tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post116474812322650860..comments2024-03-02T03:29:09.759-05:00Comments on SerandEz and Friends: The Lost Art of Pager TextingEzziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164824021162764312006-11-29T13:13:00.000-05:002006-11-29T13:13:00.000-05:00Ya effective and complicated. Stick to my codes. M...Ya effective and complicated. Stick to my codes. Much easier.<BR/><BR/><I>Now I feel old. We were doing this crap in the late '80s-early '90s.</I><BR/><BR/>Hey Jack,<BR/><BR/>Did you go to school in LA? (Valley?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164818208708571792006-11-29T11:36:00.000-05:002006-11-29T11:36:00.000-05:00I remember using a different code in 9th grade... ...I remember using a different code in 9th grade... it was a few grids: 3x3 (like Tic-Tac-Toe), 3x3 with dots, an X, and an X with dots in all 4 sections.<BR/><BR/>Each space was assigned a letter in order. To write a sentence, you'd draw the lines of the corresponding letter (with a dot in the middle if they were on the dotted grids). Ezzie was a square, a > with a dot, a > with a dot, an upside down L, and another square. It was quite effective, until everyone knew it.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164816974732147962006-11-29T11:16:00.000-05:002006-11-29T11:16:00.000-05:00Now I feel old. We were doing this crap in the lat...Now I feel old. We were doing this crap in the late '80s-early '90s.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164798822506886742006-11-29T06:13:00.000-05:002006-11-29T06:13:00.000-05:00*chuckle*i'm not even going to attempt to decipher...*chuckle*<BR/><BR/>i'm not even going to attempt to decipher the code in my overtired state but rather enjoy the hilarity of the comments :)Sarah Likes Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055831838215589183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164769663666260042006-11-28T22:07:00.000-05:002006-11-28T22:07:00.000-05:00Steg, explain, please. Or HH. Someone. Please.6922...<I>Steg, explain, please. Or HH. Someone. Please.</I><BR/><BR/>6922251 x 8 = 55378008<BR/><BR/>Now, turn that number upside down and see what it spells :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164767068171849202006-11-28T21:24:00.000-05:002006-11-28T21:24:00.000-05:00Oh, do I feel old. This brings back middle school...Oh, do I feel old. This brings back middle school memories...SaraKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08053908720926177402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164766883418629982006-11-28T21:21:00.000-05:002006-11-28T21:21:00.000-05:00Steg, explain, please. Or HH. Someone. Please.Steg, explain, please. Or HH. Someone. Please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164755800433179672006-11-28T18:16:00.000-05:002006-11-28T18:16:00.000-05:00Sorry Steg, I got it. Duh :)Sorry Steg, I got it. Duh :)Holy Hyraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704030181702087485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164754555662579402006-11-28T17:55:00.000-05:002006-11-28T17:55:00.000-05:00OK Steg, you totally lost me. Happy now?The point ...OK Steg, you totally lost me. Happy now?<BR/><BR/>The point of turning them upside down was that they actually spelled out the letters in legible english. For example: 07734Holy Hyraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704030181702087485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164754035573635532006-11-28T17:47:00.000-05:002006-11-28T17:47:00.000-05:00Wow, this is like L337-speak to the 3>I just remem...Wow, this is like L337-speak to the 3><7r3m3!<BR/><BR/>I just remember being able to spell a limited number of words buy turning the pager/beeper to read the numbers upside down.<BR/><BR/>For instance, there was the old joke:<BR/><BR/>6922251 x 8 = «turn it upside down to read»<BR/><BR/>There's a narration that goes along with the numbers, but i'm not going to put it here in a family forum such as Ezzie's blog ;-) . Ah, preteens.Steg (dos iz nit der šteg)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07694556690190505030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164753980067923942006-11-28T17:46:00.000-05:002006-11-28T17:46:00.000-05:00Basically, you gotta hear him say it. And you have...Basically, you gotta hear him say it. And you have to have spent some time in Monsey, and actually *heard* these lines.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164753876386948412006-11-28T17:44:00.000-05:002006-11-28T17:44:00.000-05:00For everyone else, I wish I could explain. But tha...<I>For everyone else, I wish I could explain. But that is an immediate top comment in this blog's history.