I doubt that even the threat of Putin standing there would make certain people any more likely to use those bins @wild edges . I've regularly seen bags lying right beside bins.
I'd rather text than phone any time @pansyface. The joys of the condition Predictive text would drive me nuts.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If you watch those who are used to texting, they use the choices displayed by predictive texting after entering the minimum number of letters. That's how they text so fast.
I don’t think I’ve sent more than half a dozen texts in my entire life. 🙂
I don't do many either, and I use 'proper' English complete with punctuation when I do. Isn't that gr8
I like sending and receiving texts ... it means that I can deal with them at my convenience ... and if I'm contacting someone who's at work or studying I'm not interrupting them and they too can reply when they have the time. If I'm busy and the phone rings it can sometimes be really inconvenient ... even a text to say, Is it ok if I ring you now? can sometimes be really helpful. It's not as if I'm in an office waiting for the phone to ring ... I do 'stuff' ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I embraced texting a long time ago as a really useful means of communication when you spend a significant part of your days in meetings. It was often the only way for me to brief people ahead of a meeting while I was sitting in another one.
The old type of predictive text was really useful once you learned to let go and trust it - the system that would guess a word based on the first few letters you type. The current predictive texting is often annoying because it can entirely change words based, apparently, on an assumption that you were typing all the wrong letters and it sneakily changes words after you've finished typing them, so you have to read back to see if it's turned a perfectly innocent sentence into something wholly inappropriate for the sendee
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I went to log something on iNaturalist and typed in 'UK' but accidentally hit Ukraine which was the first suggestion in the search bar. It's nice to see that people are still actively participating there and logging spring flowers and insects, or sorting through their archives to upload data while presumably facing quite worrying conditions. One person is a university researcher with a Ph.D but another was an 8 year old boy. I hope they're somewhere safe.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
It's also really useful if you need to send a message to someone you'd rather not speak to😉
For me - that covers most people
Encouraging and uplifting @wild edges. At least those people have some respect for their surroundings, unlike the moron who dropped a fag end on Ben Lomond the other day, with the inevitable result of course, because it's been so dry. They managed to extinguish it, and it looked ok yesterday, but.....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I love texting. It’s like writing a letter for me. I much prefer to send or receive invitations in particular. Gives them and me time to check the diary, and think up a decent excuse if it’s something I don’t fancy doing!
Have had to reschedule long awaited and much anticipated visit to daughter, as she has tested positive for Covid. Thankfully, she seems to have a mild dose, and should mean we can invite her for Easter instead!
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I've regularly seen bags lying right beside bins.
I'd rather text than phone any time @pansyface. The joys of the condition
Predictive text would drive me nuts.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I don't do many either, and I use 'proper' English complete with punctuation when I do. Isn't that gr8
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The old type of predictive text was really useful once you learned to let go and trust it - the system that would guess a word based on the first few letters you type. The current predictive texting is often annoying because it can entirely change words based, apparently, on an assumption that you were typing all the wrong letters and it sneakily changes words after you've finished typing them, so you have to read back to see if it's turned a perfectly innocent sentence into something wholly inappropriate for the sendee
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Encouraging and uplifting @wild edges. At least those people have some respect for their surroundings, unlike the moron who dropped a fag end on Ben Lomond the other day, with the inevitable result of course, because it's been so dry.
They managed to extinguish it, and it looked ok yesterday, but.....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If it's important enough, then call and speak, if it's not important, don't bother.