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[The Meepit Commando]

lol, now I REALLY want a pager, or at least try one

[Spritzie]

Mine was a little blue one. It only did the numeric pages, but my family had codes for importance, like *1 meant, drop everything and call right now. *2 meant call as soon as you can, but it's not an emergency, and *3 meant, whenever.

 

My mom and I had codes for whether she was picking me up, or I was supposed to take the bus, or if she'd be late.

 

I only had it for a year. When I turned 16, I got a cell phone since I was driving by myself then.

[rachiee]

I've always wanted to try a pager or a beeper. :P

I'm pretty sure I was among one of the last people in my grade to get a cellphone. (I was 11 when I got my first phone). I'm one of those people who can live without their cellphone- I don't text a lot because I don't have unlimited texting, and I hate texting. I would miss those stickers on the back of my phone though. :(

 

I also h8 it wen my frans txt out der msgs like dis. It gives me a headache specially cause Im 1 of them ppl who uses correct syntax n grammar asap wen she txts her frans.

She also points out wen her frans use txt spk n tries 2 make em use correct syntax n grammar but dey nevr lern.

Its even sadder cos my frans r considered 2 b sum of da smart ppl yet they r unintentionally makin themselves sound dumber by txtin like dis. U no how it is.

[Spritzie]

Last of your grade and you got one at 11? I only got one at 16 because my parents wanted me to have one while driving by myself. My sister, who is older, didn't get one until she was 18.

 

Everyone who saw my pager when I was 15 was impressed because at that age, no one really had pagers or cell phones.

[The Meepit Commando]

O.O really, only numeric pages, where you aloud to use it in class?

[Spritzie]

Well, I was a freshman in HS in 2000. And no, you weren't. I kept mine hidden, and on vibrate. It was just for if my mom needed to get me a message. If I got a page, I'd check it between classes.

[The Meepit Commando]

lol, sounds an awful lot like me with my phone...

[Tedhaun]

I suppose that my dad has several pagers, but I never really had the intentions to use one. I'm more of a cell phone person myself.

[rachiee]

My phone is almost always on vibrate unless I need to use my phone alarm.

 

And yes, I was one of the last people to get a phone. I do, however, have a friend who's 14 and has yet to get a phone.

[The Meepit Commando]

My dad might have a pagers, texting is nice except when ppl tlk lik ths, it anoys me, as pyrope said.

[Tedhaun]

Even when I do bring my cell phone for work and such, I barely even use mine unless if there's an actual emergency or something.

I still take it for when I want to talk to mom or something, but that's it. :P

[The Meepit Commando]

Does playing angry birds count as an emergency? :P

[rachiee]

I try not to use my cellphone as much as my friends do. I've always preferred calls over texts, and I get funny looks from my friends when I say I'd rather have them call my home phone than send me a text message if I want to talk to them outside of school.

[Tedhaun]

Does playing angry birds count as an emergency? :P

 

It really doesn't, my cell phone is a more outdated model, so it's not compatible to more modern day games like the one you mentioned.

[The Meepit Commando]

That is kind of weird now, texting is everything now, and why does FF not recognize texting as a word? :mellow:

[Yuika]

Wow, 14 and no phone?? Haha... I was 17 when I got my first phone, and that was only 2 years ago. I may literally have been the last person at my school to get one. I had to borrow peoples' phones all the time. :\ But I mean, now I spend upwards of $60 a month on my stupid phone that cost like $250 to begin with. I think I was better off before.

[rachiee]

I know, right? It's kinda silly considering that pretty much everyone uses that word...

 

Firefox also doesn't recognise 'bromance' as a word but that's not my main concern is it

 

I still borrow my friends' phones from time to time because they have unlimited calls and texts so, unlike me, a call won't set them back 20 cents.

[Tedhaun]

I had my cell phone when I was 17 or 18 or something, I never really used one when I was in my early teen years.

[The Meepit Commando]

I have unlimited texting, I abuse it :laughingsmiley:

 

Also 250$, what phone is THAT?

 

@neomysterian: Most people don't....

[Tedhaun]

^ I agree with the above poster, having a cell phone feels more like a privilege to younger teens opposed to older teens and adults, those who really need them for work and stuff on the long run.

[The Meepit Commando]

So true, I do feel privileged to have one.

[rachiee]

Yeah, having a cellphone does seem like more of a privilege than anything.

It kinda annoys me when I see 12-14-year-olds clicking away at Blackberries. Don't get me wrong, I love Blackberries and want to get one once I'm older and I have the money to pay for a plan, but they're actually more work-oriented phones than anything. ( I probably sounded really hypocritical in that sentence. ;__; )

 

You don't even know how many girls I see with brightly coloured false nails tapping away rhythmically at bright pink, green, blue or purple silicone or leopard/zebra/cheetah-skinned Blackberries. :laughingsmiley:

[The Meepit Commando]

Its like that in my school, lots of people have blackberrys

[Tedhaun]

I take it that all the new kids want to be all hip and modern with those blackberries, I never really owned one myself or need to use one. :P

[The Meepit Commando]

yep, thats pretty much it to be honest...