Are you one of those jack asses that texts while you drive? If so, I would like to know what is so all fired friggin important that you need to text while behind the wheel??? I am betting I get nobody to own up to doing it?!:smash:

I saw a girl texting while driving the expressway through Beantown during rush hour. No excuse! I think if something is important use voice phone, why text, unless you want to write a letter.

i have never texted via phone
i will never send a text message via phone
i believe the technology will improve soon
and texting will become obsolete. i Hope!
~
but yeah i agree, the 18th guy just caught
texting his dumb girlfriend could not
realize that everyone else had crashed
while texting so he is even more stupid!

I've done it. But I don't need to look at the phone when typing a message. I don't proof read them either.

I do it all the time when i feel its safe

better then people fighting with there other on the phone and not willing to put the phone down

Can't be worse than the lady I saw on the highway a while back,,, Smoking, Driving, and talking on her cell phone,,,, I am still trying to figure out how many hands she had,,,,:huh:

One of the School Bus drivers in my town made channel 7 this morning. Wadda moron!

Only at red lights or is it redlites? It's ok because i have a phone with a keyboard so it's quick. :kewl:

Its quick....so is a head on collision!

Just saw a friggin woman in a small car, 2 small kids in the back in car seats, doing 40 while texting!!!???:tm:

Texting is the stupidest thing in the world.

You got a phone so...CALL....why do you need to text :huh:

You know why texting is so popular.....had one of my scouts enlighten me on why.

He Said "Because you can't make a Phone Call in Class"......How about, I don't know, Doing Your School Work while you're in class.

I'm with you Larry......stupidest thing around

It's ok to do in the car but I hear its bad on the trolley.

Texting is the stupidest thing in the world.

You got a phone so...CALL....why do you need to text :huh:

You know why texting is so popular.....had one of my scouts enlighten me on why.

He Said "Because you can't make a Phone Call in Class"......How about, I don't know, Doing Your School Work while you're in class.

I'm with you Larry......stupidest thing around

Never done it.....never will! Stupid is right!:hs:

Texting is the stupidest thing in the world.

You got a phone so...CALL....why do you need to text :huh:

You know why texting is so popular.....had one of my scouts enlighten me on why.

He Said "Because you can't make a Phone Call in Class"......How about, I don't know, Doing Your School Work while you're in class.

I'm with you Larry......stupidest thing around

I agree. My fingers are way to big to use a phone to text. It's a freaking phone.

When I had a cell phone, the people I wanted to talk to were on speed dial, and caller ID screened my incominhg calls. I want to push more buttons than I absolutely have to like I want hemmoroids :doh:

[QUOTE=The Dad Fisherman;688203]Texting is the stupidest thing in the world.

You got a phone so...CALL....why do you need to text :huh:

You know why texting is so popular.....had one of my scouts enlighten me on why.

He Said "Because you can't make a Phone Call in Class"......How about, I don't know, Doing Your School Work while you're in class.








Exactly why I won't get any of my kids phones !

You give an "A" student a cellphone and texting plan and let him go to town and you can watch his IQ drop like a stone.
Think about it: You don't text anything grammatically correct, so you begin to associate that the entire English language. What you end up with is a generation of literary idiots that can't spell their own names without a keypad.
How long will it be before our beloved Websters Dictionary will be replaced with texting jargon and slang?

All my texts involve correct grammar - punctuation and capitals included.

The piss-poor grammar is a result of Instant Messaging. Kids text messaging in class is no one's fault but their parents. People need to accept responsibility for their children.

Don't blame us because you old timers can't adjust to new technologies.

All my texts involve correct grammar - punctuation and capitals included.

The piss-poor grammar is a result of Instant Messaging. Kids text messaging in class is no one's fault but their parents. People need to accept responsibility for their children.

Don't blame us because you old timers can't adjust to new technologies.

Head on collisions are not new technology.....they have been happening since the invention of the motor car.;)

Head on collisions are not new technology.....they have been happening since the invention of the motor car.;)

I was talking more on the overall disdain you old timers have towards text messaging. :hihi:

Stupid people are going to cause accidents regardless of the technology.

