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Ok you lot own up. Who among us is addicted to texting?
Was jawing away with a mate today, catching each other up on our kids as you do. She was laughing because one of her daughters is complaining she exceeded her 2000 text limit in a month! Far out, how do you send that many texts.
I went to the stupidmarket this afternoon and was served by a young girl who seemed just a bit distracted for some reason. It was the express lane. She somehow was not really interested in serving me as efficiently as she could have. When I handed over my trusty FlyBuys card (does anyone ever redeem their points?) I spotted her texting! Her hand was down by her side and she was clicking away merrily while scanning my card.
As I walked out the door, I heads up the supervisor. Far out, texting while serving a customer. Top effort!
So, how many of you lot are addicted to texting?
Pussy
27th June 2009, 18:06
I'll ping you a text with my reply, Mom.....
Chooky
27th June 2009, 18:22
I know someone that tex's while he's flying an airplane....:rolleyes:
Big Dave
27th June 2009, 18:24
I'll be the yin for someone's yang. Have sent 2 texts. Total ever.
Cheshire Cat
27th June 2009, 18:30
i sent 4000 txts one month...crazy!
Probably send about 2000 a month, but thats between 2 phones
Headbanger
27th June 2009, 18:34
I'd average about 2 a month.
Though my social life is pretty much limited to sitting in the dark,drinking beer, and posting on Kiwibiker.....
Thats alright, I have a dream, One day I'll take all this bling I am accumulating and buy a boat with it....and sail away.....
sil3nt
27th June 2009, 18:38
I managed to get over 1500 txts a couple of times. Now i refuse to put money on my phone.
Edbear
27th June 2009, 18:47
I'm not addicted, I can stop anytime I want... :rolleyes:
Pussy
27th June 2009, 19:01
I know someone that tex's while he's flying an airplane....:rolleyes:
You should know youself pretty well.....
rosie631
27th June 2009, 19:02
I'll be the yin for someone's yang. Have sent 2 texts. Total ever.
I'm the yang. Had to change to the 2000 plan cos 500 wasn't enough. I know, I'm a saddo LOL
I'll ping you a text with my reply, Mom.....
Nice text, thanks Pussy :laugh:
First time texter, long time reader of my posts...
Man, I can not imagine sending 2000 texts a month. I did do some maths years ago about this and the amount of time wasted by texting during the day.
98tls
27th June 2009, 19:17
I hate txting,1/2 way through i just give up and ring instead.
Seems like the old farts among us are almost the only replies :dodge:
Seems like the old farts among us are almost the only replies :dodge:
Adult products like Voltaren and the 1.5 reading glasses from the $2 shop really improved my txts....:banana:
98tls
27th June 2009, 19:25
Seems like the old farts among us are almost the only replies :dodge: Did you guys get those DVDs?should be well n truly there by now.
Adult products like Voltaren and the 1.5 reading glasses from the $2 shop really improved my txts....:banana:
Oh ha ha, I simply cant read a friggen thing now without my specs. I am yet to fully own it however. How many more times do I need to not be able to read something and not have my glasses with me do you reckon? I can actually see myselft with them on a bit of string around my neck. :shit:
Did you guys get those DVDs?should be well n truly there by now.
No, nothing yet mate. You had the street addy eh? I have not checked the P O Box for a week or so.
98tls
27th June 2009, 19:30
No, nothing yet mate. You had the street addy eh? I have not checked the P O Box for a week or so. Na mate,just had the PO box number,they will be sitting in there now for sure.Sent them Wednesday.
Na mate,just had the PO box number,they will be sitting in there now for sure.Sent them Wednesday.
Arse! Will go down in the morning and providing I can remeber the code to get in will clear the box. Stand by...
I can actually see myselft with them on a bit of string around my neck. :shit:
What about those snazzi flip up sunny's. was going to look for them on trademe, but I can't remember my password .
What about those snazzi flip up sunny's. was going to look for them on trademe, but I can't remember my password .
:killingme
Mental notes on paper save my bacon most days. That is, IF I remember to read them :first:
jrandom
27th June 2009, 19:58
I hate txting,1/2 way through i just give up and ring instead.
What he said.
Txting is a fucking slow way to communicate. Takes minutes of easily misunderstood to-ing and fro-ing to achieve the same result you can get from a 20-second phone conversation.
It has its uses, but I suspect its prevalence among young people boils down to the fact that it encourages easy expression; they probably wouldn't be coherent or self-confident enough to communicate to that extent when speaking on the phone.
