Misc Texting: A Question - Page 5

**Buck** · 02-10-2009, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by sedated

yeah, that's gotten pretty easy, but the numbers that have 4 letters instead of 3 (7 and 9) trip me up sometimes.

I have a phone w/ a qwerty keyboard.

Once I got that phone my text messages went from about 200 a month to 1500 a month.

NewChief · 02-10-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BuckinKaeding

I have a phone w/ a qwerty keyboard.

Once I got that phone my text messages went from about 200 a month to 1500 a month.

This. The worst is when I don't have a Qwerty keyboard phone and someone I'm texting with does (wife has an iPhone, I have a crappo flip phone). She sends off like a barrage of paragraph long texts in the time it takes me to reply with a couple of words.

Dr. Johnny Fever · 02-10-2009, 12:52 PM

Because sometimes you want to say a quick something that doesn't require a whole phone call AND you can send it to several people at once rather than call them all just to say WOOOOT the Chiefs signed Pioli AND girls especially think its fun AND it's just another little piece of the whole technology pie and people like technology pie AND you can have whole conversations while you would otherwise not be able to (ie. at work etc) AND when having those conversations you can avoid any of those weird lapses in the conversation AND no one wants to call someone 58 times a day for little things AND it's quick, easy and convenient AND talking on the cell phone eats into your minutes generally whereas unlimted texting doesn't AND.... why does Donger always ask why?

I've gotten at least 60 texts from 5 or 6 different people today and it's a pretty average/kinda slow day.

RustShack · 02-10-2009, 12:58 PM

texting is so fast an easy if you know how to use t9word

PastorMikH · 02-11-2009, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by RustShack

texting is so fast an easy if you know how to use t9word

I don't think my phone knows how to use that. I have the wierdest luck typing in the letters and not getting a word anything like what I want, it kills me when I type "if", get "of", then never get the option of "if" without deleting both letters and starting over, scrolling to each letter and manually selecting it. I even try making sure every couple of letters that I'm on track, I am, hit the last letter or two the word changes and I don't have an option for the word I'm typing and none of the phone's options make any sense.

**Lzen** · 02-11-2009, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by RustShack

texting is so fast an easy if you know how to use t9word

I'm embarrassed to admit this, but it took me awhile to figure this out. My wife had to show me how it works. Now I love it.

Johnny Vegas · 02-10-2009, 01:04 PM

ever have that friend that never answers the phone? texting they'll never say they didn't get the message.

Texting is good in all sorts. It beats the 'hi, hows it going? what are you doing? Hey I got to go' talk and gets to the point. Its good instead of leaving voice mail which most the time never gets heard leave a text and they'll get it faster than listening to the voicemail which also requires you to punch in a code to access.

ClevelandBronco · 02-10-2009, 01:21 PM

I take questions on Thursdays.

wutamess · 02-10-2009, 01:24 PM

Actually, I look at who's calling me and if it's someone I don't want to talk to I'll immediately text them and ask them what they want.

Much more efficient.

Johnny Vegas · 02-10-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by wutamess

Actually, I look at who's calling me and if it's someone I don't want to talk to I'll immediately text them and ask them what they want.

Much more efficient.

you'd be the kind of friend I'd text.

Goapics1 · 02-10-2009, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by badmajama

you'd be the kind of friend I'd text.

**Donger** · 02-10-2009, 01:59 PM

Fascinating. I truly do appreciate all the answers, folks. Highly educational, this thread is.

missinDThomas · 02-10-2009, 02:02 PM

if you have a wife....it is way better to answer 1 question with a text, than a million with a phone call

**Donger** · 02-10-2009, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by missinDThomas

if you have a wife....it is way better to answer 1 question with a text, than a million with a phone call

I do and she never has just one question. I can speak faster than I can type.

angelo · 02-10-2009, 02:05 PM

My fingers are just to fat to text. (imagine a bear claw with five sausages)
So when i get a text I just call the person.

Ang

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