Like the guy I saw commuting into Boston one morning with his laptop on the center console. He was looking down, working on the laptop more than he was looking at the road. Only reason it caught my eye was the bright white glow illuminating the inside of his car.

JD....us "oldtimers" look at it like this.....if we have a beautiful custom fishing rod and reel.....why would we choose to spear the fish with a stick?! It is after all a phone???? Stupid people are the ones causing the accidents BY text messaging while operating any vehicle! Was the trolley driver NOT stupid??? Was that bus driver in Clinton NOT stupid??? Is anything that friggin important that people have to be not only text messaging but using the phone while driving??? I feel the same about talking on a cell while driving as I do about texting...its a hazard! Call me old!:jump1:

the line in the Sand has been drawn

Don't blame us because you old timers can't adjust to new technologies.

No, I just wonder why you "Young'uns" are Dumb Enough to buy a perfectly sound communications Technology (Cell Phone) and actually PAY Extra Money every month for an Add-on that dumbs it down.....or are you guys actually Afraid to speak to another Human Being.

I could call her...but I'm paying an extra $29 a month for text so I'll type to her instead......makes perfect sense to me :rolleyes: OMG WTF did U C him ROTFLMAO fer sure

If you want to blow us away with New Technology send her a Friggin Holo-Message in 3-D.......then I'll be impressed.

Are you one of those jack asses that texts while you drive? If so, I would like to know what is so all fired friggin important that you need to text while behind the wheel??? I am betting I get nobody to own up to doing it?!:smash:
:wave::humpty::bshake:

Texting is the best thing they've come up with in a long time...Avoids getting tied up in a meaningless conversation.. Hence,,, saving time...Kinda like this site...I like it,,:btu:

DF!8 STFU OMG WFT YGBSM

Couple years ago, this girl hit my truck with her jeep. She was texting while driving.

JD - us "old timers" usually see stupidity of doing something like texting while driving :lasso:

The only people that truly make out on texting are the phone companies. They charge X cents per text but it costs them near zero for the test to be made. Almost pure profit

Don't blame us because you old timers can't adjust to new technologies.

haha my ole man has never even tried to go on a pc. Funny how I have to place an ad on craiglist for him.

the old timers don't need to txt to screw up, they just stop off at the bar for a few then get behind the wheel :whackin:

haha my ole man has never even tried to go on a pc. Funny how I have to place an ad on craiglist for him.

the old timers don't need to txt to screw up, they just stop off at the bar for a few then get behind the wheel :whackin:


That's freakin enlightening. Old timers must be the only ones who drink and drive.You've never watched the news and seen idiotic kids wrapping their cars around telephone poles because they think it's cool to get wasted and then drag race their friends down a winding side street? What a stupid thing to write.

Texting while driving is dumb no matter how careful you are. You cannot be paying complete attention to the road and the cars around you if you're typing on a phone. And no, I'm not an old timer who doesn't know how to use a cell phone or computer.

a day will come when the spouse will be calling you
while out fishing each time -> via text message
to buy a chocolate bar or milk on the way home.
~
yesterday in Brazil: after a soccer brawl they were talking about
implanting chips into rowdy soccer fans so they could keep
better track of them. :huh:

this is why i will continue to resist.

They have been talking about lo jacking repeat $ex offenders.

Some technology isn't bad.

Texting is great way to pas on information with out a drawn out conversation.. i.e. "be there in ten." "Did you want a large black no sugar?"......................

things of that nature are faster and easier to text takes 2 seconds to send and get a reply in about 15 seconds...

now calling people you have to go through nice stuff.
Ring ......ring...... ring
me "hi how are you? "
them "I'm good. What's up?"
me "I'm at dunkins would you like your normal coffee?"
.............(wait while they think)................................
Them "Sure do they have any corn muffins?"
me "let me check."
Guy behind me "Will this guy shut up! what an Idiot! talking on his cell in Dunkins! get a move on!"
Me " One sec bud some brainless idiot is giving me crap"
brainless idiot "What did you call me?"
...........Quick fight in the parking lot..........
Police officer " You should have just texted your friend and left everyone in peace."

