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    Ltn up u old dudes. Whz da prblm. Wks 4 me
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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    I can read it, but I don't like the use of it.
    The reason I can read it is that it was used to save bandwidth when a long line in IRC could lag whatever network you were on...

    Anyways, it has been around for 15 odd years, but in our high bandwidth society there is no need to use it. I can use predictive text and throw out messages unbeleviably fast.

    Morse code people can still belt out stuff faster than people on cellphones (I got the vid of that if anybody wants it) but it doesn't mean we should be using it in everyday language.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion
    Ltn up u old dudes. Whz da prblm. Wks 4 me
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    Quote Originally Posted by thehollowmen
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    http://n6tv.kkn.net/
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    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion
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    I cant be fagged translating that but:
    -.-. .-.. . ...- . .-. / .-.. .- -.. ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by speights_bud
    I agree, predictive txt is way faster once you have it set up, and i wouldnt trust this guy, if he was really serious about it you think he would be a bit more formal when making the sale.

    precisely my thoughts. Hit the nail on the head, I think thats what my angle on it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion
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    Quote Originally Posted by Celtic_Sea_lily
    It's just 1 of those things, evolution I reckon
    Devolution. It's kinda like how kids these days can't seem to keep their pants up.

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    Do these 'evolving' kids realise what happens to their CV's when they fill them with misspelt gibberish?
    File thirteen for most of 'em.
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    One of the things that gets me these days is stupid grammar, like people starting a sentence with "And". The harold journamalists are terrible at it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by kronos
    Does anyone else hate trying to communicate with another person who insists on speaking/typing in TXT language?.

    Long story cut short, I found an reasonable looking DR350 1999 , but the guy who owns it speaks in TXT, and I f$%king hate it with a passion. I don't feel comfortable parting company with 3.5k to someone who wont (or cant) communicate like a normal person. Am I just too old, and can't accept change, or has the Queens English suddenly become redundant?.

    Cut and paste time
    hey, da bike goze wel, nuffin rong wid it, duznt blo smoke, has BB xhst, and new tyrs.

    Please help me Dr Phil, what can I do?.
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    No mate - you're not alone. I hate it with a passion too. Too much work to read it and it's "bro talk" 1/2 the time anyway... which winds me up even further
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    Maybe evolution, maybe laziness? Anyone remember this; http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/200..._mightier.html

    The thing with txt is that it makes the meaning of someone intention harder to understand. It's hard enough in here (forumville) to understand some people who are using whole words let alone txt!
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    Cool

    Quote Originally Posted by ManDownUnder
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    No mate - you're not alone. I hate it with a passion too. Too much work to read it and it's "bro talk" 1/2 the time anyway... which winds me up even further
    Off topic a tad .
    MDU - Have you found your cell phone yet, or are you on another mob number?

    I am not gonna waste 20 cents if you haven't found it yet.....lol.

    PM me if its a new number. cheers.

    As you all were................... thanks.

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    i wont use "full txt language" but when comunicating electronically i will often abreviate words as the txters do. Not nearly to the same extent they will, mind you
    There is no dark side of the moon, really, as a matter of fact. Its all dark...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion
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    No problem at all. Just make up a small oscillator to modulate your microphone. I must admit that those old keys can be clumsy to carry around though.
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