Jim-S
® River Thames (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2002 at 19:12 GMT

Hi Jim,

Thank you very, very much for the text message on my mobile, that you sent on xmas day, I'm so very,very sorry that I haven't replied, but I've only just switched my mobile on, so I've only just got it! And when I select 'reply to sender' from the options list it keeps putting in things that I'm *not* typing Sorry, I've tried several times, I don't know how to do it, I've never sent a text message, and I can't work out why it's putting words in that I haven't typed, bloody Nokia

Anyway, hope you had a really fantastic xmas, and that santa gave you all that you wanted And I'm so very sorry for not having seen your message sooner

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year
love
Chris and Mike

Re: Jim-S
® Guy (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2002 at 19:23 GMT

River, it sounds like you have the predictive text option turned on on your nokia. Hopefully the following will help.

Go into the text message, and press reply.
Somewhere on the screen there is probably a little icon which has 3 letters, abc, underlined.
Press the # key (bottom left) and you should see the 'abc' icon change. press the # key a couple of times until the lines under the 'abc' disappear.

Predictive text is now turned off and you should be able to text Jim back using your own words! You'll just have to press each button a certain number of times for each letter. ie, press 2 once for a, twice for b, three times for c.

Hope it helps!

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® River Thames (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2002 at 20:54 GMT

Thanks Guy, ((((((Guy)))))) message sent, hope you got it Jim

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® River Thames (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2002 at 20:58 GMT

Yes, we watched it Iscandar, fantastically funny, is there going to be another series of Ab fab does anybody know?

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® River Thames (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2002 at 21:00 GMT

Doh! fuck this xmas lark, I'm trying to do a dozen things at the same time, and as you can see it's showing

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® Graham (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2002 at 22:18 GMT

You're still pissed from your birthday, aren't you?

Lucky bastard.

Hope your Dad is improving.

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® River Thames (in the United Kingdom) 29 Dec 2002 at 10:12 GMT

Still pissed? LOL I only allow myself to drink at xmas Graham, so my body is not used to alcohol so unfortunately, I get *very* drunk after just a few(ok after only one or two,especially spirits!) keep falling over etc, crawling on all fours and, I'm told *very* entertaining(all my inhibitions apparently dissappear) but I can never remember a damn thing afterwards, although I *never* get a hang over

Thank you for asking after my father, that means a lot, ((((((Graham)))))) hes a lot better now, not 100% yet, but the doctors expect him to be so within a few weeks

Guy, when I switch my mobile back on, the 'predictive text' is back on Can I switch it off permanently? And, if so, could you please show me how to do it?

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® Guy (in the United Kingdom) 29 Dec 2002 at 15:12 GMT

Yes, River, there is an option to turn it off, and it's in one of 2 places. What you need is the 'dictionary' option, which is probably in your 'phone settings' menu (or at least it is in my nokia!). If the dictionary option isn't there, have a look in the 'messaging' menu, and it'll probably be there.

But I would imagine it's in the first, 'phone setting' menu.

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® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 29 Dec 2002 at 17:47 GMT

River, instead of switching off predictive texting, perhaps you may want to use it? It's quite useful! (And I think Jim-S can probably explain how... )

Jim-S, I also got your txt and I *think* I replied, although I didn't know how to say Happy Christmas in Portuguese...

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® Jim-S (in the United Kingdom) 30 Dec 2002 at 22:26 GMT

Hi River,

I have only finally logged on after a spell away from the PC! Now suffering withdrawal symptoms!

Got your text reply thanks.

Tintin is right, once you get used to it (predictive texting), its quite fun! (assuming the nokia is like the erricson), just click each button once and it will change it as it goes along, for instance, christmas would be (pressing each key only once) 247478627 Amazing! with the ericcson, it brings up different options as you are key pressing so you don't even have to press all the keys!

As you have guessed it, it was dear old Tintin that taught!

Happy new year to you all!

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® Guy (in the United Kingdom) 30 Dec 2002 at 22:42 GMT

ooh its almost like code!

Have a 42779 639 9327 everyone!

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® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 30 Dec 2002 at 22:47 GMT

Ah, that was the number I copied from a toilet wall at Dublin Airport...

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® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 30 Dec 2002 at 22:48 GMT

Ah, that was the number I copied from a toilet wall at Dublin Airport...

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® Jim-S (in the United Kingdom) 30 Dec 2002 at 22:51 GMT

oh dear, Tintin is on the doubles

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® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 30 Dec 2002 at 22:55 GMT

It's just the echo in here.

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® Jim-S (in the United Kingdom) 30 Dec 2002 at 23:00 GMT

echo: PRINT "sure its not the Cragganmore or the similar?"

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® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 30 Dec 2002 at 23:03 GMT

Tea? (That's all I've been drinking today.)