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I have a feeling, C C T, that even without texting, there are many amongst us who perpetually live in that 'fantasy world.' Texting has just made it easier for them to let the rest of us know where they are in the real world while their minds are somewhere else! I never text either. Not because my fingers aren't 'pliable,' but because I simply don't want to, as I've never felt a need! If I really need to talk to someone, that's why I got a damned cell phone in the first place . . . 
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JimmyA
on October 27, 2014 at 5:47 AM
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That's true, adnohr, and yet they did it anyway! Fortunately, this young woman had sense enough to almost immediately realize that those texts could not have possibly been coming from her grandmother. However, for a split second, after she received that very first one . . . 
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JimmyA
on October 27, 2014 at 5:43 AM
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Well I never text, Jimmy my fingers are not that pliable. Perhaps the caller thought he was giving comfort to the woman. I suppose we are so used to people pretending to be on a friendly level with us that some may live in a kind of stimulated fantasy world.
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C_C_T
on October 27, 2014 at 2:01 AM
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I can imagine it must have been a bit of a shock when she received the text. If she was still paying the cellphone company for the number, which I suspect is the only way they would keep from using it again, the company had no legal right to sell it to someone else.
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adnohr
on October 26, 2014 at 1:57 PM
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Very true, TAPS. I think that the girl probably realized fairly quickly that it couldn't have been her grandmother texting her back. But for a split second after receiving that first reply, she must have been pretty shook up too! Strange, yes. But unexplainable? Not this time . . .
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JimmyA
on October 26, 2014 at 10:13 AM
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That's true too, Kabu, although I guess you can partly understand her wanting to continue texting. But perhaps, three years was too long. Perhaps after maybe a year it might have been time to 'hang up.' And it's also understandable why the phone company was eventually compelled to give that number away. With the millions of smart and cell phones out there, it was probably only a matter of time before they would 'need' that number! And yes, I still say cell phones will be non-existant in Heaven . . . 
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JimmyA
on October 26, 2014 at 10:11 AM
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You may be right, Sir Wiley. At first I thought it was somewhat odd in the first place for someone to bury a cell phone with the deceased, but apparently, texting her grandmother gave her some form of comfort. Fine. But she should have made sure that the phone company followed through on their promise not to give that number to anyone else! Something tells me this won't be an isolated incident . . .
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JimmyA
on October 26, 2014 at 10:07 AM
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I had a feeling, FSI, that this particular 'plot line' might have been used in various thriller stories already ( someone receiving some type of message from beyond the grave ). But it's usually in the form of a letter or a phone call! Someone 'texting' from the great beyond? Even Stephen King wouldn't dream that one up . . .
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JimmyA
on October 26, 2014 at 10:05 AM
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Neither had I, lovelylady! Although there's a chance that even in the afterlife one might have to come bravely into the 21st century, this may be a little ridiculous! I know one thing: I don't want anyone I know to be buried with a cell phone! No 'instant shocks' for me . . .
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JimmyA
on October 26, 2014 at 10:02 AM
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I'm sorry, Naut, but I'm gonna have to disagree. Since I think cell phones are more of an annoyance than a helpmate, I believe Heaven can do without them. However, in the realm of Hades, I believe there will be ten cell phones for every person, and each will constantly ring simultaneously throughout eternity, whether you want to answer them or not! And, you'll be forced to stand next to at least one other person and hear their half of a dull, uninteresting conversation throughout all eternity as well! I can't think of a worse punishment . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on October 26, 2014 at 10:00 AM
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Strange and unexplainable things happen to a variety of people.
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TAPS.
on October 24, 2014 at 4:25 PM
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I am so thrilled to read that texting and phone thingys are banned in heaven....nevr mind our Naut. LOL...To me i think she had to expect the phone company to eventually give away that number and something bizzare would one day happen;as it did. Texting Granny like that is just not letting go. Just not accepting the end and a beginning.
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Kabu
on October 24, 2014 at 4:11 PM
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JimmyA
Disrespectful of the dead to do that it seems to me JimmyA
posted by
WileyJohn
on October 24, 2014 at 12:43 PM
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that would freak me out if I was that Sherri person.
Reading this reminded me of a book by Harlan Coban called Tell No One. Amanda season email from his wife,who it died at the hands of a serial killer. The book has a lot to us and turns.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on October 24, 2014 at 10:19 AM
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I know from personal expirience that our loved ones find a way to communicate with us after they leave this earth, but this is one I have never heard of!
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lovelyladymonk
on October 24, 2014 at 8:17 AM
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Jimmy
From start to finish - the whole thing is totally bizarre, LOL. But what do mean - cell phones are banned in Heaven? That's not what I heard - it's just that Heaven has its own proprietary system, and even lots of cloud storage! When you arrive there you'll get one for free - at the other place you'll have to pay for it with a chunk of soul... 
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Nautikos
on October 24, 2014 at 6:52 AM
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