I use static cause its the way I was taught. And later it can be used throughout the program, although I understand at the moment there is no where else for it to be used.
And they are was just playing around with it, and was easier for me to remember to connect both to two.
And can you explain
SoftwareSerial LCD = SoftwareSerial(0, 3);
and how 3 is a hardware pin? There is only an output for the LCD.
and the magic numbers are beyond me, I adapted the sample code which came with the component when I purchased it.