tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757363.post3547841739068642811..comments2023-10-06T08:48:58.926-04:00Comments on Just Humor Me: The sad ending of Old YellerpagesMike Toddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08769922952632331554noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757363.post-24462583150835888362009-06-18T08:55:18.904-04:002009-06-18T08:55:18.904-04:00You know what else has been lost in the vortex of ...You know what else has been lost in the vortex of an ever growing technology... T.V. guides. I remember as a kid you had no idea what was on without that thing. It was a crutch, and God help you if you lost it. My dad would kick my ass from here till Sunday, cause that's when the new one came.Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757363.post-39208685233782576562009-06-16T19:24:21.846-04:002009-06-16T19:24:21.846-04:00Great blog!Great blog!Diane Laney Fitzpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332345732271216536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757363.post-81067813422684505172009-06-16T13:28:25.260-04:002009-06-16T13:28:25.260-04:00I couple weeks back I was helping my parents get r...I couple weeks back I was helping my parents get rid of some "books" so we weren't left to buying another bookshelf... As I was going through I found five copies of "Catcher in the Rye" (one for each kid my step-father, Tom, says), nine million Agatha Christi books (they are classics my mother replies as I stare at the two boxes of what looks like half eaten books) and finally, no joke about this number, 16 phonebooks. I scream out WHY?! My mother looks at me as if to say... uh oh, I think Emily hit the jackpot of our ridiculousness and then says talk to Tom. <br /><br />One of these phonebooks dated back to 1989. As I show Tom this, I wonder to myself how does a person manage to convince himself that a 1989 phonebook from Henderson, Neveda is worth packing at least five times. This is how many times, that I know of, he has moved since then.<br /><br />Yet I can't wait until my children come across my stash of Food and Wine magazines. I know what I'll be saying to them... "but what if I come across a particular bottle of wine and I have no idea what to pair it with BUT remember which volume it was in!" I just can't wait :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027105020566592543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757363.post-85066945501793202172009-06-16T00:54:20.392-04:002009-06-16T00:54:20.392-04:00Okay, first I read this to myself and laughed. The...Okay, first I read this to myself and laughed. Then I read it out loud to my husband and laughed even harder. (Wait till you've been married 14 years and have 3 kids, Mike. Making each other listen while you read aloud blog posts or news articles is what passes for entertainment. Just wait, next we'll be reading the phone book to each other...)<br /><br />Not only did we have rotary phones and busy signals, but our "township" in the country had a "party line," where you actually SHARED a phone line with OTHER PEOPLE. You picked up the phone to see if Sally and Farmer Ted were talking first before you could dial. That was just WEIRD. I'm pretty sure teenagers today could not survive such primitivity.Paula Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08203454641132883751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757363.post-43086059243706543112009-06-15T11:33:43.122-04:002009-06-15T11:33:43.122-04:00Mike, I think you misspelled 'soccer'.Mike, I think you misspelled 'soccer'.Sergeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180645307353895800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757363.post-38929660448592139542009-06-15T11:19:18.430-04:002009-06-15T11:19:18.430-04:00Hello - my name is Sheri and I use a phonebook. (c...Hello - my name is Sheri and I use a phonebook. (cue the screams and teeth gnashing) I can't help it. It's such a habit. By the time I remember that I can look it up online, I've already got the book out and my magnifiying glasses on. I rmember being a kid and when the new phone book came, my mom would painstakingly copy all the numbers scribbled on the cover of the old book to the cover of the new book before throwing hte old one away. You will have fun telling your son about all the things you have to 'go through' to get old. Like "Dad, wtf? You had to use a phone with a cord attached to a wall? What kind of barbarians were you? You played music by scraping a needle across a piece of plastic? Amazing!!"Sherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543916613150464407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757363.post-39730346471718706212009-06-15T10:06:16.205-04:002009-06-15T10:06:16.205-04:00411
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And it's not the business that contro...411<br /><br />:)<br /><br />And it's not the business that controls it, it's the same company that prints the phone book.Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757363.post-85002734655667193602009-06-15T08:53:01.619-04:002009-06-15T08:53:01.619-04:00I'm old school, I gotta keep at least one of t...I'm old school, I gotta keep at least one of those things around. What if some businesses do not believe in the internet, or if their site is just that impossible to navigate. Anna brings up a good point also, what if the power goes out. You can't use the internet if the power is out.Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757363.post-26615836318424873842009-06-15T07:33:29.110-04:002009-06-15T07:33:29.110-04:00Allen stocked all our old phone books in the hallw...Allen stocked all our old phone books in the hallway closet - we had quite a stack going on. He was mortified when I mentioned getting rid of them. All of them. What do we do when the power's out and we can't use the Internet to look up phone numbers?!Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757363.post-15351468851428821262009-06-14T23:54:00.139-04:002009-06-14T23:54:00.139-04:00Great insight... I came home just this past week t...Great insight... I came home just this past week to find my yellowpages sitting at my door. I brought them in, but don't know what to do with them now.<br /><br />Perhaps we should start a recycling program for those that need them more.<br /><br />For all of your blog readers, please send your unused phone books to:<br /><br />Josh Perlson<br />24 Ben & Jerrys Pike<br />Newten, PA 33212<br /><br />Josh will be able to furnish his car, office chair, dining room set and if you are all generous, even his wife's car. Your donation will give him the chance to see over the dashboard, across the dinner table and enjoy a more fulfilling life.Jered Widmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752410707710735683noreply@blogger.com