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The end of an era: Whatever happened to the phone book?
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| 1/7/23
| Karen Mansfield
Posted on 05/22/2024 6:40:22 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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Haven't seen a phone book in 15 years.
I guess ask a kid today what the white pages were, they would say white privilage, and the yellow pages were racist against asians.
To: DallasBiff
We still get one every year. Henderson County. It’s quite small.
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posted on
05/22/2024 6:42:39 PM PDT
by
waterhill
(I Believe!)
To: DallasBiff
We still get a phone book but it is thin and not very useful.
When we had a power outage I tried to find the number of the power company and it is not listed.
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posted on
05/22/2024 6:42:39 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
To: DallasBiff
The irony is that you could quickly find what you wanted without the constant distractions of paid advertisements and endless dross and fluff. I’d wager the phone book is quicker than an internet search.
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posted on
05/22/2024 6:43:51 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
To: DallasBiff
Same here. I suppose if you don’t have a land line you wouldn’t get one which is where I am now.
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posted on
05/22/2024 6:44:10 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: DallasBiff
And now it’s time for a related joke.
Visiting mom to daughter: “Quick, hand me a phone book!”
Daughter: “Oh, mom. Nobody uses one anymore. Use my cell phone.”
Mom squashes a spider with the cell phone, hands back a broken cell phone.
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posted on
05/22/2024 6:44:48 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: DallasBiff
I get a small local yellow pages about every other year. That’s it.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
05/22/2024 6:46:17 PM PDT
by
JayGalt
(DEI = Didn’t Earn It)
To: DallasBiff
We used to use the ones in NYC as booster seats.
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posted on
05/22/2024 6:46:47 PM PDT
by
suekas
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
05/22/2024 6:53:05 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
To: suekas
I got two different phone books in my mail box a few weeks ago.
I’m not sure if I should throw them away or keep them as collectibles.
To: DallasBiff
What ever happened to remembering phone numbers?
Oh...that’s right...our pocket computers, which are cooking or reproductive organs, do the thinking for us.
“Never mind”; said in my best Emily LaTella voice
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posted on
05/22/2024 6:55:36 PM PDT
by
Z28.310
(Z28.310...the control group...look it up)
To: DallasBiff
We don’t even get a phone book anymore.
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posted on
05/22/2024 7:03:41 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
To: DallasBiff
get one every year, 8”x10”... and i do use it on occasion
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posted on
05/22/2024 7:04:12 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: DallasBiff
Our community still hands them out.
Course, they’re the thinnest things I’ve ever seen.
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posted on
05/22/2024 7:04:36 PM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
To: DallasBiff
As a business owner in the early 80’s, I hated the Yellow Pages… they had you and they knew itl
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
05/22/2024 7:05:43 PM PDT
by
drwoof
To: Leaning Right
Beat joke I’ve heard in a while. Thank you so very much!
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posted on
05/22/2024 7:06:03 PM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
05/22/2024 7:07:54 PM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
To: DallasBiff
Or phone booths and cigarette machines that used to be everywhere.
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posted on
05/22/2024 7:08:34 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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