The Enid Blyton Society

I guess the probem lies with the size of Australia. It'd be a bit like organising a European event, for most people, it would entail a lot more than an hour's drive.

If it was a formal event people probably wouldn't mind travelling (I'll have to travel for 6 hours and stay overnight to come to the EB day) but most wouldn't for a casual gathering.

Fiona1986 wrote:If it was a formal event people probably wouldn't mind travelling (I'll have to travel for 6 hours and stay overnight to come to the EB day) but most wouldn't for a casual gathering.

I've just realised how off topic we are

Fiona1986 wrote:
On most phones the bottom left key or the bottom right key will change the typing format through lowercase/uppercase/numbercase. I have a touchphone now so I can't check it out.

Sorry it's off topic I know, but you are right, Fiona. Thanks for the advice. I can now do a capital letter on my phone when texting.

You're welcome Julie! Glad to know I'm helping people send more grammatically correct text messages .

Incidentally, I've no idea how I managed to quote myself and add that message, I had intended to edit my original to add it once I noticed which thread I was posting in

And the off topicness continues...

Should old people have mobile phones?

Why do you own one, then, if you pose that question?

The box may be old, but the contents are as young as ever.

That would apply to every other person here, then.

Nah. You're a young box full of old stuff!

Maturity isn't all that age-related, old thing.

No fool like an old fool, eh?

Fiona1986 wrote:

Julie2owlsdene wrote:

Katharine wrote:
Julie, I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't know how to get a capital letter when sending a text!

We'll have to try and work it out at the E.B. Day, Katharine!

On most phones the bottom left key or the bottom right key will change the typing format through lowercase/uppercase/numbercase. I have a touchphone now so I can't check it out.

Thanks Fiona, I'll try and remember that. I've had bad experiences in the past trying to change formats as I end up with predictive text and it always predicts words that aren't even close to what I want. On the whole I tend to stick to sentences of no more than about 3 or 4 words so I don't need puncuation very much. If a reply of more than about 6 words is needed, I'll just phone the person instead!

Moonraker wrote:Should old people have mobile phones?

I think my phone and I are well suited. Last year I finally 'upgraded' my phone. I'd had it about 10 years and got it free with a jar of AVON face cream! My new phone cost the grand sum of £2.95. In addition to calls and text, apparently I've also got a torch and radio on there somewhere. Anything else would be far too technological for me.

Katharine wrote: Thanks Fiona, I'll try and remember that. I've had bad experiences in the past trying to change formats as I end up with predictive text and it always predicts words that aren't even close to what I want. On the whole I tend to stick to sentences of no more than about 3 or 4 words so I don't need puncuation very much. If a reply of more than about 6 words is needed, I'll just phone the person instead!

If the left button changes it to predictive text then the right button will be for changing the case. I always used predictive text when I had an older style phone! I used to type my messages so fast I'd have to sit and wait for it all to appear on screen before I sent it. I don't like phones that guess your whole word when you've only typed a few letters though - they never seem to get it right. Mine were always the type to let you finish the word and then let you choose which combination of letters was right. If you didn't pay attention, though, you'd end up saying "I'm on the cup" (bus) or "I'm at Verbo" (Tesco). My iphone has a full qwerty keyboard on the screen but it still likes to change what I've typed if it thinks I've spelt it wrong usually it's just because it's a name.

I think they're ok rules