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165448 2003-08-05 10:26:00 TTFN I thought meant Ta Ta For Now.

As in sort of see you soon but I'm going just now.
Like when I'm talking on the phone but someone knocks on my door.


I will check further as I don't know everything.
Elephant (599)
165449 2003-08-05 10:43:00 Re TTFN

Ta ta For now.

Just like IMHO..
In My Humble Opinion.

Check FidoNet. Jennings. That should be Tom Jennings I think??

LMAO equals Laughing My A*** Off etc.
Elephant (599)
165450 2003-08-05 10:57:00 Fazakerley Jumbo :)

TTFN was a catch phrase used by Tommy Handley in the radio program ITMA, in the early 1940s, usually as Mrs Mop, his char lady was leaving.
Her catch phrase was 'Can I do you now sir?' as she came in, and 'It's being so cheerful as keeps me going' as she went out, and Tommy Handley would say 'TTFN'.

I dont know of the expression being used before this, but I cant remember many pre-war programs except vaguely 'Monday Night at Eight'. It may have come from Liverpool, as Tommy Handley was Liverpudlian.

(Fazakerley is a place near Liverpool and another catch phrase meaning exactly.)
Terry Porritt (14)
165451 2003-08-05 11:13:00 Amazing what you can find out on the Internet.
TTFN, most probably originated by A. A. Milne in Winnie the Pooh, circa 1926, a phrase used by the character, Tigger.
Terry Porritt (14)
165452 2003-08-05 11:16:00 My favourites are OTT and NTJ :D Greg S (201)
165453 2003-08-05 11:26:00 interesting wotching this thread morph into new topics, such as acronyms and Winnie the Pooh......:D vk_dre (195)
165454 2003-08-05 11:30:00 ok getting back to the original post i feel that youre a newbie when you dont worry about your thread / post is overtaken by some other topic, because youre not so worried about your thread being lost as long as you learn something else by the exercise or your hijacked posttopic, which you may learn something from....... :p :D

am i right? it no longer worries me if i dont get the answer i expected to just pop up instantly from some knowledgeable other... as long as i learn along the way some thing that may be of use to me....

have a good evening people and thanxs for the input, thread topic or otherwise.......

its nice to know people take notice sometimes, show they are interested enough to reply.

beetle
beetle (243)
165455 2003-08-05 11:31:00 ooops meant to be not a newbie when youre not worried...

beetle
beetle (243)
165456 2003-08-05 11:32:00 Thanks Terry for the memories.. As I remember. TTFN was " Ta ta for now" Bazza (407)
165457 2003-08-05 11:37:00 laughing out loud hazza (2704)
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