The crazy thing is that about 2 months ago AT&T dumped a big ugly blue plastic display at the library to dispense yellow pages. It's about 5 feet tall and holds a lot of books. The discussion among librarians was that it was hideous and that we'd get rid of it as soon as it was proven that no one wanted any. Turned out that that our biggest actual problem with it is that people took them so quickly that kids used the display as something to clamber on.

AT&T now comes once a week to keep it stocked. And yes, people take them, all the time. I guess it's just proof that people will take anything free. :rolleyes:

Or proof that, not shockingly, people on message boards are more computer literate and less dependent on print publications than average.

since it's a business they can harass away.

My aunt has the no caller ID thing and my crazy mother and sister have theirs blocked. When I asked them why they would block their outgoing caller id they both told me to stop telemarketers. :rolleyes:

My mom's got her outgoing blocked too. There was a momentary impass between her and my sister, who had what Kevy mentioned (blocking of any "unknown" callers), until my mom figured out she could just program the code to temporarily unblock her ID into her speed dial.

Old people are weird.

MESSAGE BOARDS RULE LIBRARIES FOR HOMELESS AND N*GGERS YELLOW PAGES WHAT A F*G MUST USE THEM TO WIPE YOUR D*CK THATS SO GAY

My Mom can't figure out how to unblock it so she calls my Aunt from her cell phone.

Would it be inappropriate/ironic to print out a whole bunch of copies of this to tell people about it?

uh....I use em... :blush:

well, ok, I use em for targets when we go out to the desert on shooting trips


...but I use em none the less. :D

While I've long dispensed the yellow pages, and love playing about with GPS, I've found that in the places I need it most - hilly terrain and non-grid streets - it fails me. I've recently thought about picking up a new Thomas Guide to help me on certain Hollywood Hill quests.

Huh...I was just reading about phone books today in the newspaper (another dead print media, but a real necessity when sitting on the toilet...and yes...I was sitting on the toilet).

We still use them, mainly because it's still faster to use than the interwebs. And I like trying to figure out how to rip them in half. :D