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Pvt. Pirate

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why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« on: September 07, 2015, 04:06:26 am »
i'm still wondering after reading many threads...
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2015, 04:17:46 am »
Ptw
« Last Edit: September 07, 2015, 04:22:59 am by NJW2000 »
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2015, 04:20:10 am »
On the top of the forum, there's a button called "Show new replies to your posts." which is a handy shortcut to all the threads that you've posted in that have been updated. Posting a PTW in a thead just means you don't have anything to add right now, but you still want to know when the thread has new replies.

This is different from the notify button, which sends you an email when the thread has a reply.
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2015, 05:02:16 am »
Posting To Watch (the thread)
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2015, 08:09:22 am »
When I started seeing that, I Googled it and the first definition was "pass the weed".  Glad it turned out to be "post to watch" instead.
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2015, 12:59:46 pm »
Quote from: Japa on September 07, 2015, 04:20:10 am
This is different from the notify button, which sends you an email when the thread has a reply.
You can change that notify behavior, though, and use the notify button to follow threads, and also unnotify (which I believe you can't with with the Show new replies feature).
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2015, 01:02:09 pm »
How?
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2015, 01:03:49 pm »
ptw
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2015, 01:08:33 pm »
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2015, 01:40:06 pm »
Quote from: NJW2000 on September 07, 2015, 01:02:09 pm
How?

Go to Profile, and on the sidebar, on Notifications. Uncheck "When sending notification of a reply to a topic, send the post in the email (but please don't reply to these emails.)". I think you also need to set the second drop-down menu to "Nothing at all". Then click "Save settings". Below that, you can find the list of topics and boards you are being notified on. You can click the checkbox at the right to choose which topics you want to unnotify, and click the button at the bottom. Or if you're in the topic, the notify button has changed into an unnotify button.
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2015, 06:50:15 am »
i usually just do exactly that: disable email notification for new replies or only for my own threads and subscribed threads.
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2015, 08:49:05 am »
Pants, Timepiece, Wallet.
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2015, 08:13:39 am »
PTW
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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2015, 09:22:13 am »
Quote from: Dirst on September 07, 2015, 08:09:22 am
When I started seeing that, I Googled it and the first definition was "pass the weed".  Glad it turned out to be "post to watch" instead.

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Re: why does everyone write "PTW" and what does it mean?
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2015, 05:20:36 pm »
In the UK PTW stands for Powered Two Wheeler, e.g. a motorbike.
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