I just sent my 1st text message

[Joemailman]

Death to iPods and text messaging. For efficiency purposes, just kill everybody under 35.

I*'m 51 and have an Ipod. Do I get to stay?

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Welcome to 2006

LOL, what you first texted in 2006? Welcome to late 90's bro. Snake is/has always been technologically jacked, but really, really hates texting personally, as it takes more time than a phone call.....then you have to wait 5 min. for a reply, then vice versa like crazy for 25-30 min. when you could just pick the phone up and say it all in 30 sec.

OK, Snake texted his buddy tonite after work, but I knew it was of nothing of great importance, but that shit makes Twitter look all the more weak. WTF is the point of that? I thought text was for that? I only text when, I don't want to call..so what is Twitter? That is truly for nerds/attention whores...I'm sure you Twitter, eh, Partial? What did you have for breakfast? I truly care.

2006 is when SMS really took off. Who texted in the late 90s? The qwerty phone was pretty rare. I'm sure the technology did exist, though, then.
I'm big on the texting. Quick, painless, doesn't require a phone call when you're at work, etc.

I don't twitter. It's more of a marketing thing, anyway, imo. Great way to get the word out about start up companies, for example.

This is what Ty loves about you. The fact that before you were doing it, nobody was. You are like a child that can't believe that his parents ever listened to music, had sex, etc.

Considering that 99 was 10 years ago, and you were like maybe 13 at best...you don't know what adults were doing. While you were still hoping to cop a feel many of us were texting.

I had my first Treo in 02 and was texting plenty...and was behind the curve.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

The news the other night showed some teen-aged girl from Iowa winning a national texting contest. She won for a combination of speed and being able to text effectively while blindfolded.

It also mentioned this same girl sends approximately 14,000 texts a month!

She also wins the "Get a life" award, IMO.

Would you be saying this if she was from oregon?

That girl won 50k. BTW, did you notice that typical teenage look on her face, "the i can't believe you are bothering me while texting look." Priceless.

I have a feeling if your daughter won 50k for texting, you'd be on this board crowing..Ty sure would be. That is a nice sum for college.

Her monthly texting averages almost 470 texts a day!

I doubt if she uses that $50K cash prize for college. She will probably have to spend it for psychotherapy to cure her obsessive-compulsive desire to text!

Do you have daughters? I don't, but i do recall teenage girls..and they would talk for 2 hours a night in high school at minimum. No difference. If you've seen kids text, they are mighty quick..and some of those messages are like 2 words.

If i had a daughter, i'd rather have them texting than tying up the landline for hours at a time.

[MJZiggy]

The news the other night showed some teen-aged girl from Iowa winning a national texting contest. She won for a combination of speed and being able to text effectively while blindfolded.

It also mentioned this same girl sends approximately 14,000 texts a month!

She also wins the "Get a life" award, IMO.

Would you be saying this if she was from oregon?

That girl won 50k. BTW, did you notice that typical teenage look on her face, "the i can't believe you are bothering me while texting look." Priceless.

I have a feeling if your daughter won 50k for texting, you'd be on this board crowing..Ty sure would be. That is a nice sum for college.

Her monthly texting averages almost 470 texts a day!

I doubt if she uses that $50K cash prize for college. She will probably have to spend it for psychotherapy to cure her obsessive-compulsive desire to text!

Do you have daughters? I don't, but i do recall teenage girls..and they would talk for 2 hours a night in high school at minimum. No difference. If you've seen kids text, they are mighty quick..and some of those messages are like 2 words.

If i had a daughter, i'd rather have them texting than tying up the landline for hours at a time.

They have their own cell phones now. You still have a landline?

[Tyrone Bigguns]

The news the other night showed some teen-aged girl from Iowa winning a national texting contest. She won for a combination of speed and being able to text effectively while blindfolded.

It also mentioned this same girl sends approximately 14,000 texts a month!

She also wins the "Get a life" award, IMO.

Would you be saying this if she was from oregon?

That girl won 50k. BTW, did you notice that typical teenage look on her face, "the i can't believe you are bothering me while texting look." Priceless.

I have a feeling if your daughter won 50k for texting, you'd be on this board crowing..Ty sure would be. That is a nice sum for college.

Her monthly texting averages almost 470 texts a day!

I doubt if she uses that $50K cash prize for college. She will probably have to spend it for psychotherapy to cure her obsessive-compulsive desire to text!

Do you have daughters? I don't, but i do recall teenage girls..and they would talk for 2 hours a night in high school at minimum. No difference. If you've seen kids text, they are mighty quick..and some of those messages are like 2 words.

If i had a daughter, i'd rather have them texting than tying up the landline for hours at a time.

They have their own cell phones now. You still have a landline?

I know they have cell phones, hence they text. But, even you must admit that talking on a landline is easier than a cell. Hence, they would want to talk on the landline phone over the cell..assuming privacy isn't the issue.

Either way, talking on a landline, cell, or texting..makes no diff to me...teenage girls are gonna communicate with their friends a ton.

