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Title: Texting Widget
Post by: Pastis on May 24, 2007, 03:42:17 PM
I bloody hate texting but I have to respond from time to time. For me it's about as easy as arranging grains of rice into letter shapes. evil:

However, this little widget might be the answer rubschin:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/email_messaging/bluetoothtexter.html

Anyone up to speed on this sort of stuff?
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Snoopy on May 25, 2007, 02:37:18 PM
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Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Bar Wench on May 25, 2007, 02:41:05 PM
Why don't you just phone your response in?
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Snoopy on May 25, 2007, 02:42:44 PM
Why don't you just phone your response in?


 char062
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Pastis on May 25, 2007, 03:35:48 PM
Why don't you just phone your response in?

Indeed, sometimes I do when I can't be bothered to text bck. But I think it's a courtesy thing; if someone's texted rather than called I imagine it's a preference.

Not to mention texting from a different country or timezone  confused:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Barman on May 26, 2007, 02:40:41 PM
I bloody hate texting but I have to respond from time to time. For me it's about as easy as arranging grains of rice into letter shapes. evil:

However, this little widget might be the answer rubschin:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/email_messaging/bluetoothtexter.html

Anyone up to speed on this sort of stuff?
Presumably it turns normal English text into incomprehensible text tlk does it?  noooo:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Pastis on May 26, 2007, 03:09:32 PM
 lol: lol:

Prlly, hvnt trd yt

Bck 2 -99 wit u  ;)
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Barman on May 26, 2007, 03:12:12 PM
lol: lol:

Prlly, hvnt trd yt

Bck 2 -99 wit u  ;)
bgr  noooo:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Pastis on May 26, 2007, 03:22:55 PM
bgr  noooo:

 noooo: indeed, you were -100 matey!  lol:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Barman on May 26, 2007, 03:26:09 PM
everybody hates me...  sad24:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Pastis on May 26, 2007, 03:30:00 PM
Have a large one on the house  ;D. You know it makes sense ;)

You'll be down to -98 when the hour's up... allegedly
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Misunderstood on May 28, 2007, 05:13:20 PM
I used to hate having to text anybody, pure torture.

now I text them from my computer instead.

Downside:   Nothing I know of

Upside:       I get to use a normal keyboard (that's as difficult as I can cope with)
                 It only costs a ha'penny
                 They don't know how I did it.
                 I got street cred at last.              cloud9:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 28, 2007, 06:08:36 PM
 I got street cred at last.

If you say so. ::)
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Misunderstood on May 28, 2007, 06:15:41 PM
I got street cred at last.

If you say so. ::)


pcwhack:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Bar Wench on May 29, 2007, 08:14:45 AM
Bet you still use puncuation! No cred there!  point:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 29, 2007, 01:17:50 PM
Bet you still use puncuation! No cred there!  point:
 
 Banghead noooo:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Barman on May 29, 2007, 01:19:42 PM
Bet you still use puncuation! No cred there!  point:
 
 Banghead noooo:
Go easy on her - she is poorly...  noooo:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Bar Wench on May 29, 2007, 02:16:59 PM
Thank-you. My keyboard skills have been less than good today. Go and see my weekend thread DS and then I shall expect an apology.  sad24:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Snoopy on May 29, 2007, 02:20:16 PM
Thank-you. My keyboard skills have been less than good today. Go and see my weekend thread DS and then I shall expect an apology.  sad24:

So your spell checker got pissed too? happy001 happy001
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Uncle Mort on May 29, 2007, 02:38:26 PM
Thank-you. My keyboard skills have been less than good today. Go and see my weekend thread DS and then I shall expect an apology.  sad24:

So your spell checker got pissed too? happy001 happy001

 happ096
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Bar Wench on May 29, 2007, 02:47:00 PM
Seeing as my spell checker is my brain then yes!
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Grumpmeister on May 29, 2007, 03:46:20 PM
Thank-you. My keyboard skills have been less than good today. Go and see my weekend thread DS and then I shall expect an apology.  sad24:

Given that a large part of it seems alcohol related surely these are self inflicted problems?  rubschin:





Now if you'll excuse me folks I'll be behind the sofa   scared:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Bar Wench on May 29, 2007, 03:49:24 PM
Smote you bad person! In fact I may well go in to magic admin mode and smote you many times!  eveilgrin:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Grumpmeister on May 29, 2007, 03:54:38 PM
Although you keep smiting me Wenchy either they arent permenent or someone is applauding me taking the mickey as I'm constantly hovering around the same number at the moment  point:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 29, 2007, 04:08:31 PM
Thank-you. My keyboard skills have been less than good today. Go and see my weekend thread DS and then I shall expect an apology.  sad24:
[mock sincerity]There, there my dear, I know you had a stressful time and I am deeply sorry if I made it worse. redface:[/mock sincerity]
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Misunderstood on May 30, 2007, 09:58:10 AM
Bet you still use puncuation! No cred there!  point:

I can't help it!  sad24:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Snoopy on May 30, 2007, 10:24:59 AM
Bet you still use puncuation! No cred there!  point:

I can't help it!  sad24:

You are not alone .... standards must be maintained.
The main reason people do not use punctuation nowadays is because they don't know how.
Those same people would have used the word "to" at the end of my previous sentence.
We, at least, would spell punctuation with a t after the c ~ unlike some.
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 30, 2007, 12:21:05 PM
We, at least, would spell punctuation with a t after the c ~ unlike some.

So where do the T and C go in 'Some'?





Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Snoopy on May 30, 2007, 12:39:32 PM
We, at least, would spell punctuation with a t after the c ~ unlike some.

So where do the T and C go in 'Some'?



Try COMETS
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 30, 2007, 01:06:42 PM
We, at least, would spell punctuation with a t after the c ~ unlike some.

So where do the T and C go in 'Some'?



Try COMETS

Dixons is nearer. ;)
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Snoopy on May 30, 2007, 01:35:18 PM
Funny enough we don't have a Dixons in Rhyl ...... Got a Currys though, next door to Comet.  lol:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Grumpmeister on May 30, 2007, 06:48:16 PM
Same company just different trading styles.

If I'm texting on my pda then I'll type properly and use punctiation but if I'm using my phone then it depends on how much of a hurry I'm in  redface:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Misunderstood on May 31, 2007, 12:41:59 PM
Bet you still use puncuation! No cred there!  point:

I can't help it!  sad24:

You are not alone .... standards must be maintained.
The main reason people do not use punctuation nowadays is because they don't know how.
Those same people would have used the word "to" at the end of my previous sentence.
We, at least, would spell punctuation with a t after the c ~ unlike some.

I sometimes feel inclined to digress into PUNK - tuation.       But that's just me. whistle:
Title: Re: Texting Widget
Post by: Grumpmeister on June 06, 2007, 12:32:31 PM
All of a sudden I have a surreal image of Garfield with a mohican  eeek: