this is truly too funny! am going to send that one to my dear friend 
who has an iPhone.
  :)


At 02:42 PM 02/07/13, you wrote:
>Those of you using iPhones will get a kick out of this one.  I had =
>called my youngest son, he's 30 years old and his house is directly =
>behind mine, and asked him if he had a 9 volt battery.  Part of his =
>drapery business is in his three car garage right now due to a fire in =
>the building it was in before.  He's able to work on some things by just =
>walking out of his house and into the garage.  Anyhow, he said he'd have =
>one of his 4 boys walk the battery over because he was working on a job =
>that had to be done before morning.  About midnight, my wife finishes =
>her medical transcription job online and then we go to bed.  I came in =
>from reading a book and was going to go to bed.  I can't sleep very =
>easily if she is typing and her work station is in our bedroom.  =
>Eloquence is a poor substitute for pillow talk.  Anyhow, my son, nor any =
>of his boys, had shown up with the 9 volt battery.  I needed it for my =
>QSY ER because that battery died so I couldn't move around with my Icom =
>7000 as I normally would.  I sent my son a text message, he was about =
>125 feet away in his garage.  My text was supposed to say, "Wait until =
>tomorrow for the battery.  I'm going to bed."  It was about 15 minutes =
>after midnight and I was getting tired.  I could tell my message didn't =
>sound right; something didn't sound right at the beginning.  I had =
>dictated the text using the dictation mode for messages, which I =
>normally do, to save time typing it letter by letter.  I erased my =
>message and spoke it again.  It still sounded wrong but I gave up and =
>knew my son would understand all but the first couple of words.  I walk =
>out of my office, up the stairs, through the kitchen and dining room, =
>and into our bedroom where my wife is shutting down her computer.  I =
>told her about my situation with the battery and my texting to our son =
>not to come now and she told me he had just called her and said he was =
>bringing the battery to my office door.  My office used to be a breeze =
>way between the house and our garage and I made it into a two room =
>office.  It's my man cave, sort of speak, with my office equipment and =
>ham gear and bookshelves floor to ceiling.  .  So, I go back out to my =
>office and wait.  Another 15 minutes go by and I go and tell my wife he =
>must not be coming due to my last text to him.  She insisted he was =
>coming and go unlock the door in case he doesn't have his house keys to =
>get into our house.  So, I go back, he shows up, I sit the battery next =
>to my QSY ER, and go to bed.  As I put the battery up, my son had walked =
>through the house to see if my wife had something she wanted done.  Her =
>call to him was something about going to a doctor's appointment, or =
>something like that, I don't recall now what it was all about.  I just =
>wanted to go to sleep, you see?  So, my son leaves, I lock up my office, =
>and stumble back into the bedroom.  My wife is laughing and she said, =
>"What did you say to Everett in your text message about the battery and =
>going to bed?"  So I told her.  She laughed even more and said, do you =
>know what your message really read?"  I told her I knew something was =
>wrong but after two tries, I gave up because the basic part of my text =
>was there, plus, I'm tired."  She kept laughing and finally said, =
>"Everett said the first part of your message said something about 4 =
>Wales and a battery."  The moral of the story?  Be careful; I've had =
>4-letter words embedded in my voiced text messages before, too.  Yes, I =
>put in the next battery and my QSY ER is working fine now  and here you =
>thought this wasn't going to be a ham radio related story.
>
>Phil.
>K0NX