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Record attempt reaps 217K texts, $26K phone bill

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Their thumbs sure must be sore. Two central Pennsylvania friends spent most of March in a text-messaging record attempt and ended up exchanging a total of 217,000. Twenty-nine-year-old Nick Andes and 30-year-old Doug Klinger ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Their thumbs sure must be sore.

Two central Pennsylvania friends spent most of March in a text-messaging record attempt and ended up exchanging a total of 217,000.

Twenty-nine-year-old Nick Andes and 30-year-old Doug Klinger relied on their unlimited text messaging plans to get them through the escapade.

A spokesman for Guinness World Records didn't immediately return messages

Andes was startled to get a bill for $26,000 -- until T-Mobile credited his account.

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