Somehow I hope print has more staying power than seems to be expected by some of us catters, yet I see the dire predictions may well be true.. Time will tell. Meanwhile, LOL used to mean "little old lady" to my world, as, for example, WDWNWM meant "well developed, well nourished white male." And there were a zillion others.. Just depends which set(s) of jargon you're used to.

Gotta say: REALLY like Skipjack's great demonstration of the misplaced commas! Like putting the empha`sis on the wrong sylla`ble (easy to say, hard to type on a 'puter keyboard; the idea is to emphasise the SECOND syllable & see how it sounds..)

I sure type less than gracefully & as a practical matter, can't always be worrying abt it. - 'N ya, BTW, I like shortcuts... It ain't elegant, but it's OK in this essentially casual, friendly environment at the 'cat. Wouldn't try to write a formal paper or anything for publication so casually.

Cheers, BK