Does Anyone Ever See Anyone Using "Pagers" Anymore? - GoFuckYourself.com

GTS Mark · 04-18-2006, 10:57 PM

LOL! I haven't seen one of those in AGES!

For all you young punks this is a pager... It's old skool!

DH

FlogTheLog · 04-18-2006, 10:59 PM

old school .... i wish i had one but never have

But yeah i seen alot of people with them

sniperwolf · 04-18-2006, 10:59 PM

classic.. I so remember . I had the operator ask for a password to let someone message me LOL

KrisKross · 04-18-2006, 11:01 PM

One of my best friends still carries one around. We all taunt him about it every chance we get.

Vox · 04-18-2006, 11:11 PM

My sister still uses one but she's a nurse.

GTS Mark · 04-18-2006, 11:11 PM

I had one when I was 16, it was the coolest! Only doctors and drug dealers had them back in those days ;)

DH

P.S. I wasn't a drug dealer LOL!

madawgz · 04-18-2006, 11:12 PM

pagers rock, ppl can page you... and you dont have to call them back ;)

rip raster · 04-18-2006, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrinkingHARDEST

I had one when I was 16, it was the coolest! Only doctors and drug dealers had them back in those days ;)

DH

P.S. I wasn't a drug dealer LOL!

so you were a doctor?? or that's just what you told the ladies

Gerco · 04-18-2006, 11:18 PM

I was talking with this guy whos a tech for sprint just last Wend, and is on call... so they have them on a pager... He said it was due to the fact that the company tried to give out cells to to all the on call techs but, the cells don't have service everywhere so they never showed up to calls... THEY have to buy the pagers from a competitor... LOL!

KRL · 04-18-2006, 11:23 PM

Doctors and hospital staff still use them quite a bit.

NTSS · 04-18-2006, 11:27 PM

I made a lot of money off them suckers...over 300k...

JuiceMonkey · 04-18-2006, 11:38 PM

yeah I had one when I was 15 I think.. it was free because everytime I called to get my msgs (usually from my mom haha) they would spam you with 45seconds of ads.. good concept IMO..

iWeb_Allan · 04-18-2006, 11:39 PM

I still have mine, using it as an alarm clock

SomeCreep · 04-18-2006, 11:52 PM

nope, i havent seen a pager in like 30 years

uno · 04-18-2006, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KrisKross

One of my best friends still carries one around. We all taunt him about it every chance we get.

Coming from a guy nicknamed KrissKross!! Jump, Jump!!!

JFK · 04-19-2006, 12:33 AM

I used to have one back in the 70's it was 4 times the size of the current ones.This is pre cellphone days, the car mobile phone had one channel in town, so if someone was making a call you had to wait till they were finished

DVTimes · 04-19-2006, 12:36 AM

they use them in the local hospital.

BIGTYMER · 04-19-2006, 01:21 AM

Visit Costco and you'll see plenty of people with them.

fuzebox · 04-19-2006, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uno

Coming from a guy nicknamed KrissKross!! Jump, Jump!!!

that's what I was going to say...

A couple of my friends had them, I used to always page them with numbers like 69 or 31337...

Paparazzi · 04-19-2006, 04:58 AM

back in the day most guys in my school had one. I remember I paged my friend when I was ready to go out to do some graffiti because it was to late to call him on the phone

Mr.Right - Banned For Life · 04-19-2006, 05:34 AM

I still have one from when i was younger, lol, very funny, i might re connect it.

cranki · 04-19-2006, 05:37 AM

back in the days some ppl carried them around at school, but noone ever paged them as it was too expensive :D

MattOT · 04-19-2006, 05:49 AM

I think the last time i saw a pager was about 9 years ago lol

Chris · 04-19-2006, 06:51 AM

anyone who works for intel carrys them still

Tom_PM · 04-19-2006, 07:01 AM

Somewhere I have a case of pagers brand new in the boxes that were discontinued and scrapped. I mistook the box in my trunk for something I needed instead of something destined for the dumpster one night after work.

KrisKross · 04-19-2006, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuzebox

that's what I was going to say...

A couple of my friends had them, I used to always page them with numbers like 69 or 31337...

Hehe... I still do that to my friend. Actually, what I'll do most often is page him but with another friend's number. Annoys the fuck out of him.

And my nickname is short for my real name. My friends have been calling me this since the early 90s, so it kinda stuck.

gentmaster · 04-19-2006, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRL

Doctors and hospital staff still use them quite a bit.

Agreed. Cellphones are banned in some areas of hospitals because the signals interferes with telemetry and other remote patient monitoring hardware.

On call MD's still carry pagers.

WebairGerard · 04-19-2006, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vox

My sister still uses one but she's a nurse.

Medical professionals still carry them.

Phoenix · 04-19-2006, 08:20 AM

i dont like electronics anymore....GPS in every phone can track your movement

makes being shady more difficult

Tapaz · 04-19-2006, 08:35 AM

what the fuck is that ?

fuzebox · 04-19-2006, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cranki

back in the days some ppl carried them around at school, but noone ever paged them as it was too expensive :D

I had one of those from 2000-2003, it had an email address and I setup a monitoring system for the 80 server network I used to help manage at my old dotcom...

From what I hear they've all upgraded to Blackberrys now.

Dollarmansteve · 04-19-2006, 08:44 AM

cranki · 04-19-2006, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuzebox

From what I hear they've all upgraded to Blackberrys now.

ah yeah, I completely forgot there was a substitute fad out already

BluewireAngie · 04-19-2006, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRL

Doctors and hospital staff still use them quite a bit.

