Confused

[jhschool]

Earlier I posted a question about a scope.

There were no replies so I bumped it.

I modified the title a couple times to see

if there were any takers. This evening, there

were no replies at all so I felt silly with my question.

I deleted the thread and wrote "nm" (Never Mind) on

it.

 

Now, someone has replied "po."

 

I just looked up what that means and it's a rude thing.

Why would someone post that? This forum has usually

been very polite to everyone.

 

I don't get it. Is it a troll? Or is someone mad at me?

Why?

 

ETA: I don't think it's a troll. I am very confused!

The forum is not usually unfriendly like that.

[TXBeth]

Probably that person hadn't seen your post before, so they saw it for the first time with just "nm." A lot of times when that happens people start posting "op" then the next will say "qr" then "st," etc. It's just a little joke. The person probably meant to type "op" and just had a typo or an autocorrect malfunction.

 

Sorry your question didn't get answered. That happens sometimes if the right people don't happen to see it.

[jhschool]

Oh!

 

Thank you for explaining!

 

:)

[OrganicAnn]

Maybe they meant OP instead of PO as in l.. m.. n.. o.. p..

 

Sometimes people do things like that to be funny.

[Slipper]

I agree. You wrote nm (alphabetically mn), so they wrote po (rather than op). So the next one should be rq.

[Guest]

What was your original question?

[Rosie_0801]

Maybe you didn't leave the question there long enough. If you post and delete before the most populated time zones are out of bed, you may not get replies!

[jhschool]

Thank you to everyone who reassured me!

 

I didn't realize the alphabet joke.

 

(My original question was looking for recommendations on a scope

for 4H. Maybe I will repost it.)

 

Thanks again!

[TravelingChris]

What type of scope? For doing what? In our household we have microscopes and also a birding scope (though it could be used for other things). We also have a telescope.

[jhschool]

I was looking for a 4H scope for target scoring.

We need to be able to see holes in the paper at 10 yards.

The scopes I have seen only are good for 100 yards.

I am afraid 10 yards is too close and those won't focus.

I was hoping other 4H people would see it.

[Candid]

Also, I think it helps if you post in the correct forum. I don't know where you posted so I don't if you did or not. Further for something that might be a the top of a forum grade level you might also cross post in the next level up. Sometimes I see things posted either on the general education board or the middle school board that don't get answers, but I know that would over on the high school board. Each board has a different mix of posters and some never come to the general boards or some do it rarely.