:buds:

How about this scenario:

You're cruising down "whatever" street, texting your friends and
"WHAM!" you're dead because you didn't see that "flippin' greyhound bus that had the right of way.

Or another:

You're cruising down "whatever" street again and "WHAM!" you kill some little kid that was crossong the street, in a crosswalk!

Regardless of how "adept" we may consider ourselves, the laws of average will always win out.

Put the damn phone down and drive. If I wanted someone to see someone multitask on the highway, I'd start my own business and PAY THE DAMN IDIOT!

you folks forget about the deaf...texting is their life line to others.

but i doubt they would do that while driving

You guys are grumpy old farts! Texting DOES have a time and place (and no its not while driving) but it does offer a way to send a quick message. For example I can text my husband "will be late tonite" instead of calling him and having to have a whole conversation about it while we are trying to work or whatever. I send the message when I have a minute and he reads it when he has a minute.

aren't ya? :huh:

maybe you should move this grumpy old pharts thread
to the appropriate section :rolleyes:

oops it's already here LOL

"Old Timers" :D

Ya, you Youngins-- Now your runnin,soon you'll be walkin. :hihi:

Enjoy. :)

now calling people you have to go through nice stuff.
Ring ......ring...... ring
me "hi how are you? "
them "I'm good. What's up?"
me "I'm at dunkins would you like your normal coffee?"
.............(wait while they think)................................
Them "Sure do they have any corn muffins?"
me "let me check."
Guy behind me "Will this guy shut up! what an Idiot! talking on his cell in Dunkins! get a move on!"
Me " One sec bud some brainless idiot is giving me crap"
brainless idiot "What did you call me?"
...........Quick fight in the parking lot..........
Police officer " You should have just texted your friend and left everyone in peace."

:buds:


How about he gets his own friggin coffee or I get him a coffee and if he doesn't like what I got him he can kiss my a$$.

or you can get him black w/ cream and sugar on the side....there that should do it.

Coffee should be delivered :jester:

Just making a joke guys

Hey! Jokes are no laughing matter!:jester:

Hey! Jokes are no laughing matter!:jester:

In this case i guess not

I'm just joking too....don't take it personally......The IS the Grumpy Old Pharts forum after all

this is funny stuff :as:

I'm on the other side of the fence, all I do is text/email.

All I ever do on the phone is say ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT just trying to get off the damn thing. just send a text and I will reply when I can and if not I'll see what you want. TAAADDAAA

You guys will soon be texters! Just like the people who said they wouldn't ever get a cell phone!

I'm on the other side of the fence, all I do is text/email.
you guys will soon be texters! Just like the people who said they wouldn't ever get a cell phone!

:cens::bsod:

I use my cell phone as if it cost $10 per call. Why?
Because I'd rather wait and tell the person in person and REALLY enjoy the conversation. Think about it, if we all use our cell phones for every little bit of useless information exchanges, what do we have left to talk about when we meet face to face? Or when we get home?
Doesn't anyone enjoy when you get home and you are asked: "How was your day?"

Cell phones were a good invention up until they made them into portable PC/radio/MP3's. Then they turned into just another "idiot box" (as my parents used to call the TV.)

this is funny stuff :as:

I'm on the other side of the fence, all I do is text/email.

All I ever do on the phone is say ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT just trying to get off the damn thing. just send a text and I will reply when I can and if not I'll see what you want. TAAADDAAA

You guys will soon be texters! Just like the people who said they wouldn't ever get a cell phone!

Me too. Never do it when I'm driving, but once we leave the office to go out on the road texting is the only way I can communicate with my co-workers. We all stop, go, get in the truck, get out of the truck etc. at different times; phone calls are impossible. I type a question when I have a second, they type the answer when they have a second. If I have something to say to all of them at once, I just check off a few more boxes instead of making 7 phone calls. Besides, the vigilantes are more than happy to tell everyone they know, or even call the office, about the carrier who always has the phone to their ear.:call: "No wonder stamps keep going up, why pretty soon they will cost as much as a can of soda cost fifteen years ago!" :whackin::topic::bshake:

Went to the movies the other night and every few minutes somebody would open up there cell to start texting someone....that too is pretty annoying as it is a distraction in a dark theatre.

