I had one briefly when I was in high school. Between school, extra curriculars, and two jobs I was never home to get calls so I kept it so that if my friends had something planned after I got off I could get into some trouble. This was before cell phones were small enough to be practical.
Unfortunately some folks that didn’t like me got ahold of the number and would blow it the fuck up while I worked so I got rid of it and my friends started leaving notes under my windshield wipers when they’d go out.
I associate it with on-call rotation. We definitely didn’t have money for them when I was in high school. I think one rich kid had one.
Yea little confused with this no kids had them, they where not cheap.
Not at first but they got cheaper, especially after cellphones started to become somewhat affordable.
True but then kids just jumped over to cell phones
I had one briefly when I was in high school. Between school, extra curriculars, and two jobs I was never home to get calls so I kept it so that if my friends had something planned after I got off I could get into some trouble. This was before cell phones were small enough to be practical.
Unfortunately some folks that didn’t like me got ahold of the number and would blow it the fuck up while I worked so I got rid of it and my friends started leaving notes under my windshield wipers when they’d go out.
In the 90s, a few 17-18 year olds I knew, had them
About the age when you got a job, but even then, that shit was not cheap.