Look ma, no phonebook!
It’s spring cleaning time. This year I’ve been able to be more ruthless than ever about which books to give away. The Yellow Pages are first to go.
In previous years I couldn’t quite do it, despite knowing I could do a local business search online. After all, what if the connection dropped out? The idea of having an analog backup for inevitable DSL outages has always kept the Yellow Pages safe in our house, if relatively unused.
But one thing has changed. We now have excellent local search on our phones and we know how to use it. It’s still not foolproof, but it’s good enough that we can get rid of that fat dust-collector filled with ads.