Can't people just "shut up" for a couple of hours.....

People are always complaining about Big Brother watching.....yet they have no problem texting everybody what they're doing, putting their entire life on Facebook/Myspace, and Tweeting their current whereabouts and status.....:huh:

These kids nowadays are amazing. There is no way I can text while driving, my fingers are too big, my eyesight is going, my hearing is going and my mind is gone. They are awesome !!!!!

That said YES I too am guilty,,but I can only do it while sitting in traffic, because I need to switch glasses.....so the worst could happen is I dent someones license plate (slightly)....I also have hands free bluetooth built into the stereo DVD player I installed so phone calls are hands free. Which also allows me to watch the 3 stooges on my way to work. I shoulda been a green line operator......

Honestly though its just another distraction. There are so many, whats the difference, I've seen people reading the paper, putting on makeup, reading a novel, doing crossword puzzles, working on a laptop, even YES,,,,BELIEVE IT OR NOT "eating a bowl of cereal" (with milk) while driving. Now thats multitasking.

Is texting while driving stupid? YES, is talking on the phone while driving stupid? YES, are there laws? YES...Will it stop anyone NO.....Deal with it, don't fight it, invent technology to make it easier, like voice activated texting LOL.. You make MILLIONS.......You old GRUMP.......

The best thing we ever did was give the kids phones. We waited until they were old enough, but we could always find out where they were, when they needed to get picked up, what time and who with.
Don't forget as the parent/owner of the phone account you can always block all incoming/outgoing texting, or limit the number of texts, block phone numbers etc....

IMO, it comes down to paying attention. Especially when you drive. Have I texted when driving: yes. While I'm moving: no. Only at red lights and when stuck in traffic. And it's not just drivers who need to pay attention. Recently in Warwick a 15 year-old student was run over by a school bus and killed on her way to school. She crossed the street right near the school without looking. What was she doing? Listening to her I-pod and texting her friends.

I hope the Patrick Deval checks this web site :)
(Sometime when he is in the office)

PASS A FREAKIN LAW ...NO CELL PHONES

Gee , maybe we can make some money $$$$ with TICKETS and save some lives :claps:


BTW..OPEN up the toll Booths on Holidays like they did years ago !!!! Hello , any one Home ??????

Better send them a text message :think:

towtruck driver :point: TALKING AND TEXTING

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32232659/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

What is TEXTING?
Where did I put that cell phone anyway? I thought I had one.
I don't even answer the damn thing when I am driving, nevermind text anyone.
It is the stupidest invention yet.
Here is a good example...
My niece texted (is that a word?) me to come pick her up at school.
2 hours later I hear a little beep coming from my pocketbook that I left out on the deck. I fly out the door and get her and she is all ticked off. "Why are you so late?"
Well duh, why didn't you just call the house phone?

What is TEXTING?
Where did I put that cell phone anyway? I thought I had one.
I don't even answer the damn thing when I am driving, nevermind text anyone.
It is the stupidest invention yet.
Here is a good example...
My niece texted (is that a word?) me to come pick her up at school.
2 hours later I hear a little beep coming from my pocketbook that I left out on the deck. I fly out the door and get her and she is all ticked off. "Why are you so late?"
Well duh, why didn't you just call the house phone?

Should have told her to "call a cab" next time she has to wait for you to drop what you are doing to go pick her up.:biglaugh:
None of my neices or nephews have cell phones. Only a couple have Ipods.
Isn't amazing with all the resources available to these industry giants that ALL their advances are wasted on technology that is GUARANTEED to be obsolete? They put out new phones every year, and these POS are just glorified idiot boxes.

