my boy is in so much trouble

[martyh]

I don't know whether to laugh,cry or contact the Guinness book of records .
My 19 yr old came to me this afternoon wanting to know why his phone had been turned of .On contacting Virgin Mobile (he has a 200min unlimited text rolling contract £10pm)it turned out he had used his full allotment of 3000 texts plus the full £100 credit limit between 28th april and 16th may ....he still has all his minutes left

so a few questions

how is it even possible to text like that ?

do teenagers actually know how to speak to each other any more ?...using lip movement and real wording

will teenagers evolve special digits to facilitate faster texting

where can i buy a copy of VMs' dictionary ,the one that defines unlimited as 3000 as possibly some of the definitions may work to my advantage

and anybody any idea on the best way to roast a teenager

thanks for listening
an irate, hairless,and skint parent

[alferret]

Sorry dude but LOL!

Your right though I think teenagers\kids now a days rely too much on technology for communication that the old fashioned way of talking. God knows what they would do if they bumped into someone they once talked to, out would come the phones or PDA fireing off TXT's or chatting over MSN without movement of lips.

Now if it were one of my lot the phone would be taken from them, sim card binned, then they would be made to pay for the credit used & also made to pay the contractual £10 PM up until such time that the contract can be cancelled and if they didnt have a phone it would be tuff.

[Maggy J]

Originally Posted by martyh

I don't know whether to laugh,cry or contact the Guinness book of records .
My 19 yr old came to me this afternoon wanting to know why his phone had been turned of .On contacting Virgin Mobile (he has a 200min unlimited text rolling contract £10pm)it turned out he had used his full allotment of 3000 texts plus the full £100 credit limit between 28th april and 16th may ....he still has all his minutes left

so a few questions

how is it even possible to text like that ?

do teenagers actually know how to speak to each other any more ?...using lip movement and real wording

will teenagers evolve special digits to facilitate faster texting

where can i buy a copy of VMs' dictionary ,the one that defines unlimited as 3000 as possibly some of the definitions may work to my advantage

and anybody any idea on the best way to roast a teenager

thanks for listening
an irate, hairless,and skint parent

Don't worry you'll have your revenge at the next family knees up when you can embarrass the hell out of him...

[Turkey Machine]

Originally Posted by martyh

I don't know whether to laugh,cry or contact the Guinness book of records .
My 19 yr old came to me this afternoon wanting to know why his phone had been turned of .On contacting Virgin Mobile (he has a 200min unlimited text rolling contract £10pm)it turned out he had used his full allotment of 3000 texts plus the full £100 credit limit between 28th april and 16th may ....he still has all his minutes left

so a few questions

how is it even possible to text like that ?

do teenagers actually know how to speak to each other any more ?...using lip movement and real wording

will teenagers evolve special digits to facilitate faster texting

Teenagers are that (bad)good. 3000 texts is roughly 100 a day. If he's got a girlfriend he keeps in regular contact with, there's ya answer.

Originally Posted by martyh

where can i buy a copy of VMs' dictionary ,the one that defines unlimited as 3000 as possibly some of the definitions may work to my advantage

From the same bookshop which lists the definition of "unlimited internet" with a 5/10/20/40/50/100GB "Fair Usage Policy aka Download Cap". Ofcom allow ISPs to get away with it because they have no way of enforcing it, or no balls to actually say "give these people a download cap".

Originally Posted by martyh

and anybody any idea on the best way to roast a teenager

thanks for listening
an irate, hairless,and skint parent

None broadcastable here, I can tell ya.

[martyh]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Don't worry you'll have your revenge at the next family knees up when you can embarrass the hell out of him...

being planned already

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Originally Posted by alferret

Sorry dude but LOL!

Your right though I think teenagers\kids now a days rely too much on technology for communication that the old fashioned way of talking. God knows what they would do if they bumped into someone they once talked to, out would come the phones or PDA fireing off TXT's or chatting over MSN without movement of lips.

Now if it were one of my lot the phone would be taken from them, sim card binned, then they would be made to pay for the credit used & also made to pay the contractual £10 PM up until such time that the contract can be cancelled and if they didnt have a phone it would be tuff.

he's totally lost at the moment because his phone is off and he's having a strop because there are things he has to tell his friends but can't ...2 of which live 10-20 mins away ..he hasn't thought of walking around their house yet ..so i offered 2 cups and a ball of string

[Sasha222]

Originally Posted by martyh

being planned already

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he's totally lost at the moment because his phone is off and he's having a strop because there are things he has to tell his friends but can't ...2 of which live 10-20 mins away ..he hasn't thought of walking around their house yet ..so i offered 2 cups and a ball of string

And he would probably find a way to connect them to talk to them without having to go around to them

[v0id]

Originally Posted by martyh

how is it even possible to text like that ?

twitter?

[martyh]

Originally Posted by defirish

And he would probably find a way to connect them to talk to them without having to go around to them

next they will be having "i'm addicted to texting "counselling sessions at schools

[Hom3r]

I could be worse, last year a kid used a USB dongle to download a patch for a game (COD one IIRC) it was some 2GB.

When they got the bill it was in excess of £3,000.

[martyh]

Originally Posted by v0id

twitter?

i called him worse than that i can tell you

[Sasha222]

Think that there is already a centre set up for kids addicted to txting and im not joking and also It showed that it caters for kids that are hooked to the play station

[Matthew]

I sent between 1500 & 2000 texts a month looking at my bills.

[Sasha222]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

I could be worse, last year a kid used a USB dongle to download a patch for a game (COD one IIRC) it was some 2GB.

When they got the bill it was in excess of £3,000.

Whats a dongle

[martyh]

Originally Posted by defirish

Whats a dongle

it's a usb attachment that you buy on contract with a mobile internet provider such as orange ,3 virgin ect they work on the same principle as mobile phones you get so much free allowance per month and anything you download extra you pay for

[Sasha222]

Ah right. Always wondered what it was so thanks for telling me so I can watch out for it if one of the kids ever try and use one on my laptop