Hi Tony,
yeah, I hate all of that 21st century "txt" slang too. It seems to me that a lot of those people graduated from mobile phones to computers and still type with their thumbs.
I don't mind the occasional "imho" or smileys though, as they can moderate what might otherwise be taken as arrogance (imho I probably should have added a smiley to my first statement. Oh well, prepare to be downvoted
;-).