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*Phone Calls/ & text messaging
Daniel Mahoney wrote:
Text messaging is a whole 'nother matter altogether. I can see how it can be used 'usefully' for those who are hearing/speech impaired, or otherwise impaired, but why do teen-agers sit there and text to each other when they can just ' talk'? Geez, that makes NO sense to me at all. It can also be really useful for folks who just rally, raelly hate to talk on the phone I can't *stand* talking on the phone! When I did (phone) tech support for such a long time, I'd turn the ringer off the moment I got home from work. I don't have caller ID (I refuse to pay extra for it); these days I screen calls via my answering machine. If I'm home and if you catch me in a rare mood, I'll answer My employer supplies me with a cell phone, and they don't object to me using it for personal calls. But they don't want us sending personal text messages, so I've got a 2nd cell phone, one I pay for myself, that is just for text messaging. I know it's weird, but I absolutely hate to talk on the phone. Nothing weird about it, Dan. I'm with you. My friends (as kili can attest!) preface calls by saying, "I know you hate talking on the phone, but..." LOL I don't do the text-msg thing, either. I wouldn't even HAVE a cell phone if I didn't travel. That's the only time it ever gets used and I have a bare bones (very few minutes) plan. Jill |
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"Granby" wrote in message ... Somehow I can start on topic and end off topic without much effort. Storm coming, cats are running amuck tonight. We're supposed to be getting your storm for the next three days or so. This is also an example of thread drift. This is what happens when good friends get together and shoot the breeze. The cats are burrowing in for the long haul and the house feels cold and clammy. Mike who was sick during the night (something that involves bodily functions that we won't go into) went to school. Mandy now claims to have the same problems. I don't see much evidence of it, so, I suspect, she is ditching school. Again. Pam S. who gets really tired of this sort of thing. |
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Like I told my step daughter years ago, Don't want to go to school, fine,
get a job. She didn't but is sounded good at the time. "tanadashoes" wrote in message m... "Granby" wrote in message ... Somehow I can start on topic and end off topic without much effort. Storm coming, cats are running amuck tonight. We're supposed to be getting your storm for the next three days or so. This is also an example of thread drift. This is what happens when good friends get together and shoot the breeze. The cats are burrowing in for the long haul and the house feels cold and clammy. Mike who was sick during the night (something that involves bodily functions that we won't go into) went to school. Mandy now claims to have the same problems. I don't see much evidence of it, so, I suspect, she is ditching school. Again. Pam S. who gets really tired of this sort of thing. |
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On Apr 3, 12:56*pm, hopitus wrote:
On Apr 3, 7:05 am, Daniel Mahoney wrote: Text messaging is a whole 'nother matter altogether. I can see how it can be used 'usefully' for those who are hearing/speech impaired, or otherwise impaired, but why do teen-agers sit there and text to each other when they can just ' talk'? *Geez, that makes NO sense to me at all. It can also be really useful for folks who just rally, raelly hate to talk on the phone My employer supplies me with a cell phone, and they don't object to me using it for personal calls. But they don't want us sending personal text messages, so I've got a 2nd cell phone, one I pay for myself, that is just for text messaging. I know it's weird, but I absolutely hate to talk on the phone. Dan If anyone is really interested in why young people are so hot on texting instead of phone talk: I refrain from my customary "duh" and point out that you can sit in class all day and text *silently* (no, that is not why he's called "Silent" Bob) behind a screen of your book(s) and yon "teach" will never have a clue! Maybe when you fail finals. Or not. FYI I believe land-lines are heavily victims of phone solicitation. I dumped land-line service years ago, like the kids use only cellular, and have *never* gotten a solicitation call from robot nor hoomin. Only wrong #'s once in awhile are dudes calling some construction business crew chief whose # differs one digit from mine. If yoou insist on going land-line, skip the directory listing. Or list your cat's name and keep a straight face and stiff upper lip when giving it to the phone company new-service person.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I really hate that "text" has become a verb. Just my off-topic .02. Sherry |
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The young ones I know can't spell worth a crap anyway and this text