You're ight about that!!
I think people who have pagers right now are people who are 24hrs on call.

RhiannonAPM · 04-19-2006, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madawgz

pagers rock, ppl can page you... and you dont have to call them back ;)

Thats why I loved mine, if I didn't want to talk to you, I didn't have to call you back and when they would ask if I got their page I would be like "What page?"

minusonebit · 04-19-2006, 09:13 AM

I liked my mine because it was cheap and people could never confirm whether or not I got the page, and because it was easy to shut it up if it started making noise at the wrong time... just smack your pocket.

elitetec · 04-19-2006, 09:45 AM

No. I think they are history

Vitasoy · 04-19-2006, 02:26 PM

I use to have one back in HS, it's long gone now though

Sosa · 04-19-2006, 02:32 PM

Heh, my old boss did up until about a year ago then he started to just have the text messages sent to the cell phone when something was wrong with the routers/servers.

04-18-2006, 10:57 PM	#1
GTS Mark Vrume Mark Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 20,912	Does Anyone Ever See Anyone Using "Pagers" Anymore? LOL! I haven't seen one of those in AGES! For all you young punks this is a pager... It's old skool! DH

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sniperwolf Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 17,743	classic.. I so remember . I had the operator ask for a password to let someone message me LOL __________________ ~Accepting design works~

04-18-2006, 11:01 PM	#4
KrisKross Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 5,025	One of my best friends still carries one around. We all taunt him about it every chance we get. __________________

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04-18-2006, 11:12 PM	#7
madawgz 8.8.8.8 Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Noordermarkt Posts: 30,509	pagers rock, ppl can page you... and you dont have to call them back ;) __________________ TAEMDLRMSKRJIXMRLSMRJ.

04-18-2006, 10:59 PM	#2
FlogTheLog CuriousToyBoys Little Bitch Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 3,842	old school .... i wish i had one but never have But yeah i seen alot of people with them

04-18-2006, 11:18 PM	#9
Gerco Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,052	I was talking with this guy whos a tech for sprint just last Wend, and is on call... so they have them on a pager... He said it was due to the fact that the company tried to give out cells to to all the on call techs but, the cells don't have service everywhere so they never showed up to calls... THEY have to buy the pagers from a competitor... LOL! __________________ Http://www.extremehole.com ** CLOSED ** 400 HOURS of exclusive custom extreme content, already on external HD in Raw DV ready to encode. over 150,000 exclusive images and more.

04-18-2006, 11:23 PM	#10
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04-18-2006, 11:27 PM	#11
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04-18-2006, 11:38 PM	#12
JuiceMonkey Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Brisbane/Vancouver/SanFran Posts: 3,581	yeah I had one when I was 15 I think.. it was free because everytime I called to get my msgs (usually from my mom haha) they would spam you with 45seconds of ads.. good concept IMO.. __________________ ICQ: 72251955 GTalk: JuiceMonkey

04-18-2006, 11:39 PM	#13
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04-18-2006, 11:52 PM	#14
SomeCreep :glugglug Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 26,118	nope, i havent seen a pager in like 30 years __________________ Webair Hosting I use and recommend Webair for hosting.

04-19-2006, 12:33 AM	#16
JFK FUBAR the ORIGINATOR Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: FUBARLAND Posts: 67,374	I used to have one back in the 70's it was 4 times the size of the current ones.This is pre cellphone days, the car mobile phone had one channel in town, so if someone was making a call you had to wait till they were finished __________________ FUBAR Webmasters - The FUBAR Times - FUBAR Webmasters Mobile - FUBARTV.XXX For promo opps contact jfk at fubarwebmasters dot com

04-19-2006, 12:36 AM	#17
DVTimes xxx Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Posts: 31,547	they use them in the local hospital. __________________ The Affiliate Program

04-19-2006, 01:21 AM	#18
BIGTYMER Junior Achiever Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Walled Garden Posts: 17,066	Visit Costco and you'll see plenty of people with them.

04-19-2006, 04:58 AM	#20
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04-19-2006, 05:34 AM	#21
Mr.Right - Banned For Life I guarantee it Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 18,314	I still have one from when i was younger, lol, very funny, i might re connect it.

04-19-2006, 05:37 AM	#22
cranki Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Café del Mar Posts: 5,162	back in the days some ppl carried them around at school, but noone ever paged them as it was too expensive :D

04-19-2006, 05:49 AM	#23
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04-19-2006, 06:51 AM	#24
Chris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: icq: 71462500 Skype: Jupzchris Posts: 27,880	anyone who works for intel carrys them still __________________ [email protected]

04-19-2006, 07:01 AM	#25
Tom_PM Porn Meister Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,443	Somewhere I have a case of pagers brand new in the boxes that were discontinued and scrapped. I mistook the box in my trunk for something I needed instead of something destined for the dumpster one night after work. __________________ 43-922-863 Shut up and play your guitar.

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04-19-2006, 08:35 AM	#30
Tapaz Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CamCity Posts: 1,745	what the fuck is that ?

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04-19-2006, 09:13 AM	#36
minusonebit So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: [email protected] Posts: 7,391	I liked my mine because it was cheap and people could never confirm whether or not I got the page, and because it was easy to shut it up if it started making noise at the wrong time... just smack your pocket.

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04-19-2006, 02:26 PM	#38
Vitasoy GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 58,202	I use to have one back in HS, it's long gone now though __________________ [email protected]

04-19-2006, 02:32 PM	#39
Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	Heh, my old boss did up until about a year ago then he started to just have the text messages sent to the cell phone when something was wrong with the routers/servers.