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« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2013, 11:16:05 »

One of my friends had a brilliantly bad one last year. We had arranged to meet at the ODEON in Bath. So when the bus dropped him off outside he text me saying:

"I'm hard where are you?" Which should have read: "I'm here, where are you?"

Needless to say, he will not live that one down. Ever.
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« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2013, 22:50:01 »

For some reason my phone, which claims it learns from what I type, has a habit of changing busy to busty.....

Careful what you write, Bob ... I've heard that predictive text often re-uses words that have been used in previous conversations

Bob's ongoing interest in that particular subject is confirmed:

It led to the immortal occasion when a lady driver shouted out of her cab window to the Town Centre inspector "What am I?"  "36C" came the reply, much to the amusement of passing shoppers....  Grin

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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2013, 07:37:09 »

Such amazing powers of recall you have CfN.  Its almost as if you were taking an interest!  Grin
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« Reply #18 on: March 26, 2013, 09:06:56 »

I'm finding it difficult to keep abreast of this thread, so I'm giving up on it.
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« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2013, 12:42:37 »

I wish my mamory was as that of cfns

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« Reply #20 on: March 27, 2013, 21:31:28 »

Predictive text isn't the only modern-day peril. Voice activated software should also not be relied on when sending e-mails.  May be apochryphal, but the story abounds of the man who e-mailed restructuring proposals to his sceptical staff. He concluded it "I want your input on this", which appeared as "I want urine put on this".
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