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| Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
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05-15-2009, 11:28 AM
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Just making a joke guys
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05-15-2009, 11:42 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Hey! Jokes are no laughing matter!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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05-15-2009, 11:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
Hey! Jokes are no laughing matter! |
In this case i guess not |
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05-15-2009, 12:17 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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I'm just joking too....don't take it personally......The IS the Grumpy Old Pharts forum after all
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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05-15-2009, 01:16 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: new bedford, Ma.
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this is funny stuff 
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! |
Nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy. I'm the Dude, man.
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05-15-2009, 01:24 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eskimo
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!
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05-15-2009, 05:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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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.)
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05-18-2009, 10:02 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Westport
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eskimo
this is funny stuff
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.  "No wonder stamps keep going up, why pretty soon they will cost as much as a can of soda cost fifteen years ago!"    |
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05-19-2009, 05:51 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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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.....  |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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05-19-2009, 08:39 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
Posts: 4,145
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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....
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08-06-2009, 04:52 PM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
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ya know guys......
one could argue all we do on this site is just "text" each other  |
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08-06-2009, 04:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: On the Island
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Maybe but I am in my comfy cozy desk chair, not driving my car.
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"It's not about the fish, it's about fishing for the fish. The fish is gravy."
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08-07-2009, 05:41 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockport24
ya know guys......
one could argue all we do on this site is just "text" each other |
Not while I'm driving..... |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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09-26-2009, 02:46 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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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.
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09-26-2009, 03:41 PM
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Scuttlebutt
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Westport,MA
Posts: 2,433
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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.  |
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