hahaHad one of these babies clipped to my belt before cell phones.
I had a pager in high school
gawd we were dorks
first cell phone
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I had a pager in high school
gawd we were dorks
That was what my kids had in high school. Then by the time they were both in college they got cells that were expensive and killed us with the roaming charges every month.Had one of these babies clipped to my belt before cell phones.
Hubby had the car phone by 1990. Thank goodness the company paid for it.
Hmm. We had a rule: if Mom paged you when you weren’t home by midnight and you didn’t call within ten minutes the pager went bye bye.
Our son broke the rule the first time - we took the pager for a week.
Second time it went away permanently because Mom made him watch while she took it out back on the patio and smashed it with the hammer.
Daughter watched it too and made sure she didn’t break the rule. She broke plenty of others but not that one.
No one got murdered by Mom and no one has a criminal record. And they grew up eventually.
Ah…Memory Lane.
When I finally was able to get rid of mine I made a promise to myself that I would never own anything that allowed people to contact me anytime. I have kept that promise and have never owned a cell phone. One of the smartest thing I ever done.Had one of these babies clipped to my belt before cell phones.
Ya, I was poo-white trash back then. I couldn't afford the brick with antenna. Same thing with my kids. Killed me with costs. When they could get their own, there were crocodile tears for a while, because they had to pay for their own.
I needed the freedom that the pager gave me always being on call. It was a love/hate thing with it.
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I always loved trying unique parenting strategies.
My kid had a terrible habit of leaving his bike outside at the end of the driveway, meaning mom or I were constantly having to move it out of our way and into the garage. We bitched at him for weeks to no avail.
So one day I “stole” it - took it to one of my friend’s up the street and hid it in their garage. My kid freaked out. Made fliers, tried to figure out which of his classmates was the culprit etc. Begged us to either buy him a new one or let him buy one - which we refused as it was his repeated irresponsibility that allowed it to be “stolen.”
After two weeks of this, I went and retrieved it and gave it back to him.
He never forgot to put it away in the garage again 🙂
Lucky SOB. 7 years to go till retirement and this damn phone is getting tossed right into the ocean. I envy you.
Had what was referred to as a Bag Phone back a little over 30 years ago. It had a cord and receiver attached and I kept it on the floor of the car over the center column.
Forgot about free Verizon to Verizon.
this is the one i got as well but erroneously posted a diff pic. what model# is this if you know
Also doubled as a billy club in tough situations.
That was the second one I ever used. There were two office floaters. Prior to them the one we had was a big old bag phone.
some sweet games of snake played on that beauty.what was it?
mine was the classic Nokia
Something very similar to this
I miss the satisfying feeling of snapping it closed to hang up.
Ah dude I don't remember all I know is it was one of Sprint pcs's first phones. Worked great as long as I was near I80.
I had a beeper - 1-way - when I was in college. Looking back, what a pain that was: getting a page, then having to find a pay phone or home phone to call the number back.Had one of these babies clipped to my belt before cell phones.
1999. 300 mins for $30. Free Sprint to Sprint, free nights and weekends. 25 cents per text. And the "searching" graphic was about right once you left a major metro.
