Texting For Geezers
firstgencrx 01 Jan 2011
I got this email from my wife. I thought some of the "Older Members" would get a kick out of it:
Since more and more "older people" are texting and tweeting, there
appears to be a need for a STC (Senior Texting Code). I wonder which
one's I'll use the most...?
ATD: At The Doctor's
BFF: Best Friend Farted
BTW: Bring The Wheelchair
BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth
CBM: Covered By Medicare
CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center
DWI: Driving While Incontinent
FWB: Friend With Beta Blockers
FWIW: Forgot Where I Was
FYI: Found Your Insulin
GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!
GHA: Got Heartburn Again
HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement
IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?
LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out
LOL: Living On Lipitor
LWO: Lawrence Welk's On
OMMR: On My Massage Recliner
OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas.
ROFL... CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing... And Can't Get Up
SGGP: Sorry, Gotta Go Poop
TTYL: Talk To You Louder
WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?
WTFA: Wet The Furniture Again
WTP: Where's The Prunes?
WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil
Since more and more "older people" are texting and tweeting, there
appears to be a need for a STC (Senior Texting Code). I wonder which
one's I'll use the most...?
ATD: At The Doctor's
BFF: Best Friend Farted
BTW: Bring The Wheelchair
BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth
CBM: Covered By Medicare
CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center
DWI: Driving While Incontinent
FWB: Friend With Beta Blockers
FWIW: Forgot Where I Was
FYI: Found Your Insulin
GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!
GHA: Got Heartburn Again
HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement
IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?
LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out
LOL: Living On Lipitor
LWO: Lawrence Welk's On
OMMR: On My Massage Recliner
OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas.
ROFL... CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing... And Can't Get Up
SGGP: Sorry, Gotta Go Poop
TTYL: Talk To You Louder
WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?
WTFA: Wet The Furniture Again
WTP: Where's The Prunes?
WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil
anjin 02 Jan 2011
Quite good, but it won't be funny in a few years time for this member.
cbstdscott 02 Jan 2011
Now just stop that! I resemble those remarks.
I just got a Android phone and I am learning a new feature on it it every day. I can even make calls on it!
Scott
I just got a Android phone and I am learning a new feature on it it every day. I can even make calls on it!
Scott
Old School REX 02 Jan 2011
Yeah, A few of my friends have the droid phones... It seems while the phone CAN land a small aircraft, they do have trouble just placing a call from time to time.
crxls 02 Jan 2011
I got the HTC Evo 4G just so I could surf RPR and never have to text again. All I do is speak and it types it out for me. As a matter of fact, this is the easiest post I ever made here. Yeah, I'm getting that old.
NN4S 02 Jan 2011
QUOTE (crxls @ Jan 2 2011, 12:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I got the HTC Evo 4G just so I could surf RPR and never have to text again. All I do is speak and it types it out for me. As a matter of fact, this is the easiest post I ever made here. Yeah, I'm getting that old.
Naw, those of us that are old refuse to text- we're doing good just to get the voice mail to work on our cell phone!
My phone doesn't even allow texting, because one month they tried to charge me out the wazoo for data usage; when I went in to dispute the bill they decided that it had been "butt texting" or something like that which was running up the data counts. They saw that I was absolutely clueless as to how any of that crap worked & they removed the charge from the bill and set something in the user profile (not sure if it was on the phone or at their offices) to prevent it from happening again.
firstgencrx 02 Jan 2011
QUOTE (NN4S @ Jan 2 2011, 03:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My phone doesn't even allow texting, because one month they tried to charge me out the wazoo for data usage; when I went in to dispute the bill they decided that it had been "butt texting" or something like that.....
That's hilarious! Butt Texting....
I've got to tell my wife that one.
Qronik 03 Jan 2011
you young guys .. i'm still trying to get used to phones without cords .
pvbcrx 03 Jan 2011
QUOTE (NN4S @ Jan 2 2011, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Naw, those of us that are old refuse to text- we're doing good just to get the voice mail to work on our cell phone!
My phone doesn't even allow texting, because one month they tried to charge me out the wazoo for data usage; when I went in to dispute the bill they decided that it had been "butt texting" or something like that which was running up the data counts. They saw that I was absolutely clueless as to how any of that crap worked & they removed the charge from the bill and set something in the user profile (not sure if it was on the phone or at their offices) to prevent it from happening again.
My phone doesn't even allow texting, because one month they tried to charge me out the wazoo for data usage; when I went in to dispute the bill they decided that it had been "butt texting" or something like that which was running up the data counts. They saw that I was absolutely clueless as to how any of that crap worked & they removed the charge from the bill and set something in the user profile (not sure if it was on the phone or at their offices) to prevent it from happening again.
We just changed carriers. The first thing I did was have the carrier banninate texting because I'm a cheapskate and never text (even with my butt). Although, firstgencrx's list would certainly be appropriate if I were to text.
I just use my non-fancy phone for, well, phone calls. My wife got a spiffy Android of some sort, so she can access the intarwebs. The GPS feature is cool - she really likes Google's freebie talking directions application.
NN4S 07 Jan 2011
QUOTE (pvbcrx @ Jan 3 2011, 10:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
We just changed carriers. The first thing I did was have the carrier banninate texting because I'm a cheapskate and never text (even with my butt). Although, firstgencrx's list would certainly be appropriate if I were to text.
I especially hated that they would charge you for receiving a text message- I didn't initiate it, so why should I be charged for it? They said there were some "spam" messages on my phone as well as the gibberish from the butt texting and that was all part of the "data" that I was being charged for. I think that was what proved to them I wasn't "text savvy"- none of the incoming messages had been opened/read. I told them I didn't have a clue about that stuff!
Edited by NN4S, 07 January 2011 - 11:01 AM.