Not even the manufacturers themselves knew how pagers worked because, a lot of the time, they didn't. I never owned a pager, but my friend had one. I would page his number and half the time he would get back to me. The other half, my page went to some other random guy who called me wondering who the hell I was.
Steve Quast
2024-11-19 20:33:42 +0000 UTC
Haha, hee, ha, you left yourself on a cliffy. :D
I haven't had time to watch the reactions (work, boo, hiss) but I have been listening to your thoughts on all the Buffy ones, and most of the others. I'll catch up on these when I can, but I am so happy you're loving this show much, Ashleigh!
Raven Dark
2024-11-19 20:26:10 +0000 UTC
Yep. It seems incredibly convoluted now. To page someone, you have to find a landline or pay phone. You call the beeper and enter the number *of the phone you are at*. Then the person gets a message of just that phone number, and then THEY have to find a landline or pay phone and call you back. Meanwhile youβve been waiting at your phone the whole time, unable to leave because youβre waiting for this person to call you.
The beginning of the internet age really does seem like we were practically cavemen π (cavepeople? lol)
FandomReferenceHere
2024-11-19 19:52:03 +0000 UTC
I could be wrong. But first generation pagers just showed you the phone number that was looking for you and you would call it (we actually could remember phone numbers once upon a time, wild right)
More modern (ha) versions allowed u to call a number and tell an operator an actual msg to send to someones beeper and they could see it on the screen.
Elisa H.
2024-11-19 19:02:48 +0000 UTC
YAY TO BUFFY WEDNESDAYS!! π€π€
Jordan Shuey
2024-11-19 16:33:10 +0000 UTC
WE ARE BACK! And yes, season two introduced mid-season two-part episodes. Imagine waiting a whole week between S02E09 and S02E10!! The heart-racing wait! WHEW!