Telephone Books — The Indispensable Tool in the Recycling Bin

Last week I heard a “thump” against my front door… when I looked, it was a phone book which had been thrown on my porch.  It wasn’t a big phone book — you know those separate white pages book and one for the yellow pages.

I remember the first thing I’d do when the new book came out, was to quickly scroll to my name and make sure I was listed and the address and phone number were correct.  But when I brought the phone book in, I promptly threw it in the recycling bin.

So the phone book has gone the way of so many other “analog” properties.  Having been chased out of business from the 1 and 0’s of digital.  The phone book has been converted to digital… but, you can find out so much more than just a name, address and phone number by typing your name in a search engine.  Plus, you can find out everything from criminal records to legal documents…

How the world has changed… but sometimes I yearn for the days of thumbing through a phone book to see my name in print.

Scott