</I><BR/><BR/>No, no, no. Now you gotta explain<BR/><BR/>Mordy, that Was funny thoughHoly Hyraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704030181702087485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164752810370001922006-11-28T17:26:00.000-05:002006-11-28T17:26:00.000-05:00:):)MordyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265671954006341688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164752488244446782006-11-28T17:21:00.000-05:002006-11-28T17:21:00.000-05:00ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!Mordy, you have no idea. I was wa...ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Mordy, you have no idea. I was waiting and waiting for you to show up and write that.<BR/><BR/>For everyone else, I wish I could explain. But that is an immediate top comment in this blog's history.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164752388616657342006-11-28T17:19:00.000-05:002006-11-28T17:19:00.000-05:00Yingel: Totty, how do you thay beeper in goyish?To...Yingel: Totty, how do you thay beeper in goyish?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Totty: Pager.MordyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265671954006341688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164751999362601652006-11-28T17:13:00.000-05:002006-11-28T17:13:00.000-05:00And I was stuck on the 911 or 411And I was stuck on the 911 or 411DAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475799835170867139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164751559773486742006-11-28T17:05:00.000-05:002006-11-28T17:05:00.000-05:00Yes, I do. :PErev Shabbos? Who wants to come then?...Yes, I do. :P<BR/><BR/>Erev Shabbos? Who wants to come then?! Shabbos, at least, is fun. Friday? Ugh. Comedic, but horrible.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164751336849967692006-11-28T17:02:00.000-05:002006-11-28T17:02:00.000-05:00We did add the 911 if it was really important, lik...<I>We did add the 911 if it was really important, like a good bit of high school gossip.)</I><BR/><BR/>we did the 911 too, but not for gossip. <BR/><BR/><I>Hurry up and update your blog Jameel! But you forgot a 12 in the first word. And Y in the list. Which made it MUCH harder, you misspelling furry animal... :P</I><BR/><BR/>Alright you bastard, I fixed it. You always gotta embarass me huh? :) Anyways, I guess you get the bonus points, which is useless to you since whoever reaches 100 points gets invited to your house for Erev Shabbat.Holy Hyraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704030181702087485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164751073699159422006-11-28T16:57:00.001-05:002006-11-28T16:57:00.001-05:00Its like code-breaking. How very KGBpp!Its like code-breaking. How very KGBpp!kasambahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15851529433849846912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164751039180434612006-11-28T16:57:00.000-05:002006-11-28T16:57:00.000-05:00All of my friends had them when we were in high sc...All of my friends had them when we were in high school - but we didn't do the number messages - we all had personal codes, kind of a numerical screen name. So when you paged someone, you'd just type your code in so they knew who to call. <BR/><BR/>(We did add the 911 if it was really important, like a good bit of high school gossip.)Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332398432260922008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164751008807459532006-11-28T16:56:00.000-05:002006-11-28T16:56:00.000-05:00Hurry up and update your blog Jameel! But you forg...Hurry up and update your blog Jameel! But you forgot a 12 in the first word. And Y in the list. Which made it MUCH harder, you misspelling furry animal... :PEzziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164750748387092022006-11-28T16:52:00.001-05:002006-11-28T16:52:00.001-05:00that worked with some words on the calculator, and...that worked with some words on the calculator, and I am assuming that is how this whole thing developed.<BR/><BR/>And anyways, I am assuming it would be harder dialing the words backwards knowing you only have a short period of time the pager allows.Holy Hyraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704030181702087485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164750747946744962006-11-28T16:52:00.000-05:002006-11-28T16:52:00.000-05:00Ezzie: I still carry a pager (or beeper as we say ...Ezzie: I still carry a pager (or beeper as we say in Hebrew). Its the easiest way to get IDF and MDA urgent messages...<BR/><BR/>(And more reliable when there's a terror attack, since the cellphone systems shut down)Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-1164750495807903122006-11-28T16:48:00.000-05:002006-11-28T16:48:00.000-05:00Shouldn't they be backwards, and then you read it ...Shouldn't they be backwards, and then you read it upside down?Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.com