Good old pagers. I absolutely don't miss mine, but they were a welcome relief to get the odd message when you were working in dangerous or "clean" environments where phones (or any other electronic or transmitting device) were prohibited.
I think my last one fell out of my belt and into a toilet mid-piss, so that was that.
I associate it with on-call rotation. We definitely didn't have money for them when I was in high school. I think one rich kid had one.
Yea little confused with this no kids had them, they where not cheap.
Not at first but they got cheaper, especially after cellphones started to become somewhat affordable.
True but then kids just jumped over to cell phones
I had one briefly when I was in high school. Between school, extra curriculars, and two jobs I was never home to get calls so I kept it so that if my friends had something planned after I got off I could get into some trouble. This was before cell phones were small enough to be practical.
Unfortunately some folks that didn't like me got ahold of the number and would blow it the fuck up while I worked so I got rid of it and my friends started leaving notes under my windshield wipers when they'd go out.
In the 90s, a few 17-18 year olds I knew, had them
About the age when you got a job, but even then, that shit was not cheap.
Showing my age here but...is this real?
I just had a pager to try and fit in there was zero practical use for it.
in my experience, what was 1000% more likely was you gave each of your contacts a code like 111111111 meant call home and 2222222 would be your pal jason, if they added 911 it did mean urgent.
This is also what the few other nerds i knew who had pagers did.
Half the time they would leave the # where they were at because they might not be home.
So if you got 2 pages in a row 7777777911 4155551212
that would mean contact John at the given number and hurry it's an emergency. There were payphones at school and the mall so it was easy to get in touch.
There were payphones at school and the mall so it was easy to get in touch.
I'm old enough to recognize this is not irony.
My wife and I still text 143 for short.
🥹 Do it as often as you can. ❤️
Mr Rogers weighed himself every day to make sure he stayed 143 lbs.
lol "i hate you murder death" out of nowhere
Was 80085 ever used as a code?
I went to a site recently where the padlock code was 58008.
55378008
XIF
The art of trolling.com
They likely already stole this image. I remember seeing this early 2000s probably.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/411_(telephone_number)
Huh, that makes sense
Wait until you learn about time and temperature.
I use 555-1212 as a phone number when I have to sign up for an account and that's a required field.
You’re gonna have to tell us.
333 this
I remember this from highschool. I always thought it was stupid; a pager (2 when on call) was something my dad used for work & emergencies. It was hardly what I'd have ever called cool.
Anyone remember those jungle paging shacks all over the place? Decked out in white/black zebra stripes
The local one had a jungle paging hummer H1 in full zebra stripes they would park out front... wonder if it's sitting somewhere with that same goofy paint job
What In the world is a jungle paging shack?
These little tiny stores that sold pagers. They were small almost popup style buildings usually.
187
On a muthafuckin cop?
Murder death kill.
:3 :3 :3
Now it makes sense. Back in the day there was a republican proposition in California that was to get rid of migrants. Prop 187!
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