Speaking "Note to self, " however cliche, creates a message reminder for you later.

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If no message arrives, the central computer sends a text-message reminder to the patient, or to a family member or carer.

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Participants were sent a text-message reminder of what they would have won had they shed the weight, which did spur some to take their diet up a notch.

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Capello is the perfect antidote - although his grim reality and cautious message is a reminder that he is untested at international level.

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Perhaps the cleverest and dirtiest ad of the campaign so far, hiding beneath the obvious message about the spending plans a reminder of Mr Hague's speech to the Conservative conference, a reminder of his relative youth and inexperience.

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Those pained by the holiday and the reminder flocked to a Google forum for help removing the message.

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