How many phone books do you need???

Invite some friends over and [ame="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/345661/how_to_rip_a_phonebook_in_half/"]rip them in half[/ame]!

Agree! The number of phone books makes me CRAZY! Who are earth could ever use 6 phone books in Sowal...yet:bang:

they are killing trees to make these things! Can't somebody stop it?

Invite some friends over and rip them in half!

Wish they just wouldn't make the things. I'm willing to spend the money dialing 411 or looking it up on the net. It's not all that necessary anymore and the reason we keep getting them is the advertisement money the phone book gets. Quit advertising in the phone book!

Wish they just wouldn't make the things. I'm willing to spend the money dialing 411 or looking it up on the net. It's not all that necessary anymore and the reason we keep getting them is the advertisement money the phone book gets. Quit advertising in the phone book!

I know.. nobody even uses a phonebook anymore :roll:

If you're calling a business use 1-800-GOOG-411. It's free and doesn't have any ads... it even connects you.

http://www.google.com/goog411/

I know.. nobody even uses a phonebook anymore :roll:

If you're calling a business use 1-800-GOOG-411. It's free and doesn't have any ads... it even connects you.

http://www.google.com/goog411/

I didn't know that!! What great info....thanks!😀

I had a lady from Bay County stop by today to try to leave a couple books with me. I declined. Turns out she is a realtor forced to moonlight.
It is bad out there....😱

I had a lady from Bay County stop by today to try to leave a couple books with me. I declined. Turns out she is a realtor forced to moonlight.
It is bad out there....😱

Oh man...sad story. I'm a realtor and am fortunate I have a little income coming in relating to my real estate investments and have very little debt. I grew up in a real estate family and always knew the ups always came down...and to be cautious. I'm conservative and wondered during the boom if I was doing the right thing not jumping into the debt pool buying and flipping. Did some small stuff...didn't stick my neck out. Glad now.

I know one realtor that is a cashier at a gas station at night......times are hard

I stopped advertising in the yellow pages out of frustration with the number of publications. Can't afford all of them- no good way to know which one(s) is effective. They are killing their own industry with overload. Amy at Avalon Photo (still listed in the regular pages)

I recieved someMORE phone books today if anyone needs any...:lol:

I have one on my front porch. It's been there for a week. Mr. dd and I are having a stand-off. 😀

I recycle them as soon as I get them...I usually just google a biz # or use 411.com, I guess cause I am usually always connected one way or another.

Ditto, SeagroveGirl. When the guy pulled up to my house to drop them off, I told him to just put them on the pile with the others, on the doorstep, and I bid him a fond farewell. Later, I saw a guy in WaterCooler open the back doors to his big van, and he began bagging what appeared to be hundreds of phone books. Just give me the little 30A phone book (Gordie Cover), and one PC book and one Destin Book, to cover my bases, and I will be more than good to go.

Paper Mache. Great for using up phone book pages. Follow these directions and wear mask to frighten away next person who tries to foist off another phone book on you. 😱

http://www.papiermache.co.uk/tutorials/make-a-papier-mache-mask/2/

You can then cover the papier mache with tinfoil and it could be an earth-friendly conspiracy deflecter mask😀

You can then cover the papier mache with tinfoil and it could be an earth-friendly conspiracy deflecter mask😀

:floor::floor::floor:

I thought this was interesting - Goog 411 is free because Google plans on becoming the number one voice-enabled mobile device search company. When they do they will make tons off advertising. They are using Goog 411 for their software to learn speech patterns, dialects, etc.

I have 2 on my front porch and humpteen in the house. I have to drive 20 miles to recycle paper or anything for that matter.:bang:

I can recycle newspaper in SRB. Wonder if they would take phone books? That is the most frustrating idea too. Money is spent and trees are cut down to make a book that immediately heads toward a recycle center or worse yet, a landfill. :angry: