Subj : Re: Telnet OS/2 BBS w/Cell Phone?
To   : Mike Luther
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Mon Jan 03 2005 09:45 pm

*** Quoting Mike Luther from a message to Sean Dennis ***

ML> That's exactly what I've been doing here for YEARS now but as a 
ML> digital pager not voice.  I actually carried the first digital pager 

Hey, I'm always near a phone.  I have a wonderful rechargable calling card that 
costs me two cents a minute to call someone, so if I have to, just use my 
card... or since Atlanta has one of the largest local calling areas in the US 
(four area codes' worth), fifty cents will do me fine too. :)

I remember back in 1982 (or was it '83) my dad, who was a security guard 
overnight at a bank, had a digital pager... it was SO COOL (we got our first 
VCR in '84).  I learned how to put a space between numbers and we worked out a 
code so Dad would know when to call and when not to (this was before voice 
mail).

I still remember the code and I mentioned to my parents that I'm getting a 
pager... they asked me if I wanted them to still use the code when they paged 
me! :)  I'm teaching my wife the same code too... voice mail is fine for short 
messages (15 seconds), but for longer ones, just a short message will do via 
the pager... my wife uses the last two digits of her birth year, followed by 1, 
2, or 3 (in de-escelated [? is that a word?] order), one being "call right 
now".  Of course, there's 911, but that's for extreme emergencies.

Also, living with my mother-in-law, I'd like to have a "permanent" number 
people can reach me at.  It's also handy for the BBS in case something goes 
askew and one of my callers can page me with a voicemail. :)

To rescue the topicality of this message: I saw "SuperPager" on Hobbes... 
wonder if it's any good...

Later,
Sean

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