Originally Posted by luv:
So you get to know them via text? You make all of your plans for your next date via text? How impersonal.
No, I don't sit there and conduct a complete conversation via text. Just vital info. The whole point is if I don't know you well (and I want to) I'll talk to you in person, not over the phone. If I've already been on a date with you I prob know you well enough to call, not text. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Katipan:
You strike such tantilizing fear into me that the cold sweat from my back has pooled with the moistness in my nether regions making it quite unclear where my neck starts and my clit begins.
Wow, I've heard about turning a woman into a lesbian, but apparently I've gone a step beyond and turned you into a teenage boy. 'cause you know there's a "clit" and it starts somewhere below the neck, but after that it's just a grope in the dark. [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Buddha:
I can't help you with the first part, but I suggest a QWERTY keyboard on your new phone. :-)
Originally Posted by The Buddha:
where every letter has a key, like a keyboard. No hitting 4 a whole bunch of times just to get the letter I
Since you don't text, you get a pass for not realizing this, but many (most? all?) regular keypad phones have an alternative texting mode called T9 or predictive texting instead of the multi-tap technique. You hit the appropriate key (e.g. "4" for the letter I) and your phone will guess which of the three or four possible letters that you really want to use. As you type a second and a third letter for your word, the "guess" for each of the letters gets better and by the time you're done typing the word the prediction is usually pretty accurate. In a word of reasonable length, like the word "length", the predictive capability is damned good. Over time, your usage patterns are taken into account and words that you use a lot will be more likely to be predicted. In shorter words like "on" or "no" which would share the same keystrokes, "66", you may have to select the less common choice after typing in the two keystrokes, but overall it's a very fast and efficient way to generate text messages.
Originally Posted by patteeu:
Since you don't text, you get a pass for not realizing this, but many (most? all?) regular keypad phones have an alternative texting mode called T9 or predictive texting instead of the multi-tap technique. You hit the appropriate key (e.g. "4" for the letter I) and your phone will guess which of the three or four possible letters that you really want to use. As you type a second and a third letter for your word, the "guess" for each of the letters gets better and by the time you're done typing the word the prediction is usually pretty accurate. In a word of reasonable length, like the word "length", the predictive capability is damned good. Over time, your usage patterns are taken into account and words that you use a lot will be more likely to be predicted. In shorter words like "on" or "no" which would share the same keystrokes, "66", you may have to select the less common choice after typing in the two keystrokes, but overall it's a very fast and efficient way to generate text messages.
Originally Posted by Katipan:
You strike such tantilizing fear into me that the cold sweat from my back has pooled with the moistness in my nether regions making it quite unclear where my neck starts and my clit begins.
Originally Posted by luv:
I've tried that, but I've gotten so used to multi-tap, that it's faster for me that way.
Once you get used to it, it's really a lot faster. If you can get used to multi-tap, you can get used to T9 and it won't be such a burden to carry on a texting conversation, although I do agree with you that at some point a phone call is so much simpler. [Reply]