Having a bit of a clear out I decided to rake out everything in my desk and I found a PAGER
Motorola Minicall .... was the most advanced system of its time and pre-dates mobile phones. Messages could be dictated to a specified phone number via land line and within minutes the pager would bleep and one could read the message on the screen. About the size of a packet of three it was the most useful item I ever carried .... apart from a packet of three that is.
Now comes the kicker .... I put a battery in it (AAA) and bugger me it worked!
Must be twenty years since I last used it!
I called Motorola and "Goodness Gracious Me" answered.
He remembered when he was a toddler his uncle used to have one but tells me that they no longer support the system as "Cell Phones" have replaced the need.
Minor is fascinated by it and has taken it off to his room as a "Piece of History"
Kerist ..... I feel old!