Toaster
27th June 2009, 20:07
What he said.
Txting is a fucking slow way to communicate. Takes minutes of easily misunderstood to-ing and fro-ing to achieve the same result you can get from a 20-second phone conversation.
It has its uses, but I suspect its prevalence among young people boils down to the fact that it encourages easy expression; they probably wouldn't be coherent or self-confident enough to communicate to that extent when speaking on the phone.
Exactly right. I recall ringing a young kiwibiker "texter" a while back and she was lost for words.
Edbear
27th June 2009, 20:43
Exactly right. I recall ringing a young kiwibiker "texter" a while back and she was lost for words.
Two ways to take that.... :rolleyes:
98tls
27th June 2009, 20:51
I had the pleasure of once seeing a txter so busy he didnt see the lampost coming and ka-boom into it he walked,fark i laughed,dropped his phone lost his baseball cap and fell on his arse.:clap:
Headbanger
27th June 2009, 22:09
Thats alright, I have a dream, One day I'll take all this bling I am accumulating and buy a boat with it....and sail away.....
I have just been informed that Kiwibiker bling cannot be redeemed for cash, goods or services, So....thats another dream crushed.
Ixion
27th June 2009, 22:17
Ok you lot own up. Who among us is addicted to texting?
Was jawing away with a mate today, catching each other up on our kids as you do. She was laughing because one of her daughters is complaining she exceeded her 2000 text limit in a month! Far out, how do you send that many texts.
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Not hard. I usually run around 1000 a month.
What he said.
Txting is a fucking slow way to communicate. Takes minutes of easily misunderstood to-ing and fro-ing to achieve the same result you can get from a 20-second phone conversation.
It has its uses, but I suspect its prevalence among young people boils down to the fact that it encourages easy expression; they probably wouldn't be coherent or self-confident enough to communicate to that extent when speaking on the phone.
Speak for yourself, grandad. I bet when u txt u spell all the words out like a dictionary. And no, it's not a fucking slow way. It's a very fast way. Cos you don't have to put up with the waste of time while the phone rings, goes to voice mail, someone else answers , "oh I'll find him " , "Oh I can't find him" blah blah blah waste time waste time.
With txting you say exactly what you need 2 say , and outta there. Simple easy convenient.
Txt is the way of the future. I don't know how ppl evr managed to communicate without it.
jaymzw
27th June 2009, 23:23
I got a txt today from Vodafone saying that my TXT2000 will renew tomorrow. Well it wont because i dont have credit LOL. But this thread got me to check how many txts i actually had left. I had 1259 left! Jesus. I thought i txt alot... Maybe not
98tls
27th June 2009, 23:28
Not hard. I usually run around 1000 a month.
Speak for yourself, grandad. I bet when u txt u spell all the words out like a dictionary. And no, it's not a fucking slow way. It's a very fast way. Cos you don't have to put up with the waste of time while the phone rings, goes to voice mail, someone else answers , "oh I'll find him " , "Oh I can't find him" blah blah blah waste time waste time.
With txting you say exactly what you need 2 say , and outta there. Simple easy convenient.
Txt is the way of the future. I don't know how ppl evr managed to communicate without it. Clubs,we had clubs and life was so much simpler.
Ixion
27th June 2009, 23:33
Clubs,we had clubs and life was so much simpler.
Well, yeah, datz true. I remember when we had clubs, and it WAS much simpler. Y'just bopped the shiela of y' choice over da head wiv y club , dragged her back to y' cave n had y' way with her. Shit loads simpler. But whatz tht got 2 do wiv txting?
98tls
27th June 2009, 23:42
Well, yeah, datz true. I remember when we had clubs, and it WAS much simpler. Y'just bopped the shiela of y' choice over da head wiv y club , dragged her back to y' cave n had y' way with her. Shit loads simpler. But whatz tht got 2 do wiv txting? Cause the club removed any need for communication,no need to fuck about finger tapping,waiting for a reply etc.Simply raising the knuckles above shoulder height and swinging ensured compliance in all things.No maintanace and no monthly fees.
Ixion
27th June 2009, 23:46
True. True. And no risk of misunderstanding. Biff on the bonce means y'r gonna get fucked.
Alas , we live in degenerate times. I don't suppose that hitting a chick on the head with the cell phone would have the same result ?
98tls
27th June 2009, 23:49
True. True. And no risk of misunderstanding. Biff on the bonce means y'r gonna get fucked.
