Re: I got a phone book delivered

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@Spurt I have that channel! Look at me going to bed with a man again every night. I am back to my college days. 😉😂

KingstonsMom · ‎03-09-2010

@stevieb wrote:
@barrel racer wrote:
I get one every year. You must be bored to post this.
Does that mean you're bored to respond...

@stevieb

Girl, you're a hoot!

I'll have my cupcake now.......

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

KingstonsMom · ‎03-09-2010

@Laura14 wrote:
@Spurt I have that channel! Look at me going to bed with a man again every night. I am back to my college days. 😉😂

LOL! LOL!

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

@Laura14 wrote:
@Spurt I have that channel! Look at me going to bed with a man again every night. I am back to my college days. 😉😂

@Laura14

😄😆.......

Funny how I find Johnny Carson reruns so much more interesting than what's offered today as "late night talk".....

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Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@Spurt I am rewatching Star Trek from the 1990s and PBS infomercials on health and wellness. That's how bored I am. Here's Johnny may be a welcome reprieve!

KaySD · ‎08-16-2016

@Laura14

Amazing! I haven't seen a phone book in years. I don't miss those bulky books for the most part. In a large city, the stack could be two feet high.

But I sort of miss them in the sense that not having them can actually limit my choices. When every business had a phone from the one-and-only local telco, and was listed in the phone book, you could see everything that was available. Now, search engines can find enormous amounts of information, but I see only what the search engines show me, which depends on lots of factors that I don't know about, and that may or may not be relevant for me. So I can find lots of things--but it often takes me longer to find things I want.

I do realize that businesses operating online and at scale rely on push advertising, and that this can be helpful to consumers as well. Me, I'm a browser. I'm delighted to discover things I didn't know about. It's like the difference between buying a book on Ama___ and browsing the library stacks or bookstore racks. I do both, but when browsing I so often find gems that I didn't even know I was looking for. I haven't found a website yet that duplicates the real essence of this experience. Soon, dinosaurs like me will be gone and nobody will miss it!

Meanwhile, I do have a local farm that delivers veggies and milk. And I can use their website to pick what I want. The best of both worlds.

Yahooey · ‎07-09-2010

I don't understand why it would be thinner?

these are the yellow pages - are all the numbers unlisted?

maybe it is bc you have to pay to appear i the yellow pages?

just throwing these questions out bc I'm bored - I admit it

It is always hard to use the yellow pages - if you looked up the wrong category

you would never find it

I wouldn't be able to find anything without google

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@KaySD I loved and related to everything you said. How lucky to still have a bit of the old.

I bought an actual ticking clock about a year ago for home decor. The smile on my face at hearing a clock tick almost made me cry. I miss some of the good old days and still spend money and time for an actual book in my hands. I so get it!