Speaking of pagers: do you remember that ten years ago we — as young entrepreneurs or fresh corporate citizens — were using those things? Calling an operator, leaving the message, remember? And then the tiny gizmo buzzing in a pocket with a screen glowing "Come quickly goddamit, where are you? — an ancient species of text messaging, the very dawns of SMS. Very efficient. And very flirt-adverse.

And ad campaigns and brochures layouts for Bel Pagette, the hype paging operator, with images like the one above.