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Silly question, but what does "OT" mean in thread header?
"Whistles will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no whistles."
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It means "off topic", i.e, not whistle-related. :)

Some others:

IMHO in my honest opinion
AFAIC as far as I'm concerned
AFAIK as far as I know
FWIW for what it's worth

those are all I can think of right now. You see them all the time.
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Post by Nanohedron »

OTOH, YMMV. :wink:




(On the other hand, your mileage may vary.)
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Cheers guys - good one
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You mean it doesn't mean "Old Timers"? As in, "old timers on the board will complain that the threads aren't good like they used to be."
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Walden wrote:You mean it doesn't mean "Old Timers"? As in, "old timers on the board will complain that the threads aren't good like they used to be."
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What's WTT stand for?
Unreasonable person,
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