Thank you, I get your point entirely.
Although, I must admit, earlier I thought you guys might have been pulling my leg because it was April fools day as well as Easter at the time, and the complaints did look suspiciously like some sort of humorous banter, or hazing of the noob, perhaps.
I realize now that the texting style can rankle some. The equivalent for me would probably be when a relative asks me to text something to someone and proceeds to complain that I capitalize the first letter of sentences or use punctuation, and then suggests I stop doing that because I’m texting the message too slowly. I would argue that capitalizations and punctuation are not why I text so slowly: it’s because my thumbs are slow.
About the email: this phone does have the capability of having email, but I would not attempt to set it up even if I knew how, because I’m not the only user of this phone. I know some of my relatives have email, but most of them use text messaging instead.
About writing and reading on the site: I might possibly be able to complete a story on this site that meets its standards, but if I do it would most likely be in the distant future. Because, as you may have noticed, even short posts take me a long time to write. Also, unfortunately, I rarely have the time to write parts of stories or read any (I’m still reading Ogre11’s awesome Spy Mission!), without detracting from my sleep (which eventually takes its toll on me mentally). And of course I want to read every story on the site, but I doubt I’ll live long enough to do so!
I appreciate the warm & or humorous welcomes. I thank you kindly.