messaging isn't helping a bit. If I were a teacher I would be yelling bloody murder by now. "Sherry" wrote in message ... On Apr 3, 12:56 pm, hopitus wrote: On Apr 3, 7:05 am, Daniel Mahoney wrote: Text messaging is a whole 'nother matter altogether. I can see how it can be used 'usefully' for those who are hearing/speech impaired, or otherwise impaired, but why do teen-agers sit there and text to each other when they can just ' talk'? Geez, that makes NO sense to me at all. It can also be really useful for folks who just rally, raelly hate to talk on the phone My employer supplies me with a cell phone, and they don't object to me using it for personal calls. But they don't want us sending personal text messages, so I've got a 2nd cell phone, one I pay for myself, that is just for text messaging. I know it's weird, but I absolutely hate to talk on the phone. Dan If anyone is really interested in why young people are so hot on texting instead of phone talk: I refrain from my customary "duh" and point out that you can sit in class all day and text *silently* (no, that is not why he's called "Silent" Bob) behind a screen of your book(s) and yon "teach" will never have a clue! Maybe when you fail finals. Or not. FYI I believe land-lines are heavily victims of phone solicitation. I dumped land-line service years ago, like the kids use only cellular, and have *never* gotten a solicitation call from robot nor hoomin. Only wrong #'s once in awhile are dudes calling some construction business crew chief whose # differs one digit from mine. If yoou insist on going land-line, skip the directory listing. Or list your cat's name and keep a straight face and stiff upper lip when giving it to the phone company new-service person.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I really hate that "text" has become a verb. Just my off-topic .02. Sherry |
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On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:27:29 -0500, Granby wrote:
The young ones I know can't spell worth a crap anyway and this text messaging isn't helping a bit. If I were a teacher I would be yelling bloody murder by now. You know how to can spot a text message that has been sent by an oldster? The words are spelled properly and the sentences are punctuated. When I was looking over phones at the phone store I made a point of locating where the ' was hidden on the keyboard. The sales-droid that was "helping" me couldn't understand why anyone would need that. As I've aged I've become grumpier. Now when I see a restaurant menu that lists "ice tea" I'll call the manager over and point out the error. Woe to the manager of a restaurant that has "donuts" on the menu! And I have to struggle to hold back a scream when I hear someone say "I could care less". |
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Daniel Mahoney wrote:
Text messaging is a whole 'nother matter altogether. I can see how it can be used 'usefully' for those who are hearing/speech impaired, or otherwise impaired, but why do teen-agers sit there and text to each other when they can just ' talk'? Geez, that makes NO sense to me at all. It can also be really useful for folks who just rally, raelly hate to talk on the phone It's a common geek problem, Dan. Actually, it's a common problem, period. I've grown to hate the phone more and more over the years. And for me it's not due to shyness. I just feel trapped on the phone, like I'm wasting gobs of time but can't hang up. Some people really do create that situation, by talking on endlessly, and not providing a space for me to say, "Well, I need to go now..." in a polite and natural manner. So if I want to say that, I have to interrupt them, or just kind of blurt it out awkwardly while the other person is taking a breath. I don't always have the energy to be rude, even when it's the other person's fault. So I've solved that problem by just turning off my phone ringer, or not answering it if I do have the ringer on, but checking the voice mail or caller ID immediately afterward to make sure it's not urgent. -- Joyce ^..^ To email me, remove the triple-X from my user name. |
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hopitus wrote:
On Apr 3, 7:05 am, Daniel Mahoney wrote: Text messaging is a whole 'nother matter altogether. I can see how it can be used 'usefully' for those who are hearing/speech impaired, or otherwise impaired, but why do teen-agers sit there and text to each other when they can just ' talk'? Geez, that makes NO sense to me at all. It can also be really useful for folks who just rally, raelly hate to talk on the phone My employer supplies me with a cell phone, and they don't object to me using it for personal calls. But they don't want us sending personal text messages, so I've got a 2nd cell phone, one I pay for myself, that is just for text messaging. I know it's weird, but I absolutely hate to talk on the phone. Dan If anyone is really interested in why young people are so hot on texting instead of phone talk: I refrain from my customary "duh" and point out that you can sit in class all day and text *silently* (no, that is not why he's called "Silent" Bob) behind a screen of your book(s) and yon "teach" will never have a clue! Maybe when you fail finals. Or not. Dunno about y'all inthe US, but 'txting' is far cheaper here than making a call (flag-fall for a phone call is the same for a text message, usually), and you can send one txt to many people for the same price as sending it to one person. It can be made into a sorta portable e-mail group, where you can stay in contact with all of your friends but on *your* schedule. its a cheap and effecient way of staying in touch when you are on the go. The 'txt' language developed so that more info could be transmitted using the 256 character limit per textmessage (or whatever the limit is), plus it saves on hand movements. Its just another thing young folk take up and us old people don't understand so much. My mother has only just discovered e-mail groups even though her daughter (me) has been using them for 15 years or so and has told her all about them. I don't personally use it, but then again I don't have Ipod either. My mobile phone is there for when I'm running late (I also use it as my address book), but I tend to prefer the 'land line' for chatting to friends. Still, if I was younger and wanted my own phone rather than having to share my parent's phone line... I can easily understand its appeal, even if I don't indulge in it myself. Yowie |
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