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I really do seem to have too much free time on my hands just now, and thus my mind comes up with all strange thoughts, no laughing at the back please. We all use the term BM (Board Member) when we refer to forum members, but surely FM would be more appropriate? Why has the term BM taken off and not FM?

Anyway, that's my thought for today, apologies for boring you all. :lol: 80

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Why has the term BM taken off and not FM?

...because "BM" is a popular acronym for "bowel movement" and we never miss a chance to call each other pieces of shit! :ass:

No, seriously folks, did the term "message board" predate the advent of the term "forum" in the early days of the interweb? :huh:

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I'm a latecomer to the internet, 1997, but as FB says I think message boards and bulletin boards were the terms back then.

The Forums aren't a Werner Erhardt seminar nor a gathering of Roman Senators.

I do prefer FM but I haven't seen it anywhere.

Lots of less useful things to think about, for example. if Pattaya had a skytrain where would the stations be?

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  • 2 weeks later...

I also like and will use FMs.

It has a nice ring (so does Meena) and a bolt of history:

In radio: Frequency Modulated

For the Irish: Finn MacCool

In politics (of the Westminster kind): Foreign Minister

For celebrities: Fan Mail

For a military sergeant: Forward March!

Higher echelons of the military: Field Marshall

For your local Aussie: Fuck Me!

etcetera, that said it were

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