This Story takes place at a time early in the 2nd Millennium, when pagers (a.k.a., beepers) were all the rage and smart phones had not come into vogue yet, and even cell phones were not so prevalent. However, advances in word processing and electronic communications by Email were just becoming easier and more popular to use, in lieu of making an actual phone call to contact someone or posting a hardcopy hand-written or typed letter as a means of reaching out to another person.