Alas , we live in degenerate times. I don't suppose that hitting a chick on the head with the cell phone would have the same result ? Possibly the more subtle approach of setting it to vibrate and :doh:
Ixion
27th June 2009, 23:51
Well thats all very well for the CHICK. But it doesn't do much for ME , does it?
See this is the result of giving them the vote. Once upon a time we had clubs . So the men got laid. Now we have cell phones, and the chicks use them as vibrators and we miss out entirely. Bring back clubs I say. I wonder if AMC have a position on this.
98tls
28th June 2009, 00:01
Well thats all very well for the CHICK. But it doesn't do much for ME , does it?
See this is the result of giving them the vote. Once upon a time we had clubs . So the men got laid. Now we have cell phones, and the chicks use them as vibrators and we miss out entirely. Bring back clubs I say. I wonder if AMC have a position on this. Actually mate theres another use for the club,no need for those fangled battery things either,would hate to be called selfish,"its yours when you get back from making me a sammie......oh and dont forget the ashtray"generally followed by a fart loud enough to make even the dog jump off the bed.All this with Tracy Chapmans "fast cars" with to much base.
Ixion
28th June 2009, 00:04
Still doesn't do anything for me.
Skyryder
28th June 2009, 11:28
The world changed for me when semiphore became obsolete.:2thumbsup
Skyryder
Ixion
28th June 2009, 16:08
Fuck. When did that happen? Noone ever tells me these things. Bugger, I suppose one day *Morse* will be reckoned obsolete.
geestring
28th June 2009, 16:14
Ok you lot own up. Who among us is addicted to texting?
some people take it too far, how rude. you never know it could have been important. still, hope you got some free stuff out of it.
some people take it too far, how rude. you never know it could have been important. still, hope you got some free stuff out of it.
Free stuff out of what?
Gremlin
28th June 2009, 16:17
I think the most I have ever used in a month is 50 odd, and that felt like too much. Once I get a reply from a 2nd text, I can't be bothered texting again, and will either ring the person or drop the conversation.
Definitely takes up too much time when you consider you can talk hands free instead. Can't text hands free.
On the flipside, one of my client's teen daughters used approximately 23,000 texts in one month. We tried to calculate it :blink: Assuming 30 days, 12 hours a day in one month, she sent approximately 1 a minute every single day of the month for 12 hours a day.
:shit:
On the flipside, one of my client's teen daughters used approximately 23,000 texts in one month. We tried to calculate it :blink: Assuming 30 days, 12 hours a day in one month, she sent approximately 1 a minute every single day of the month for 12 hours a day.
:shit:
Yeah I know, I could not remember the maths I did, but that is an astronomical amount of time to be texting. I fear for the joints of these texting menatilistsin years to come, they will wear out really early.
Drew
28th June 2009, 16:27
I text a lot. It's easier to form replies, while they do sometimes get misinterpreted.
I easily go over my $10 worth of text messages in a month, but lots of that is just bollucks talk about nothing important.
geestring
28th June 2009, 16:34
Free stuff out of what?
you said you were in the express lane and she was busy texting, just thought she might not have scaned everything. or did she scan things twice?
you said you were in the express lane and she was busy texting, just thought she might not have scaned everything. or did she scan things twice?
Doh! :lol:
No, nothing for free I am afraid.
Pussy
28th June 2009, 16:42
I fear for the joints of these texting menatilistsin years to come, they will wear out really early.
You got a sore thumb from those two texts last night, Mom? :whistle:
jaymzw
28th June 2009, 16:45
Fuck. When did that happen? Noone ever tells me these things. Bugger, I suppose one day *Morse* will be reckoned obsolete.
WDF is Morse:bleh:
klingon
28th June 2009, 16:46
you said you were in the express lane and she was busy texting, just thought she might not have scaned everything. or did she scan things twice?
Oh! I was thinking fry-bys. I got an egg poacher from mine.
https://www.flybuys.co.nz/GetRewards/pages/reward.aspx?RewardID=408&OutletID=0
You got a sore thumb from those two texts last night, Mom? :whistle:
Second smart arse this thread :sunny:
TOTO
28th June 2009, 23:14
Txtnd's da futr in ur hnd mum. U sdn't be srprsd at'll. accpt it nd'stp mkng yng ppl's lfe msry :oi-grr:
mynameis
29th June 2009, 01:52
I got a txt today from Vodafone saying that my TXT2000 will renew tomorrow. Well it wont because i dont have credit LOL. But this thread got me to check how many txts i actually had left. I had 1259 left! Jesus. I thought i txt alot... Maybe not
Hw du I chk my txtn balnc?
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