I want to ammend my last post... If on the ground and VFR I generally give the whole speil at once. The ground controller needs to know 3 things, 4 if there is an ATIS. Who you are, Where you are & What do you want. You can spit that out pretty quick and I do it whenever possible. In the air talking to a tower controller it is the same. When reporting your position; don't anticipate being there, report where you are at that moment, the controller will allow that you are moving! Also, don't say you are over the coastline, that generally does not tell them anything as it is generally a long coastline. Use the charted or accepted reporting points when ever possible.