Feb 22, 2020 : Phone Book
Ever see a person rip a phone book (Telephone Directory to old maid English teachers) in half?
I can do that, I'll show you with a copy of the first phone book from New Haven, CT, in February of 1878. http://cellar.org/img/phone book-1.jpg And starting March 1st they will be open all night, probably because there had to be an operator on duty. |
The last phone book we got (they leave them on your porch) did not have a single person listed, only businesses.
And I'm assuming they're the businesses what paid for the book...:) |
Yeah, they're just yellow pages these days. I wonder if they still charge extra for an unlisted number?
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They do, at least around here--nowadays it means showing up as "private caller" on everyone's caller ID.
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OK, I wasn't offered that option that I know of, but if that comes up on the caller ID I don't answer it, although lately I've been picking it up for a second to break the connection so they can't leave a voicemail trying to sell me something. Other cell phone calls just show the number so I have a very short list of the ones I want to talk to next to the phone.
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