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Paddy replied

11 May 2017, 16:00
Originally posted by ChimpMaster View Post

3.5 inches still is for you I guess

(no red giant there then)

The nearest thing we got to new technology at school were ball point pens which were banned as we had to use fountain pens.
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ChimpMaster replied

11 May 2017, 13:58
Originally posted by redgiant View Post

Back when I was more naive in school this was a stiffy

3.5 inches still is for you I guess

(no red giant there then)
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BoggyMcCBoggyFace replied

11 May 2017, 13:50
I was a kid when I did this and they told my mum at parents evening, I had to write what I did that weekend and what happened was the exhaust on my mums car had come off while driving and she used her tights to tie it up until we could to a repair place, I had spelt tights wrong though and had spelt it as 'tits', so my mum had secured the exhaust to the car by tying her tits around it.
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redgiant replied

11 May 2017, 13:46
Back when I was more naive in school this was a stiffy
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ladymuck replied

11 May 2017, 13:39
Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View Post

Well, why not switch it off?

Predictive text is for aunts :

I have toyed with that but its hit rate is quite good and saves me having to do too much proof reading of what my fat fingers come up with. There's just these occasional annoyances
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xoggoth replied

11 May 2017, 13:33
Damn modern technology! Bring back good old Morse Code. Much more reliable. Mind you, the porn wasn't much good.
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Pip in a Poke replied

11 May 2017, 13:17
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

I do dislike my phone's autocorrect replacing a commonly used word with 'duck'. I most definitely am not after a good ducking; not since the witch trials, anyway.

Well, why not switch it off?

Predictive text is for aunts :
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ladymuck replied

11 May 2017, 12:47
I do dislike my phone's autocorrect replacing a commonly used word with 'duck'. I most definitely am not after a good ducking; not since the witch trials, anyway.
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MrMarkyMark replied

11 May 2017, 11:11
Originally posted by oracleslave View Post

a la Crying Game?

Exactly
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oracleslave replied

11 May 2017, 11:08
Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post

I believe he would face a bit of surprise if he did

a la Crying Game?
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jamesbrown replied

11 May 2017, 10:56
Everything you type is unfortunate.
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MrMarkyMark replied

11 May 2017, 10:54
Originally posted by ChimpMaster View Post

There was no typo. It was an intentional 'mistake' to try and test his chances

I believe he would face a bit of surprise if he did
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ChimpMaster replied

11 May 2017, 10:53
Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View Post

I have a (male) friend stopping over tonight. He occassionally works locally and stops over.

Got this text from him last night

Very swiftly followed up with

I'm just worried that his predictive text is congisant of the word stiffy

Think I'll be popping the deadlock on my bedroom door.

There was no typo. It was an intentional 'mistake' to try and test his chances
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NotAllThere replied

11 May 2017, 10:18
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vetran replied

11 May 2017, 10:12
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

I never get a stiffy.

FTFY
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