'm so glad, too, that Meganne's Aussie humour was appreciated. Sometimes people have a hard time trying to work out what we DownUnderlings are trying to say - or not say as is often the way with Aussie fun.

I'm with Mops and have a bit/lot of trouble reading complete messages in upper case, after years of correcting my students' English. Also I skim read and it's not easy skimming caps, but, Hey!! put up with me and I'll put up with you!!

Also.... 'when I am old I shall wear purple', I shall do all the things I've told my kids not to do, I shall annoy and irritate the youngsters who are now finding grey hairs above their ears, I shall dress like a slob until my freebies have been found and safely stored away, I shall ignore all housework, I shall eat as many lollies as I want, I shall do just what I please, I shall climb the highest gumtree and scream out COOOOOOOoooEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Here I am, where are you!!!
The World will hear me and I shall have fun!!!!!

And .... next year when I turn 75 I'll invite all my friends here to join me, shinny up a gumtree and scream out to the rest of the world
COOOOOOOoooEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Want to come along for the ride??????

AlmaG.

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by sewdoctor 26 Sep 2010

I do!

by mranderson 26 Sep 2010

Count me in!!!!!!!!!

by meganne 27 Sep 2010

I'll be there in me sundybest. :-)
HNR, M

This subject really got your 'juices flowing'. And no Linda I did not expect this reaction. I will have to put my picture up so you can all see that I am not some 'young thing". And yes I also have a pair of 'computer glasses' made especially for working on the computer. Its a bugger having to change glasses all the time but would be up sh... creek without them. Have a great day and continue to laugh. My motto is "If you can't laugh you would cry". Margaret

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by sewmom 26 Sep 2010

I'm glad you have a good sense of humor :)

I had a good laugh at all the answers, especially Meganne's. But am I the only one who find reading capitals far more difficult than reading normal print? Since I was able to read I've been used to capitals at the beginning of a sentence, proper names and so on, and I take so much more time reading capitals only.
As far as eyesight is concerned, I sometimes set my screen at 125% instead of 100 (right hand bottom corner), you can go much higher than that and I find that much more comfortable than capitals - so I always skip those questions.

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by meganne 27 Sep 2010

I don't mind a good capital, Martine........

Paris, London, Rome, New York, Sydney, Auckland..........
LOLOLOL!!!!!

HNR, M

by mops 27 Sep 2010

Neither do I, seen only a few: Amsterdam, Paris, London, Edinburgh, Bern, Oslo.

THANKS ALL FOR THE GOOD LAUGHTS.hugs Yvonne

LMAO-oops-didn't mean to laugh so loud-us oldies have a tendency to do that sometimes-probably from all the years of having to yell to be heard over the tv,pets, kids, husbands -but it is also a way of showing excitement about something. Meganne, you made truly laugh out loud ~smiles~ *linda*

that's okay: THANK YOU!

Once you are over 50, and we ALL know it, you can do what you want. You dont have to pretend anymore. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S REST ALL OF YOU

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by castelyn 26 Sep 2010

BET YOU ARE NOT GOING TO REST NOW. haha Hugs Yvonne

I think most are aware. A fully capitalized word here and there is such an attention getter when one wants to pass on something to everyone. We don't get in a snit about it here. Young and old.... We just like to share. And on that not.... WELCOME to CUTE!!!!

CUTIES ARE GREAT! So glad this is the first post I read this morning; love all of you.YOU MAKE MY DAY!
hope you all heard me;I'll soon have the same problems as I quickly catch up. I am already learning to take things a little easier- U CERTAINLY GOT A FEW THINGS TO TEACH THEM YOUNG'UNS HEEHEEHEE and thanks for the great start to a new day.******for all.

Thanks, I didn't know.
I'm also communicating with youth - so I can use this - will see what happens.

Bärbel

After reading through the answers ~ For all who has bad vision here are a couple computer aids I use. I do wear bifocal contact lenses but still need help seeing some items. (Had an wasp leave it's stinger in my eye when I was seven.) In the lower right hand corner of my computer there is a magnifier with a zoom and you can make your fonts larger in percentages. Also, in the top where it says "File Edit View Favorites Tools Help" if you click on View you can change you Text size.

Now don't you go getting your knickers in a knot over it dear.

Most of us old timers can't see very well so we type in caps because we can't make the font any larger. My time is coming because I have cataracts growing so I guess it won't be long before I'll be using the Caps lock as well as the walking stick and hearing horn.

So please forgive us all who aren't so youthfull, and please don't feel you are being chastised for pointing out something we all already knew, but ignored.

You see, when you get older your sense of humour seems to kick in (bigtime) so we have to get our jollies where we can, sometimes even at the expense of some poor newbie who meant well and thought she was educating us old-timers. So we retaliate by taking the Mickey out of her, because we can. hehehehehe!

You see we also get bolder when we get older (notice the clever rhyme?)and we don't hold our tongues any more, we may sometimes plant them firmly in our cheeks when we reply, but as I said: we have to get our Jollies, somewhere.

And do you know that when you get older, some things just aren't that important any more, 'coz you see we're nearer the end than the beginning, so if we forget to turn the capslock off, or make spelling mistakes, we're certainly not going to waste precious time by deleting and rewriting the whole lot. NAH! We've got more important things to do..... there's the next post to answer.... the next freebie to find.... the next email to read.... the next project to finish.... and now that we're all laughing so hard we've all got to rush to the loo or else we'll have to change our scanties and that cause something we no longer like to do, WORK!!!!

