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  • B bachophile
    18 Sept 2024, 14:16

    I’m hearing walkie talkies. But it’s still very unconfirmed.

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    LuFins Dad
    wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:39 last edited by
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    @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

    I’m hearing walkie talkies. But it’s still very unconfirmed.

    Interesting, I wonder if it was more interactive, requiring the user to press the send button before exploding? If so, this will be far more lethal. If not, it’s quite possible many devices were not in effective range.

    The Brad

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:42 last edited by
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      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
      -Cormac McCarthy

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        Renauda
        wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:43 last edited by
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        Brilliant.

        Elbows up!

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          LuFins Dad
          wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:47 last edited by
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          Of course, the walk is talkies could carry a heavier charge than a pager.

          “Muhammed, why are these walkie talkies so heavy?”

          “Is good! They are built solidly! They will hold up during the great intifada!”

          I would hate to be the Hezbollah procurement guy, right now.

          The Brad

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            Horace
            wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:48 last edited by
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            Apple is known to put deadweight in their products because people are known to associate weight with quality.

            Education is extremely important.

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              LuFins Dad
              wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:52 last edited by
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              This should lead to some pretty good Achmed the Dead Terrorist material

              The Brad

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                bachophile
                wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:55 last edited by
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                So they say now, the luxembourgers understood that hezbollah would switch immediately to an alternate channel of communication and so the next echelon was targeted.

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                • L LuFins Dad
                  18 Sept 2024, 14:47

                  Of course, the walk is talkies could carry a heavier charge than a pager.

                  “Muhammed, why are these walkie talkies so heavy?”

                  “Is good! They are built solidly! They will hold up during the great intifada!”

                  I would hate to be the Hezbollah procurement guy, right now.

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                  bachophile
                  wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 14:56 last edited by
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                  @LuFins-Dad and maybe the hezbollah procurement guy is currently drinking a martini on Tel Aviv beach promenade?

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                  • B bachophile
                    18 Sept 2024, 14:55

                    So they say now, the luxembourgers understood that hezbollah would switch immediately to an alternate channel of communication and so the next echelon was targeted.

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                    LuFins Dad
                    wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 15:01 last edited by
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                    @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

                    So they say now, the luxembourgers understood that hezbollah would switch immediately to an alternate channel of communication and so the next echelon was targeted.

                    Wait till you see what they did to the semaphore flags..:

                    The Brad

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 15:07 last edited by
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                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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                      • G George K
                        18 Sept 2024, 12:47

                        @89th said in The Exploding Pagers:

                        Allegedly the pager message sent right before it exploded displayed "555"

                        Somewhere I read that the message was 5318008 (but you had to turn it upside down).

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                        Mik
                        wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 15:24 last edited by
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                        @George-K said in The Exploding Pagers:

                        @89th said in The Exploding Pagers:

                        Allegedly the pager message sent right before it exploded displayed "555"

                        Somewhere I read that the message was 5318008 (but you had to turn it upside down).

                        Both splendid posts. 😄

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          taiwan_girl
                          wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 17:20 last edited by
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                          @bachophile @89th Just like Israel, I can neither confirm nor deny anything. LOL

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                            LuFins Dad
                            wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 17:25 last edited by
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                            https://babylonbee.com/news/rashida-tlaib-uninjured-after-her-pager-mysteriously-explodes

                            WASHINGTON, D.C. — Capitol Police responded to an urgent call amid reports of a loud disturbance in the congressional offices today. Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was later reportedly uninjured after her pager mysteriously exploded.

                            The incident occurred earlier Tuesday in Tlaib's Capitol Hill office, where her pager had been sitting on a desk before spontaneously detonating, causing a significant scare but leaving no reported injuries.

                            "It just blew up right out of nowhere!" one of Tlaib's staffers said following the explosion. "We were just going about our business, checking over the congresswoman's itinerary of Death-To-Israel protests, when there was a huge blast in the next room. We went in there, papers were flying everywhere, and there was smoke… thank goodness she had put the pager on the desk. Such a crazy, unexplained incident, right?"

