Re: why do other usually write like this?

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:53:52 +0100, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)"
<mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:13:13 +0100, Chuck Riggs <chriggs@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:25:07 -0700, "Skitt" <skitt99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Robert Bannister wrote:
Skitt wrote:

Hmm. My life is much simpler. I don't own a cell phone. It's
amazing how well I manage. Then again, I have far fewer
interruptions ...

You are wiser than I am. I used to have one, but I didn't throw it
away until I realised I no use for it.

Right. When my s-i-l left to spend a month in the Philippines, she lent me
her cell phone while she was gone. I didn't make a single call, but I did
pay her bill for the month.

I often have the alarm on mine set for an alert to do this or that,
even when I'm sleeping. I find that beats looking at my watch
frequently. I use its calculator when I need to do something simple
and I often use its Internet function for a quick spelling check or a
Radio Times film review, for example, when I'm away from my computer.
Every few days I may even use it as a phone or as a text terminal.
With no pay phone installed here, without borrowing someone else's
mobile, there is no other reasonable option.

I have a basic mobile phone with no internet access.

I bought it primarily for emergency use, but like you I use the alarm to
remind me of appointments and to wake me in the morning if necessary.

I occasionally use it to send text messages to my son when email might
not get to him as soon as necessary.

There is an increasing number of businesses and professional practices
that make use of text messaging.

If I make an appointment with my dentist or dental hygienist I will
receive a text a day or two before the appointment to remind me.

If I make an appointment to have my car serviced I will receive a text
immediately with the date and time of the appointment, then on the day
of the service I'll receive a text when the work is complete telling me
that I can collect the car.

If I use the online facility to reserve an item that I wish to buy at a
local Argos store the reservation details will be sent to me by text:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/StaticDisplay/includeName/Reserving.htm

Several Irish companies use texts to send their customers a record of
what transpired on the telephone a few seconds ago. I find they are
often handy, for example when a euro amount, a long account number or
a new telephone number was mentioned.
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Regards,

Chuck Riggs,
who speaks AmE, lives near Dublin, Ireland
and usually spells in BrE
.

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