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[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SupraMario 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Yea little confused with this no kids had them, they where not cheap.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not at first but they got cheaper, especially after cellphones started to become somewhat affordable.

[–] SupraMario 1 points 5 months ago

True but then kids just jumped over to cell phones

[–] TexasDrunk 4 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In the 90s, a few 17-18 year olds I knew, had them

[–] SupraMario 1 points 5 months ago

About the age when you got a job, but even then, that shit was not cheap.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Showing my age here but...is this real?

[–] haulyard 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My wife and I still text 143 for short.

[–] RichieRich 11 points 5 months ago

🥹 Do it as often as you can. ❤️

[–] olympicyes 1 points 5 months ago

Mr Rogers weighed himself every day to make sure he stayed 143 lbs.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

lol "i hate you murder death" out of nowhere

[–] carl_dungeon 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

They likely already stole this image. I remember seeing this early 2000s probably.

[–] son_named_bort 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Was 80085 ever used as a code?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I went to a site recently where the padlock code was 58008.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Today 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wait until you learn about time and temperature.

[–] ikidd 5 points 5 months ago

I use 555-1212 as a phone number when I have to sign up for an account and that's a required field.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

You’re gonna have to tell us.

[–] Macaroni_ninja 8 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Theharpyeagle 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What In the world is a jungle paging shack?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

These little tiny stores that sold pagers. They were small almost popup style buildings usually.

[–] Etterra 6 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] Speculater 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

On a muthafuckin cop?

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 2 points 5 months ago

Murder death kill.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago
[–] werefreeatlast 1 points 4 months ago

Now it makes sense. Back in the day there was a republican proposition in California that was to get rid of migrants. Prop 187!