Poll on texting while driving

[sailordave]

Originally Posted by Jimrob1

I never Text. I don't even know how because I have no need to Text. If I want to contact someone I call them, if they are there I talk to them, if not I leave a message. I don't get the concept of texting. All the time it takes texting on a little phone pad, For What? Call the person up. Its actually sad, its just another show of how impersonal people have become in our society. If in fact one can call it a society.

I use to think the same way until hurricane Lilli hit our area (Lafayette, LA). We had no electricity and no cell phone service. Strange thing was our text messaging service was still working. First thing I did was let my family know my apartment had gotten electricity back online. They rushed over with their food and ice chest. While at my apartment, they would call their house to see if they had electricity. If their answering machine picked up then they had electricity. We'd laugh saying, "my house answered the phone!"

[Jimrob1]

Originally Posted by sailordave

I use to think the same way until hurricane Lilli hit our area (Lafayette, LA). We had no electricity and no cell phone service. Strange thing was our text messaging service was still working. First thing I did was let my family know my apartment had gotten electricity back online. They rushed over with their food and ice chest. While at my apartment, they would call their house to see if they had electricity. If their answering machine picked up then they had electricity. We'd laugh saying, "my house answered the phone!"

Thats good to know. Yes in your case Texting had a very important place. I guess I would be the dummy on that one if I had been in your shoes. I don't know how to Text at all. In fact I had been getting wrong numbers with people texting to my phone number. I had Verizon put a block on the texting portion of my phone number.

I probably should learn how to Text should an emergency like a Earthquake, or Mt St Helens decides to blow up again.

Thanks.