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d'Kong76 May 22 2014 02:42 PM

... why do I still get them left outside? I have three from three different companies. They are useless wastes of recycled whatever they are printed on and none of them are comprehensive enough to be of much use. The internet sucks too for specific company information when drilling down to a specific type of company (service) and to an area. It's all yelps, and ask me's, and gotyournumberdotnet, and too much bull crap to go on about. Don't get me wrong, I don't miss the big old clunky phone book. Who really ever used it to look up a number more than once or twice a year? Fourth paragraph, I'm obviously babbling. The information age kinda sucks sometimes.

Zvon May 22 2014 03:46 PM Re: Phone books ...

On the other side of the coin, delivering phone-books was a nice little job for a student. I remember one summer way back in the late 70's-early 80's, IIRC, my G/F and I delivered phone-books (white and yellow pages) around the area for around a month. Of course back then phone-books were much more widely desired and much more useful.

cooby May 22 2014 04:14 PM Re: Phone books ...

Not to mention the print is so much smaller than it used to be :) Anybody know a good reverse lookup place? Anywho used to be good but now they all cost money.

Frayed Knot May 22 2014 05:15 PM Re: Phone books ...

[fimg=450]http://thestethoscopeandpen.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/jerk.jpg[/fimg] "The new phone book's here, the new phone book's here!!"

d'Kong76 May 22 2014 05:53 PM Re: Phone books ...

cooby wrote: Anybody know a good reverse lookup place? Those are the worst, and often take up three pages of a google search on a number. By page four or five you might get some clues without even clicking on anything.

d'Kong76 May 22 2014 05:55 PM Re: Phone books ...

Remember the flip-down phone books in the phone booths? Oh wait, remember the phone booths?

Frayed Knot May 22 2014 06:01 PM Re: Phone books ...

d'Kong76 wrote: Remember the flip-down phone books in the phone booths? Oh wait, remember the phone booths? And then every once in a while some guy who looked through that book before you ripped a page out and took it with him because he didn't have a pencil & paper to write down the number he was looking up (or was too lazy to) -- and it turned out to be the page you needed!!

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 22 2014 07:03 PM Re: Phone books ...

Use sheets of 'em to start your charcoal chimney.

themetfairy May 22 2014 08:35 PM Re: Phone books ...

I keep the hard copy phone books for those times that we lose electricity or Internet service and I have to look up numbers manually.

Ceetar May 22 2014 09:42 PM Re: Phone books ...

I can't remember the last time I tried to do this. I usually just google the number and either it comes up or it doesn't and I don't worry about it. But I always used reversephonedirectory.com [url]http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/s/reverse-phone-lookup/201-254-9344.html I have no idea how fast it's updated, but I moved last August from that address and kept my number and provider.

Vic Sage May 23 2014 07:59 AM Re: Phone books ...

i still find the phone book useful to hit my kids with; it doesn't leave a mark.

MFS62 May 23 2014 08:02 AM Re: Phone books ...

And don't forget using it for a booster seat at the table when relatives with little kids visit. Later

d'Kong76 May 23 2014 10:53 AM Re: Phone books ...

Vic Sage wrote: i still find the phone book useful to hit my kids with; it doesn't leave a mark. Good answer! Johnny, tell him what he's WON!!

cooby May 23 2014 01:24 PM Re: Phone books ...

We got a new phone book in the mail today and thought of this thread. On the front was a magnet for some law firm. It made me think of an ad I saw on TV the other day for a law firm that specializes in..... .......Table saw injuries.

RealityChuck May 24 2014 03:03 PM Re: Phone books ...

cooby wrote: Anybody know a good reverse lookup place? Google.com. Just type the number in the search field.