To further validate that statement. Back before cell phones, there were beepers. I was a muskie nut and the closest lake was 2 hours away. I rented a beeper when the wife was pregnant with our first son. I was out on the lake and it was about 1 in the afternoon. I got to thinking about the beeper and then it dawned on me. I didn't have it. I remembered laying it on the bumper of the pickup when I put the coveralls on. We went back to the boat ramp and sure enough, there was my beeper crushed into the pavement in little bitty pieces.
They cost about $55 a piece for the Motorola brand, in case any one was wondering?