In the opening moments of 2008, as I watched the fireworks and stood about with the required whisky, cake, and, er, candle, I foolishly tried to send a text to my family and friends saying "Happy New Year".
Of course the network was clogged, so the text failed to send ... and my phone kept offering to re-try. I must have let it re-try about 50 times. Each time, it said it failed, and the message stayed in my out-box (and nothing appeared in "sent").
Imagine my horror when I texted someone else, the same happened, but that person received the message! So quite possibly I'd texted all my friends 50 times. I am a spammer.
(The true definition of "spam" is not "advertising" but "mail that you keep getting again and again and again...." as per the Monty Python spam song)
I checked with John the next day, and he said he'd had the text four times. Which is strange. I expected the answer to be 0, 1, or 50... why 4? But quite a relief. I'm hoping nobody got it 50 times, because I texted about a dozen people....
By the way, if you DIDN'T get a text from me, it doesn't mean you're not one of my nearest and dearest friends; it just means the network was clogged up and it didn't get through.
You can see how I can't win either way on this one. . . . .