The average woman speaks 25k words per day. Those teenage girls are prolly way over that....so, considering how fast they text...it really isn't a big thing with 400 or so texts a day. I bet they crack close to 50 before they get to school.."what you wearing?" "The blue X" "No, you should wear X" blah blah.

Landline: Ty hasn't had one since 00. First person i knew without one.

[oregonpackfan]

Yes, Tyrone. I have two daughters--two of them. I swear my 15 year old would rather go to school nude rather than go to school without her cell phone!

I also grew up with FIVE sisters so I know about teenage girls tying up landlines(people only fantasized about cell phones after watching Kirk communicate to Scotty on Star Trek). My Dad was constantly telling my third sister to "Wind it up and get off the phone."

Texting over 400 messages a day is still unnecessary and unhealthy, IMO.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Yes, Tyrone. I have two daughters--two of them. I swear my 15 year old would rather go to school nude rather than go to school without her cell phone!

I also grew up with FIVE sisters so I know about teenage girls tying up landlines(people only fantasized about cell phones after watching Kirk communicate to Scotty on Star Trek). My Dad was constantly telling my third sister to "Wind it up and get off the phone."

Texting over 400 messages a day is still unnecessary and unhealthy, IMO.

Well, we will have to agree to disagree. I dont' find it any more unhealthy than talking on the phone for 2 hours a day. Unnecessary? My god, you lived with girls and you think discussing outfits and boys to the umpteenth degree is unnecessary?

I grew up with all boys..so we didn't have that problem..though my mom would spend quite a bit of time on the phone in the evenings.

We weren't suppose to be on the phone for long periods in case hospitals were trying to get ahold of my dad.

P.S. i don't think you read the article right.

Moore reportedly sent more than 400 texts a day to hone her speed and accuracy.

She was texting that much to get better. That is called practice and intestinal fortitude!

Also:

Among her uses of the text messages? Studying for exams with friends, which she says is better done by text because she can look back at the messages to review.

[SnakeLH2006]

400 texts a day? Wow.

[Partial]

Welcome to 2006

LOL, what you first texted in 2006? Welcome to late 90's bro. Snake is/has always been technologically jacked, but really, really hates texting personally, as it takes more time than a phone call.....then you have to wait 5 min. for a reply, then vice versa like crazy for 25-30 min. when you could just pick the phone up and say it all in 30 sec.

OK, Snake texted his buddy tonite after work, but I knew it was of nothing of great importance, but that shit makes Twitter look all the more weak. WTF is the point of that? I thought text was for that? I only text when, I don't want to call..so what is Twitter? That is truly for nerds/attention whores...I'm sure you Twitter, eh, Partial? What did you have for breakfast? I truly care.

2006 is when SMS really took off. Who texted in the late 90s? The qwerty phone was pretty rare. I'm sure the technology did exist, though, then.
I'm big on the texting. Quick, painless, doesn't require a phone call when you're at work, etc.

I don't twitter. It's more of a marketing thing, anyway, imo. Great way to get the word out about start up companies, for example.

This is what Ty loves about you. The fact that before you were doing it, nobody was. You are like a child that can't believe that his parents ever listened to music, had sex, etc.

Considering that 99 was 10 years ago, and you were like maybe 13 at best...you don't know what adults were doing. While you were still hoping to cop a feel many of us were texting.

I had my first Treo in 02 and was texting plenty...and was behind the curve.

Wow Ty, and I guess because you started 3 years after the 1990s.... meaning a 13 year after 1990, is really relevant and a fair assessment.

Texting has gone up in frequency astronomically over the past few years. Google it yourself. Stop being a bitch. The evidence is absolutely undeniable.

edit: Here you go...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SMS_messages_sent_monthly_in_USA_(in_billions ).svg

[Partial]

400 texts a day? Wow.

2nded.

[GrnBay007]

1st time my son had 7,000 texts for the month he got a lecture. 2nd time it happened he lost the phone for awhile. It hasn't happened since. That was ridiculous.

[Brando19]

1st time my son had 7,000 texts for the month he got a lecture. 2nd time it happened he lost the phone for awhile. It hasn't happened since. That was ridiculous.

How dare you punish him! Isn't carpal tunnel punishment enough?

[Partial]

1st time my son had 7,000 texts for the month he got a lecture. 2nd time it happened he lost the phone for awhile. It hasn't happened since. That was ridiculous.

Good lord. That is out of control. Holy lot of texts! I feel like I do it a lot at maybe 10 a day!!

[GrnBay007]

1st time my son had 7,000 texts for the month he got a lecture. 2nd time it happened he lost the phone for awhile. It hasn't happened since. That was ridiculous.

Good lord. That is out of control. Holy lot of texts! I feel like I do it a lot at maybe 10 a day!!

At the time he had a lil g/f who was a text queen. She's gone now and his new one is big on facebook. Now I have to control the computer....lol It's not too bad though now that it's summer, he's definitely an outside kinda kid.

[GrnBay007]

1st time my son had 7,000 texts for the month he got a lecture. 2nd time it happened he lost the phone for awhile. It hasn't happened since. That was ridiculous.

How dare you punish him! Isn't carpal tunnel punishment enough?