My pager was taken away at work today. I had not needed it since I moved off of my old project, but I still hung on to it, assuming that eventually I'd need a pager on my new project and it would be easier to keep my same service and number. As it turns out, we had a billing fracas with Skytel, who we lease the pagers and service from, so we got rid of as many pagers as we could.
It should feel freeing that I have no electronic leash now, but it did provide a certain amount of security in an emergency. I've never needed my pager for a personal emergency yet, so I guess I just have to accept that small risk of not being able to be contacted when I am away from a phone.