As for texting while driving, there are plenty of other things that you COULD do while driving that don't take but a second to do, like say juggling, butter toast, clip your fingernails, tie your shoes, count your change.... if you tried doing ANY of these while driving you would crash! Why would texting be any different?

I would like to know what caused that cape cod girl to cross over Rte 6 in Brewster and collide with the minivan (today's news). Unless she had an underlying health issue, I'd guess maybe cellphone, texting or some other distraction.

stop next to a hollow log
and beat on it with a couple of sticks

i'm sure i'll hear it eventually

:biglaugh: I am sorry but kids do not need cell phones.
This kid is as good as they come and she is pretty responsible but she is a kid.
First time-phone lost. Left it on the bumper of the four wheeler trailer. Well I guess that's that then huh? Nope "it's only $60 for a new one." I don't think so."When are you getting a job?"
Second time left out in the pouring rain.
I guess that's it for your phone now. "It wasn't my fault, I gave it to somebody else to hold"
I am sure there are millions of stories like this from other kids families.
My God how did us OLD FARTS survive as children?

Raven I have been hitting that hollow log all day and you still haven't called.

Texting is another form of communication these days, but it is stupid to do while driving. Most people do text these days.

The worst thing about all of this is that our government has to waste time making laws to make texting while driving illegal.
The American people are too dense to figure out that it is dangerous on their own.
Here's your sign.

Can't be worse than the lady I saw on the highway a while back,,, Smoking, Driving, and talking on her cell phone,,,, I am still trying to figure out how many hands she had,,,,:huh:

And drinkin a Coolata, as she drove into the space where my jeep was at the time .

I don't get it either.

Texting is another form of communication these days, but it is stupid to do while driving. Most people do text these days.

I don't consider it real communication. Unless you can type EXACTLY what you feel, you can't convey emotions in a text.
If nothing more, texting is just another way of "dumbing" yourself down. Although most adults could care less about texting, it's made to look like it's a great innovation created by geniuses, when in fact it's just another wasted enhancement for someone to use their cellphones for.
Wait, they're not cellphones anymore, their combination phone, Ipod, MP3, laptop AND intelligence remover!

I don't consider it real communication. Unless you can type EXACTLY what you feel, you can't convey emotions in a text.
If nothing more, texting is just another way of "dumbing" yourself down. Although most adults could care less about texting, it's made to look like it's a great innovation created by geniuses, when in fact it's just another wasted enhancement for someone to use their cellphones for.
Wait, they're not cellphones anymore, their combination phone, Ipod, MP3, laptop AND intelligence remover!

Its like I wrote this post myself...:kewl:

ya know guys......

one could argue all we do on this site is just "text" each other :hidin:

Maybe but I am in my comfy cozy desk chair, not driving my car.

ya know guys......

one could argue all we do on this site is just "text" each other :hidin:

Not while I'm driving.....

I cant see to dial the damn phone without my readers ...never mind poke away at numbes and letters... there comes a time when you let the current technolgy pass you bye.. mine has come... hacking my way through the computer is as far as I care to take it...

and for the bone heads that do it( like the bimbo in the middle of main st. Reading last night taking two lanes driving 5mph in a 40).... well.. it's a publuc forum and what I have to say cant be printed here...

you folks forget about the deaf...texting is their life line to others.


So what do the deaf do, let the service dog drive while they are texting?

haha my ole man has never even tried to go on a pc. Funny how I have to place an ad on craiglist for him.

the old timers don't need to txt to screw up, they just stop off at the bar for a few then get behind the wheel :whackin:

The biggest mistake we "OldTimers" have made, is letting you youngtwits live as long as we have.:soon::rocketem:

think i'll start reading the paper as I drive. What's wrong with that? At least if your drunk driving you are looking at the road be it thru a stooper but texting you aren't even paying attention to the road. Pretty stupid IMO and yes I am so called old but it doesn't take old to figure out it is stupid to text and drive. Lawrence wins.

I tried texting while driving once, that was at a red light. Never again. I don't even answer my phone while driving.

I do like it just cause it lets you get to the point quickly and not seem rude, like you would on the phone if you were to just ask right away. ;)