How big is your phone book??

[Ken]

I could use one of those myself. Sorry, I couldn't resist. :laughing:

That is how rumors get started Spelling never was my strongest vice.
Making a mess ah shucks.
ken

 

[buckeyefarmer]

what's a phone book?:laughing:

Beat me to it. I think we still get a phone book, but with google, I never use one.

We had a party line until mid 70's.

 

[creekbend]

I remember the Party Lines. Other people could hear your conversation, because you could hear noise in the background. Sometimes you could hear them breathing. We haven't had a Land Line for around 15 years. Cell phones are the dominant means of communication today. Just ask any Teenager.

 

[MasseyWV]

We haven't had a Land Line for around 15 years. Cell phones are the dominant means of communication today.

We ditched our land line many years ago as well. :thumbsup:

 

[clemsonfor]

Phone book?.. Haven't used one in years. All you would ever possibly want in a phone book is right in front of you, or on your lap or in your hands. The local phone company sends us one, in April.. it goes in the trash will the rest of the junk mail for that day. I am sure in a few years, phone books will be in museums.
Years ago, we used them all the time.

James K0UA

On;ly time I use one is when the power goes out to find the emergency outage #. Cant use the internet and laptop without power (well laptop works for a few hours but without wifi and modem it wont?)

 

[3930dave]

I remember when I was a kid we were on a party line. If a neighbor was on the line we couldn't use the phone. Of course it was a rotary dial type. There were no cell phones. We were also one of the first families to get a TV (black and white picture) and had 3 snowy channels to watch depending on which way the antenna was pointing. I don't remember how big the phone book was then but the one we have now is about 2 1/2" thick.

I'm pretty sure I'll never see a more reliable phone than the old black Nortel Rotary Dial phone with the metal dial ring on it, that hung on the wall of my parent's kitchen. The handset alone probably weighed 5 lbs.

I'm even more sure that there was more to watch on tv, back when we only had a couple of channels. No, make that absolutely sure !

I remember my Dad removing the shelf he built under the kitchen table, when the city phone book got thicker than about 1 1/4" thick.

Rgds, D.

 

[TomSeller]

Not only do I go back that far (and I had a "2 partiy line) as late as 1977, I go back to the days of crank phones and "central switchboards" in each town.

Harry K

If you go back to a crank phone, I am impressed. Good for you, I recall rotary phones and party lines and man have times changed.

 

[mjarrels]

I get one about every four years... about one inch thick, all yellow pages. Remove all the pages of lawer, attorney pages, might be six pages total. I only use it for the menu pages of local restaurants. Lots government numbers too. What I find odd, book as small as it is, is NEVER placed in my mailbox, I'm sure there is a reason! Always dropped on the ground.

mark

 

[dave1949]

I get one about every four years... about one inch thick, all yellow pages. Remove all the pages of lawer, attorney pages, might be six pages total. I only use it for the menu pages of local restaurants. Lots government numbers too. What I find odd, book as small as it is, is NEVER placed in my mailbox, I'm sure there is a reason! Always dropped on the ground.

mark

We just got a new phone book in the mailbox. But, for years here, they were delivered by a third-party contractor who isn't allowed to put things in a mailbox by federal postal regulations. Those got thrown on the ground in a plastic bag next to the mailbox.

 

[jinman]

The Rhome (TX) Phone Company in 1977 had 400 customers and 3 employees. The book was pretty small. In Rhome and Decatur I always requested a party line as they were cheaper. Everybody else in town would request a private line so I was the only one on my line.

Randy, my new CenturyLink phone book is titled, "Wise County Area." However, it covers a weird assortment of towns in Wise, Denton, Montague, and even Tarrant counties. There are 14 towns including Saint Jo on the north, Krum and Sanger on the east, Bridgeport and Runaway Bay on the west, and Rhome on the south. Of course, Decatur is part of the list, but Bowie is not. Go figure. . . The white page section is 1/4" thick and the yellow page portion is 1/2" thick. It's funny that the cover ads are personal injury lawyers, bail bondsmen, and drug/alcohol rehab centers.