Eliminate Yellow Pages - Page 5

€uroMeinke · 10-17-2008, 07:05 PM

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.

Pirate Bill · 10-17-2008, 07:29 PM

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.

lashbear · 10-17-2008, 09:00 PM

You could use them in the toilet too... in an emergency...

lindyhop · 10-18-2008, 11:58 AM

I don't have caller ID on my home phone but I do have my number blocked when I call out. Why? It seemed like a good idea at the time. Now it's completely useless since I rarely use the landline. I use my cellphone as my main phone and I don't block the number. Makes sense, huh?

My dad made sure that his cellphone number was blocked because he got some random text message that freaked him out. I've never gotten around to pointing out that his home phone number is not blocked.

We must be related.

10-17-2008, 07:05 PM	#1
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	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. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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10-17-2008, 07:29 PM	#2
Pirate Bill Quality since 1973 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 473	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.
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10-17-2008, 09:00 PM	#3
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	You could use them in the toilet too... in an emergency... __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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10-18-2008, 11:58 AM	#4
lindyhop Swing Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 997	I don't have caller ID on my home phone but I do have my number blocked when I call out. Why? It seemed like a good idea at the time. Now it's completely useless since I rarely use the landline. I use my cellphone as my main phone and I don't block the number. Makes sense, huh? My dad made sure that his cellphone number was blocked because he got some random text message that freaked him out. I've never gotten around to pointing out that his home phone number is not blocked. We must be related. __________________ Hyperbole is the best thing ever!
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