Am I the only person who doesn't text?

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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    dunkman wrote:
    i still take a quill to a nice parchment.

    Lol :)
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    I don't text (I don't even have a cell phone, but if I did, I still wouldn't text, unless it was cheaper than calling, haha).
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Rygar wrote:
    I don't text (I don't even have a cell phone, but if I did, I still wouldn't text, unless it was cheaper than calling, haha).

    I get unlimited free texts ;)
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    I get unlimited free texts ;)
    How much is that package?
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Rygar wrote:
    How much is that package?

    £30 a month.

    I'm pay and go so I top up £30 credit and get unlimited texts as well as the £30 of calls.

    I also get free downloads and free facebook time.

    ... AND I get 10% of my topped up credit back every three months (last month I got £10 back)

    oh! and when I lost my phone last week, I got £30 off the cost of a new handset because i'm a 'loyal and valued customer' :p
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    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    £30 a month.

    I'm pay and go so I top up £30 credit and get unlimited texts as well as the £30 of calls.

    I also get free downloads and free facebook time.

    ... AND I get 10% of my topped up credit back every three months (last month I got £10 back)

    oh! and when I lost my phone last week, I got £30 off the cost of a new handset because i'm a 'loyal and valued customer' :p
    That's not free!
    You've been duped!
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Rygar wrote:
    That's not free!
    You've been duped!

    No it's not free... but it's still better than most contracts ;)
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    No it's not free... but it's still better than most contracts ;)
    I have a pay and go phone too, but it's been deactivated for, um, 5 or 6 years. I used it actively for about a year. Better than contract, but I have almost no use for them.
  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    Rygar wrote:
    I have a pay and go phone too, but it's been deactivated for, um, 5 or 6 years. I used it actively for about a year. Better than contract, but I have almost no use for them.


    WOW, a life without a cell phone....my father seems to love it! :D
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    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    in_hiding79 wrote:
    WOW, a life without a cell phone....my father seems to love it! :D
    I don't even like talking on my home phone ;)
    Besides, there's payphones everywhere.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,287
    I'm the 40+ Year Old Virgin! Never sent one; never want to learn. :p
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  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    in_hiding79 wrote:
    I took it off my phone because my husband & I don't EVER use it. I see people all the time texting while driving, walking, eating, laying in bed, working out, wtf? Doesn't anyone call people anymore? :o

    How can you not text ???

    Its un-american not to text !!

    :p
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  • Lizardjam
    Lizardjam Posts: 1,121
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I text everyone. My family, friends, co-workers. Hell even my landlord texts me.

    Usually its for little information, so you don't have to make chit chat, but get a question answered or information out. It's like email. I will arrange get togethers, send jokes, or communicate with people at times when I can't be on the phone..

    I agree. I like talking on the phone but, I hate small talk. Texts are also wonderful for just saying "I'm thinking about you". No need to call and interrupt. Everything has its place and of course everything can be abused..
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    How does anyone NOT text these days?

    It's a lot cheaper than a call for a start, and a lot easier to do when busy.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    No it's not free... but it's still better than most contracts ;)

    its actually an awful deal your using. I recently got a 3 contract. they gave me the smartest phone i've ever owned and for £20 or so i get unlimted texts and so many minutes phone calls.

    my wife is on Orange and she pays £15 per month, got a new Samsung U800 phone that does everything and for that £15 a month its unlimited texts and 100 minutes call time.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    How does anyone NOT text these days?

    It's a lot cheaper than a call for a start, and a lot easier to do when busy.

    a call is the same price as a text? well it is on my network. 12p per minute or 12p per text is the charge.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    dunkman wrote:
    a call is the same price as a text? well it is on my network. 12p per minute or 12p per text is the charge.
    Aye but it normally takes me more than 1 minute to say in speech what I can in a single text, what with the lure of digression and random small-talk. I can't afford to spend precious money on mere humans.

    Also, I fear my calls are 20p per minute to my 12p per text.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Aye but it normally takes me more than 1 minute to say in speech what I can in a single text, what with the lure of digression and random small-talk. I can't afford to spend precious money on mere humans.

    Also, I fear my calls are 20p per minute to my 12p per text.

    as the wee mental guy said in Goodfellas... "you stuttering prick ya!" ;)

    fair enough amigo.. all networks are different and stuff arent they.

    my phone conversations are normally

    "coming oot the night?"

    "aye"

    "right see you at 8pm"

    "aye"

    "ta"

    "ta"

    :D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    I guess I am just a dork who doesn't text!! :D

    I can't live without my cell phone...that is for sure!
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    dunkman wrote:
    as the wee mental guy said in Goodfellas... "you stuttering prick ya!" ;)

    fair enough amigo.. all networks are different and stuff arent they.

    my phone conversations are normally

    "coming oot the night?"

    "aye"

    "right see you at 8pm"

    "aye"

    "ta"

    "ta"

    :D
    Aye well, being at university, I have to phone my parents once in a while to indicate my continued existence. I normally one-tone them and get them to phone back but sometimes they don't and I have to spend credit discussing stuff like the price of lager in London and my increasing distaste for students :o:p

    Also, any Goodfellas reference in a random thread = win :)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"

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