What was sitting next to my mailbox this morning in its little plastic bag? That would be yet another telephone book. I thought I was safe after having received four last month. But they just keep coming: AT&T Real Yellow Pages, AT&T Real White Pages (both for the metropolitan region), Verizon Yellow Pages for a county I don't even live in, AT&T Yellow Pages for the Greater Southwest Communities, and now, The User-Friendly Phone Book from 24-7.comIs it just me, or is it kind of sad that AT&T has to tell us theirs is the "real" thing? The greater question here is, does anyone even use a phone book anymore? I find it so much easier to just look it up online, rather than drag the five pound phone book off the top shelf of the hall closet and thumb through its 1140 pages.
Driving through my town, we seem to have a proliferation of drugstores and dry cleaners. My health insurance company forces me to order maintenance drugs by mail order. And I've found drugstore.com, which sells my special toothpaste at a discounted rate. I really never need to step foot in a drugstore anymore.
Dry cleaners - who uses them? Even my husband has "casual day" every day now. And I'm fairly handy with an iron. I just don't see much need for this establishment anymore.
Off to recycle some unused phone books.....
I HATE getting those telephone books. We get upwards of eight a season, including two for regions nowhere near us. I never use them, and when I toss them in my recycling bin, I hope they are actually being recycled. I've even requested not to get them, but they still show up!
ReplyDeleteSigh... yet another reminder of how I live in the middle of nowhere!! We get one telephone book that is approximately 300-400 pages thick. It's a sad sad little thing.
ReplyDelete*raises hand* i still use the phone book.
ReplyDeletethat said, i don't need 4 of them every year. it's a bit outrageous
Yeah, we still keep the phone book on the ledge by the house phone. But gradually, with making more and more of our calls from our cell phones, and storing numbers there as we go, the phone book is slowly becoming obsolete.
ReplyDeleteBut, yeah, getting 4/5 of the silly things is the least bit annoying. . .
I HATE the phone books... we get at least three of them. which seemed little compared to what you get! LOL
ReplyDeleteAnyone know where I can get a replacement typewriter ribbon? How about a new paddle for my butter churn?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your entry on my story contest
When I lived in a bit city, it was, for certain, obsolete...however, after moving to a small town, I find that I LIVE for my little phone book. Cause my entire town (2000 people) is not even remotely on-line. I feel I'm going backwards in time.
ReplyDeleteFADKOG - yeah, I was wondering who to call to stop delivery on the phone books, but I'm too lazy to go thru the book to figure that out. And now it sounds like it would be a waste of time.
ReplyDeleteFrances - living in a small town saves trees!
Lime - you old fashioned girl, you!
Desmond - with the free long distance on the cell, it does seem like we use that more too.
Buttafly - Three is bad enough!
ReplyDeleteTrooper - Thanks for always putting a smile on my face - butter churn - LOL!
Mama Dawg - Considering my kids' high school has over 1600 students, maybe they need their own phone book?
*raises hand
ReplyDeletei know how to churn butter AND that the "paddle" is called a dash AND where to get a new one.
truly, i do.
yes, i know it's more than a wee tad unusual to possess such knowledge.
*sits down