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Inlander:
Hi guys,

Firstly, this is a slightly spammy thread, so my apologies for that.

Anyway, a few days ago I had an idea for a new writing project, and I'm pretty sure now that I'm going to go ahead with it. It will be called "the Sunday Short Message Story Service" (or SSMSS). Basically, the idea is that once a week (on a Sunday, obviously) I'll send out a story via SMS to anyone with a mobile phone who wishes to receive it. These stories will be extremely short, such that they'll be able to fit into a single SMS (so around 160 characters). For example:


--- Quote ---My wife said he wasn't healthy, his nose was dry. I said he just needed a healthy home. He's 16 now & we're thinking of having kids. I guess we've had the practice.
--- End quote ---

or:


--- Quote ---We were drunk enough that night swimming seemed a good idea. We left short at 11:43PM; when we got back it was Christmas. We heard people singing low, sombre.
--- End quote ---

If anyone wants to be added to the Service, just send me a PM or an email (my email address is in my forum profile) with your phone number, and I'll add you to the list. If you're outside Australia, please include the relevant country and area codes. And bear in mind that I will never, ever, ever pass on your phone number to anyone, or use it for anything other than the Sunday Short Message Story Service.

Okay, that's it, thanks for reading!

Tom:
Pity my phone was stolen months ago, I still haven't told my parents.

Allybee:
observe as harry manages to pick up THE ENTIRE FORUM AT THE SAME TIME.

Inlander:
SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHhhhhhhh.

Inlander:
According to the Vodafone website (I'm currently with Vodafone, so I'll probably stick with them) texts to overseas mobiles are the same price as those to local numbers, so that shouldn't be an issue. As for overall price, here in Australia at least the mobile phone market is competitive enough that you can get all sorts of deals to get extra mobile credit, free texts, etc., so if I do it right I should be able to keep costs down. And as I said to someone who asked me about this issue via PM, I'd rather try it and find out that it's unfeasible and have to can it, than not try it at all.

Plus, I've got a full-time job earning government money! I'm rolling in it. Ish.

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