So please forgive us all if we sometimes forget to follow the rules, at our age we were probably the ones who MADE those rules and just like any politician, when you are the ones who made the rules, you don't have to follow them.

We are all really harmless little old ladies who enjoy each other's friendship and expect nothing but politeness, kindness, caring, love and support and sometimes a bit of good natured ribbing. :-))))))

OH, and most of us have some form of YDS.

Welcome to the Cute Family.
Hugs and roses, Meganne

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by 1ladyb 26 Sep 2010

You are so right Meganne. Growing old sure ain't for sissies. Lol.

by mranderson 26 Sep 2010

Thank you Meganne. I liked being called youthfull as my 66th birthday is on Tuesday.Ha Ha Ha. In DBC someone did ask 'Why the Caps'.Hope some with poor eyesight read capoodles comment.

by leenova54 26 Sep 2010

Meganne, you have a way with words, loved reading your post!

by holly12 26 Sep 2010

Meganne, I love it. You said it all for us since I'm going to be 65 next month. Thanks. Arlene

by sewmom 26 Sep 2010

ROTFL and running to the loo too!!! Thanks for the good times.

by dilceia 26 Sep 2010

eu concordo Megane... hehehe

by sewdoctor 26 Sep 2010

You said it better and funnier than I could have, Thanks a bunch!

It's an accepted fact and one of which we all should be aware since this is our way of communication in the cyber-arena.

Used sparingly and appropriately it can add jest to a message.

Used inappropriately it can be quite offensive and hurtful.

AlmaG.

"I Love My Computer Because All My Friends Live In It." You Cuties are ADORABLE.

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by leenova54 26 Sep 2010

I always tell people that all my friends live in this little box on my desk. They don't judge me (well, at least not too much) and they are there day and night whenever I need to "talk".

Oh i sometimes write in this just cause i can see it better:(:O carolyn

Yes, yes, and yes!! Unless it is people like Lucy and myself that can no longer see very well. H&*

WAS GOING TO SKIP OVER THIS POST CAUSE ITS GETTING LATE. GLAD I DID'T. GOT QUITE A FEW LAUGHS HERE!!!! YOU LADIES ARE SO FUNNY. I'M WITH THE REST UPPER OR LOWER CASE WHO CARES AS LONG AS WE CAN READ IT. WE ALL HAVE FUN HERE AND HELP ONE ANOTHER. AND ALL IS WELL.....GOODNIGHT.....

I use CAPS to catch someones attention-or-because I know the cutie has hard time reading/seeing-or- sometimes I forget they are on...I never really cared either way....I guess I can tell by the way the words are phrased if they are yelling or whatever...

YOU DON'T SAY!!! WELL I NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE!!
HE HE HE HE :)

Yup--it means you are shouting. But if the Cutie isn't aware that is what it means, then I guess they are not shouting, they are just trying to communicate. Doesn't offend me one bit. As long as I can read the post and try to help, that is all that is needed.

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by tmbache 25 Sep 2010

well said i agree......

But how can you not be excited when you are surrounded by so many fantastic people?! Don't take us too serious, we just love what we do and hey, WELCOME have another flower!

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by mariahail 25 Sep 2010

YOU ARE VERY SWEET!!!!******

by leenova54 26 Sep 2010

Thanks, we really are a fun loving bunch here trying to do too many things at once, you will find us and this site addicting so just hang in there with us and soon you will see the personalities of everyone and follow us in the ups and down of cuties who care about one another though most have never met. We do share pics now and then too so we can put a face to a name so feel free to add yours for us!
Debra

SO BE IT, MY EYES AREN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE EITHER, ALSO I DO SHOUT BECAUSE MY HEARING IS GOING, SORRY BUT GROWING OLD IS HELL !!

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by nhsmith55 25 Sep 2010

That's the truth!

by mcgraw 25 Sep 2010

Yes, I dont know what happened to "grow old gracefully" I thinks they really mean "grow old painfully" dont you. *4 all

by crafter2243 25 Sep 2010

HEAR, HEAR

by meganne 25 Sep 2010

Don't you mean, SEE HEAR! hahahahahaha!!!

by lindalee757 26 Sep 2010

omg you guys are on a roll-excuse me, I think I am going to have an accident if I don't stop reading and laughing so hard-bet mranderson didn't expect this kind of feedback on a FYI post =O)

Yes but there are some Cuties who use capital letters because they have problems with their eyesight and it is easier for them to read the capital letters.

YES, I learned it when I first came to the internet world. Of course I typed in all caps and that's how I found out...LOL ;D *2U

No I did not sorry I do a lot of shouting.

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by mariahail 25 Sep 2010

ME TOO!!!!!WOOOOHOOOO

by crafter2243 25 Sep 2010

Maria you make me laugh

Yes I have heard that ,,but makes no difference to I

Yes, usually, however caps are also used to emphasize (eg HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) excitement (eg GUESS WHAT?) and abbreviations (eg: LOL) .. also some of our Cuties have trouble reading the text here at times, and specifically request that caps are used when speaking to them :) xXx

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by mranderson 25 Sep 2010

Maybe I should have said a raised voice instead of shouting. Sorry.