texting

If texting were an Olympic sport 17 year old Austin Wierschke of Rhinelander, Wisconsin would be wearing a gold medal around his neck. Instead, he is carrying a $50,000 check to the bank as winner of the sixth annual U.S. LG National Texting Competition held Wednesday in Times Square. According to the AP the competition was judged on "speed, accuracy and dexterity - on four different challenges.". Austin, who also won the competition last year, was well prepared for the challenge.

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It's probably no surprise to those of us of a certain age but a new study shows that texting is having a negative effect on our kids grammar. A recent study of 6th through 8th graders reported by Good.is found that "The more texts the 10-to-14-year-olds sent, the worse their grammar performance." The question then becomes, OMG,  are we doomed to have future generations who don't know a comma from a coma or a ":"from a ";" ?

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It's one thing to be pulled over for texting while driving but now one New Jersey city, Fort Lee, has banned texting while walking. According to ABC News police are giving out tickets to people they catch texting while walking the city's streets and those tickets carry an $85 fine. Fort Lee police chief Thomas Ripoli says there is  good reasoning behind the ban.

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It's pretty much understood that texting while driving is not a good idea. As a matter of fact it's a pretty dumb thing to do. Many states including New York have banned the practice and now, according to Reuters,  U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is calling for a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country.

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We have long been aware of the danger texting while driving poses. Now we are becoming equally aware of the pitfalls of texting while walking. The most recent case of text-walking ending badly came this week when an Indiana women, Bonnie Miller, fell into a river connecting to Lake Michigan while walking along a pier. According to ABC News57 in South Bend the woman was rescued by her husband an an on-looker. Hurt? No. Embarrassed?

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If you or someone you know spends an inordinate amount of time texting be advised that it could be hazardous to your health. Chiropractors across the country are reporting an increasing number of people are seeking treatment for neck and back pain associated with constant texting.  One chiropractor, Dean L. Fishman has even opened up a Text Neck Institute to provide more detailed info on the condition. What are the specific effects of "text neck"?

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Yes, it's National Cellphone Courtesy Month (click the link to read more about it) and that means people should be more self-aware of their cellphone usage, right? What do you think about people who use their cellphones while on a date? That's not very good cellphone etiquette. But, it does happen according to the dating website Zoosk. A survey conducted by the dating website shows 33 percent of people have ended a date early because the person they were on the date with was "too absorbed with their cellphone."

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Surfing the net, talking and texting. We can do it all now on our cellphone. But, can you do it all while you drive? Surprisingly, or not so surprisingly, many people do!

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