I think Americans on average get charged much more for texting than people in other countries.
Murk: But you're a God! The Sacred Glorificus! Glory: I'm a God in exile. Far from the Hellfires of Home and sharing my body with an enemy that stabs my boys in their fleshy little stomachs!
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tommyrot - May 04, 2010 6:09:52 am PDT #27208 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - May 04, 2010 6:10:52 am PDT #27209 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think Americans on average get charged much more for texting than people in other countries.
I pay $5/month for (I think) 500 texts, but it sure would be nice if it were included with my "unlimited data" plan.
Vortex - May 04, 2010 6:10:52 am PDT #27210 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
New research shows that chimps have sex toys:
I quibble with use of the term "sex toy". According to the article, it's not being used for the sex itself, but to attract the female's attention to the male's erection so that they can have sex. It's like tight jeans.
msbelle - May 04, 2010 6:11:19 am PDT #27211 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
wow, thanks for that warning Lisa. I have gone alllllll the way over to the office kitchen and now have large-ass cup of coffee.
Someone is coming for a second look at my place tomorrow. YAY!
Gudanov - May 04, 2010 6:11:26 am PDT #27212 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
It doesn't make any sense to me, a text message is a couple orders of magnitude less data than a phone call.
tommyrot - May 04, 2010 6:12:04 am PDT #27213 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It's like tight jeans.
Now I'm imagining Chimp!Brook!Shields doing a commercial for Chimp!Jeans.
Theodosia - May 04, 2010 6:16:17 am PDT #27214 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I agree with Vortex. It's certainly a tool, but not for Teh Sex itself.
Phone companies have a history of deliberately taking advantage of users -- for instance, dial tone actually costs them less than ring tone, but you have to pay extra for it now because it's less popular.
tommyrot - May 04, 2010 6:25:14 am PDT #27215 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Strega - May 04, 2010 6:26:31 am PDT #27216 of 30001
I like texting as a way of avoiding phone-tag. “Be there in 20 minutes” kind of stuff. And in combination with Twitter it is sort of like going back to ye olden days of Usenet. I’m not willing to pay for a futurephone so that was my lifeline in LA last winter, but normally I don't use it much.
Except at work, I almost never listen to my voicemail anyways. I just see that someone called and usually call them back.
Noooo! Don’t be that guy!
I have two friends who'd do this. To be fair, I can kind of understand it if you think the caller just wants to chat, but they’d do it even when they knew exactly why I'm calling. Like, my message is: "I just got to the hotel, so I’m going to go eat and then do X and Y. If you’re free tonight you can join us at Z." And the call back opens with "Are you in town yet? Have you eaten? What are you doing tonight?" Maddening!
brenda m - May 04, 2010 6:28:30 am PDT #27217 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It's a profit center. See also the recent findings that the long-ass "# is not available. To leave a message, press 1 after the beep" yadda yadda recordings are in fact deliberately designed to make you use up more airtime.