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Do you still use a phone book?

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#1 warwagon

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 03:15

I recently got 2 new phone books in the mail. Which got me thinking..... when was the last time I actually used one. I usually just find someones number on the internet.


#2 moloko

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 03:33

i throw them away as soon as I get them.

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 03:33

I use em to kill bugs and prop up my rickety couch

#4 nvllsvm

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 03:39

What's a phone book? Is it kind of like Facebook?

#5 virtorio

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 03:44

Never did as the text was too small for me to see.

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 03:55

View Postnvllsvm, on 09 November 2012 - 03:39, said:

What's a phone book? Is it kind of like Facebook?

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#7 OP warwagon

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Posted 09 November 2012 - 03:59

View Postnvllsvm, on 09 November 2012 - 03:39, said:

What's a phone book? Is it kind of like Facebook?

GOLD!

#8 antsy

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 22:51

Sometimes, if I'm away from my PC.

#9 +chAos972

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 22:56

Straight into recycling for me!

#10 LUTZIFER

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 22:58

Nope, Canada411.ca works for me.

#11 antsy

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Posted 02 December 2012 - 18:39

View PostchAos972, on 01 December 2012 - 22:56, said:

Straight into recycling for me!

Even if I never used it I wouldn't just throw it away, assumption is the mother of all **** ups, I have a sat nav in my car, but I still have a road map.

#12 +littleneutrino

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Posted 02 December 2012 - 19:06

internet > phonebook

#13 AJerman

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Posted 02 December 2012 - 19:11

Yes, but just for working out!

#14 +Tempus

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Posted 02 December 2012 - 19:14

I use them because I do not have a smart phone so when the internet drops or the power is out I can still look up numbers. One of the reasons we still have a land-line is the fact that it works when the power is out.

#15 Ambroos

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Posted 08 December 2012 - 03:16

Nope, I unsubscribed and don't receive them anymore either.

I suggest that everyone who does still receive them but never uses them or just throws them away to search on the website for the company that provides the books for a way to unsubscribe. Those books are usually huge and a gigantic waste of paper.

I mean, think of the trees.
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