When was the last time you saw a plain old numeric pager?

pstokely

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Sun May-18-08 01:30 PM
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When was the last time you saw a plain old numeric pager?

Edited on Sun May-18-08 01:39 PM by pstokely

Like this

I don't think I've seen one of these since when the Chimp's 1st coronation or whenever cell phones became cheap enough. When was the last time you saw a bag or brick cell phone or a car phone?

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zingaro

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Sun May-18-08 01:31 PM
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1. Hospitals still use them all the time.

But for the giant cell phones? Only on TV or in the movies and then I just shudder and think of the radiation.

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BrotherBuzz

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Sun May-18-08 01:48 PM
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2. I still have one the company insisted I carry

It doesn't have an account so it's totally useless in that regard, but it still makes a nice paper clip.

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pstokely

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Sun May-18-08 01:57 PM
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3. When was the last time you got a page on it?

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BrotherBuzz

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Sun May-18-08 02:30 PM
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7. 1985?

Edited on Sun May-18-08 02:31 PM by BrotherBuzz

The company experienced a series of major finical setback that cost a lot of money and ultimately closed the doors to the company. Nasty ending to a flakey construction company that sent me all around the country installing stores in shopping malls. I learned to put the batteries in upside down so the pager wouldn't work because the damn thing only brought me bad news.

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bigwillq

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Sun May-18-08 02:03 PM
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4. This guy at work has one.

I had to page him a few days ago.

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NJmaverick

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Sun May-18-08 02:06 PM
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5. Today, work gave me one

They say it has less dead spots than a cell phone. Although to be honest, I haven't put a battery in it, in like a year and half.

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MichiganVote

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Sun May-18-08 02:09 PM
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6. I use one of these everyday. It gets the job done.

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hippywife

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Sun May-18-08 04:26 PM
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8. Have one and

Edited on Sun May-18-08 04:30 PM by hippywife

use it everyday at work. Very handy and I can clip it on my bra strap out of sight. Hey! It beats almost flushing it down the toilet if I hang it on the waist of my pants! :hi:

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bertha katzenengel

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Sun May-18-08 04:27 PM
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9. 1995

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