The small plastic box that beeped and flashed numbers was a lifeline to Laurie Dove in 1993. Pregnant with her first baby in a house beyond any town in rural...
The small plastic box that beeped and flashed numbers was a lifeline to Laurie Dove in 1993. Pregnant with her first baby in a house beyond any town in rural Kansas, Dove used the little black device to keep in touch with her husband as he delivered medical supplies. He carried one too. They had a code.
Then as now — albeit in far smaller numbers — pagers are used precisely because they are old school. They run on batteries and radio waves, making them impervious to dead zones without WiFi, basements without cell service, hackings and catastrophic network collapses such as those during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
By the 1980s, millions of Americans used pagers, according to reports at the time. The devices were status symbols — belt-clipped signals that a wearer was important enough to be, in effect, on call at a moment's notice. Doctors, lawyers, movie stars and journalists wore them through the 1990s. In 1989, Sir Mix-a-Lot wrote a song about them, rapping: “Beep diddy beep, will I call you maybe.”
Dove, who went on to serve as the mayor of Valley Center, Kansas, and become an author, says she and her family use cell phones now. But that means accepting the risk of identity theft. In some ways, she fondly recalls the simplicity of pagers.The pager market today is small but persistent Tuesday’s attack appeared to be a complex Israeli operation targeting Hezbollah. But the widespread use of pagers in Lebanon meant the detonations cost an enormous number of civilian casualties. They exploded in a moment across the landscape of everyday life — including homes, cars, grocery stores and cafes.
Peabody said he and others at the hospital tested a new system and “the pager won": The doctors stopped answering the two-way text messages and would only respond to pagers. PUBLICIS GROUPE ACQUIRES MARS UNITED COMMERCE, CREATING THE INDUSTRY-LEADING CONNECTED COMMERCE SOLUTION Mars is the largest independent commerce marketing company in the world.
Laurie Dove Christopher Peabody Beepers Hezbollah Vincent Kelly Israel
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill six fighters, one child, security sources sayHezbollah’s press office said the group had fired rockets and artillery fire onto various Israeli military positions throughout the day
Read more »
Israeli Airstrikes Eliminate Several More Hezbollah Operatives in Southern Lebanon Israel's i24NEWS TV channel: The IDF 'on Friday vowed to continue its policy of eliminating Hezbollah operatives.'
Read more »
Israel says it is staging airstrikes inside Lebanon targeting the Shiite militia HezbollahLebanese media reported strikes in the country’s south without immediately providing more details. Social media footage showed what appeared to be strikes in southern Lebanon.
Read more »
Israel says it is staging airstrikes inside Lebanon targeting the Shiite militia HezbollahJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes inside Lebanon early Sunday that its military said targeted positions of the Shiite militia Hezbollah.
Read more »
Israel says it is staging airstrikes inside Lebanon targeting the Shiite militia HezbollahJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes inside Lebanon early Sunday that its military said targeted positions of the Shiite militia Hezbollah.
Read more »
Israel says it is staging airstrikes inside Lebanon targeting the Shiite militia HezbollahJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes inside Lebanon early Sunday that its military said targeted positions of the Shiite militia Hezbollah.
Read more »