Do you ever use a phonebook?

[Nociod]

Nah, don't see the need for a phonebook, I just look whatever I need to find out on the Internet.

Phonebooks are free here, but you can reserve yourself against it online, so did that years ago.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

I used one just last weekend. Sometimes it is just easier!

 

[John Picard]

I don't even think I own a phonebook.

In Australia every house get a free phonebook each year unless you phone up and ask to opt out of the delivery.

I wish I could do that. I hate it that the stupid Yellow Book, which is an odd size, followed by the Yellow Pages are both delivered. I think I get Yellow Book twice per year, and I always toss them straight into the dumpster.

 

[Brian]

I think I probably have six different phone books. It seems that someone (Sprint, Bellsouth, Embarq, ...) is dropping off some two-volume version of it on my doorstep every couple of months or so.

I keep the latest copy of each version and recycle the rest, but I have to admit, I haven't cracked one of them open for years.

 

[Stuff]

I often do. Too much trouble for when I need to find something to turn on the pc, then go to a search engine and type in what I want and see the listing of more than one place with the same name or different locations..I can find it faster in a printed book.

 

[Shikarnov]

I don't recall the last time I looked in a phone book. When they're delivered, they go straight to the trash.

I find everything I need online -- from services, to pizza, to movie tickets. And I can even read helpful reviews at the same time. The phone book is not merely slow and unwieldy, it's wholly inferior and obsolete.

 

[WillsBabe]

It'd be interesting for the folks who put out phone books to read this thread. It'd be more interesting for folks who pay for listings in the world's phone books to read this thread!

 

[Holdfast]

I get the Yellow Pages and a Thomson Local business directory. I don't think I've ever used the Yellow Pages, but once or twice a year I find myself looking up a business number in the Thomson directory, esp. if the computer is off and I can't be bothered to turn it on to search, or look on the net via my phone.

Most of the time I'll just check the internet though.

 

[RandyS]

Only when I don't already have the number saved on my contacts list, or information fails me.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Well, the phone book is there to be used, so yes, I do use it when I need to. I actually prefer to use one instead of the Internet.

 

[John Picard]

I don't recall the last time I looked in a phone book. When they're delivered, they go straight to the trash.

I find everything I need online -- from services, to pizza, to movie tickets. And I can even read helpful reviews at the same time. The phone book is not merely slow and unwieldy, it's wholly inferior and obsolete.

Hardly. If one knows how to properly use a telephone book is it quite simple. If there's a power outage or communications outage, it is far superior to a computer.

Side note: This past weekend I tried to look up the telephone number of a former high school classmate. There was so much inaccurate information on the multitude of Internet telephone number searches I was almost at a loss. After an hour, I was able to locate this person's mother in Wisconsin and make contact.

I liken the above statement about inferior and obsolete to the people who work behind the counter at an auto parts store and only know how to use the computer to find parts. Many a time I have witnessed an "old timer" who knew how to cross-reference through the catalogs to locate a part for a customer when the computer claimed the item wasn't stocked.

 

[Brian]

I use the phone book, to stand on when I need to change the battery in the smoke detector.

 

[Mallory]

I use the phone book fairly frequently when I travel, less often at home (but it still gets used).

 

[Shikarnov]

I don't recall the last time I looked in a phone book. When they're delivered, they go straight to the trash.

I find everything I need online -- from services, to pizza, to movie tickets. And I can even read helpful reviews at the same time. The phone book is not merely slow and unwieldy, it's wholly inferior and obsolete.

Hardly. If one knows how to properly use a telephone book is it quite simple. If there's a power outage or communications outage, it is far superior to a computer.

I'd challenge you to some kind of people finding duel, but it'd probably be horrendously difficult to measure with only this BBS as our link -- to say nothing of verification and assurances of honesty. Nonetheless, I stand by my statement.

 

[John Picard]

I don't recall the last time I looked in a phone book. When they're delivered, they go straight to the trash.

I find everything I need online -- from services, to pizza, to movie tickets. And I can even read helpful reviews at the same time. The phone book is not merely slow and unwieldy, it's wholly inferior and obsolete.

Hardly. If one knows how to properly use a telephone book is it quite simple. If there's a power outage or communications outage, it is far superior to a computer.

I'd challenge you to some kind of people finding duel, but it'd probably be horrendously difficult to measure with only this BBS as our link -- to say nothing of verification and assurances of honesty. Nonetheless, I stand by my statement.

If I gave you my name and approximate location, I'd be very surprised *IF* you could find a telephone number for me. A former girlfriend of mine has traces of about the last three places she has lived, and nothing current. My overall statement was that there is too much old information littering Teh InterWeb Thingy to be trusted.

 

[RoJoHen]

I don't even think I own a phonebook.

In Australia every house get a free phonebook each year unless you phone up and ask to opt out of the delivery.

Yeah, we get free ones, too. I just don't think I have one. I live in an apartment building, and they usually just leave a giant stack by the front door. I never bothered to pick one up.

 

[Starbreaker]

I've probably used one 3 times in the past 5 years.

 

[FPAlpha]

Since i have internet 24/7 i all but abandoned phonebooks.. just look up the online registry and go from there.

I haven't picked up a phonebook from my local post office in years (same with a printed TV magazine) eventhough they are free.

If i indeed need a number and am unable to use the computer i simply dial information and let me give the number i need.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

If there's a power outage or communications outage, it is far superior to a computer.

meh, if that happens, the only people I am going to want to talk to are those whose numbers I already know (such as the power company, cable/phone/internet company, or my family).

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I used to use phone books all the time before i discovered the Internet.