                            Tlaib's staff was questioned on the origin of the pager but provided little clarification. "She said it was a gift from some dear friends," one staffer explained. "Honestly, we thought it was a little weird for a U.S. congresswoman to be carrying a pager in 2024, but didn't really think too much of it. Now it blew up in our office. I guess we're seeing why people stopped carrying pagers now, right? I mean, those things are obviously dangerous!"

                            At publishing time, police were called to Dearborn, Michigan after reports of several thousand pager explosions in the area.

                            The Brad

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                              George K
                              wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 18:09 last edited by
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                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                18 Sept 2024, 17:25

                                https://babylonbee.com/news/rashida-tlaib-uninjured-after-her-pager-mysteriously-explodes

                                WASHINGTON, D.C. — Capitol Police responded to an urgent call amid reports of a loud disturbance in the congressional offices today. Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was later reportedly uninjured after her pager mysteriously exploded.

                                The incident occurred earlier Tuesday in Tlaib's Capitol Hill office, where her pager had been sitting on a desk before spontaneously detonating, causing a significant scare but leaving no reported injuries.

                                "It just blew up right out of nowhere!" one of Tlaib's staffers said following the explosion. "We were just going about our business, checking over the congresswoman's itinerary of Death-To-Israel protests, when there was a huge blast in the next room. We went in there, papers were flying everywhere, and there was smoke… thank goodness she had put the pager on the desk. Such a crazy, unexplained incident, right?"

                                Tlaib's staff was questioned on the origin of the pager but provided little clarification. "She said it was a gift from some dear friends," one staffer explained. "Honestly, we thought it was a little weird for a U.S. congresswoman to be carrying a pager in 2024, but didn't really think too much of it. Now it blew up in our office. I guess we're seeing why people stopped carrying pagers now, right? I mean, those things are obviously dangerous!"

                                At publishing time, police were called to Dearborn, Michigan after reports of several thousand pager explosions in the area.

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                                Mik
                                wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 18:27 last edited by
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                                @LuFins-Dad said in The Exploding Pagers:

                                https://babylonbee.com/news/rashida-tlaib-uninjured-after-her-pager-mysteriously-explodes

                                WASHINGTON, D.C. — Capitol Police responded to an urgent call amid reports of a loud disturbance in the congressional offices today. Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was later reportedly uninjured after her pager mysteriously exploded.

                                The incident occurred earlier Tuesday in Tlaib's Capitol Hill office, where her pager had been sitting on a desk before spontaneously detonating, causing a significant scare but leaving no reported injuries.

                                "It just blew up right out of nowhere!" one of Tlaib's staffers said following the explosion. "We were just going about our business, checking over the congresswoman's itinerary of Death-To-Israel protests, when there was a huge blast in the next room. We went in there, papers were flying everywhere, and there was smoke… thank goodness she had put the pager on the desk. Such a crazy, unexplained incident, right?"

                                Tlaib's staff was questioned on the origin of the pager but provided little clarification. "She said it was a gift from some dear friends," one staffer explained. "Honestly, we thought it was a little weird for a U.S. congresswoman to be carrying a pager in 2024, but didn't really think too much of it. Now it blew up in our office. I guess we're seeing why people stopped carrying pagers now, right? I mean, those things are obviously dangerous!"

                                At publishing time, police were called to Dearborn, Michigan after reports of several thousand pager explosions in the area.

                                Snort.

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  Tom-K
                                  wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 18:48 last edited by Tom-K
                                  #71

                                  It seems it ain't over. There are exploding walkie-talkies now. One or two dead and maybe 400 wounded. Not a good couple of days for Hezbollah.

                                  https://www.aljazeera.com/live

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 19:29 last edited by
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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      Copper
                                      wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 20:59 last edited by
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                                      pager
                                      walkie talkie
                                      iPhone

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                                        18 Sept 2024, 19:29

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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 21:05 last edited by
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                                        @George-K

                                        😂

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 19 Sept 2024, 00:33 last edited by
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                                          Oh...

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                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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