I asked my wife to give me the phone book.

She laughed at me, called me a dinosaur, and handed me her iPhone.

So... the roach is dead, the iPhone is broken and my wife is pissed.

I’m currently reading a 1934 detective story, “The Big Sleep”, by Raymond Chandler. Marlowe, the detective, goes into a drugstore to look at the phone book to get the address of a person of interest. Handy, they were.

ETA – A pretty good read. I like detective stories from that era. No cell phones makes a big difference.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
I’m currently reading a 1934 detective story, “The Big Sleep”, by Raymond Chandler. Marlowe, the detective, goes into a drugstore to look at the phone book to get the address of a person of interest. Handy, they were.

And sometimes a real PITA! (Says the guy who used to deliver them as an underpaid yute.)

Had a co-worker a couple of years ago who asked if I knew a good plumber. I said, "why not just look in the Yellow Pages?" We had a pretty good laugh.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
I asked my wife to give me the phone book.

She laughed at me, called me a dinosaur, and handed me her iPhone.

So... the roach is dead, the iPhone is broken and my wife is pissed.

I like that one V-Tail.

I still have a thick one I use. When I sharpen a knife I use a page to see how sharp the knife is.

When I was a kid you put down short people by saying you need a Chicago phone book to see over the dash. Gone are the days of shooting through the phone book to see how far the round would travel.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
When I was a kid you put down short people by saying you need a Chicago phone book to see over the dash. Gone are the days of shooting through the phone book to see how far the round would travel.

My wife jokes that she needs a phone book to see over the dash in our Midget. She almost has to look between the wheel & dash.
Don't think you can get a thick yellow/white pages anymore. I know i haven't seen one in years.

Back in 2012 there were 3 phone books on a shelf in the garage. One the giant yellow pages and 2 1 inch white pages and I thought to myself these need to be shot as they have no use anymore.
So I took them to the ranch range and put the 2 thin ones behind the yellow pages and set them in front of an old wood fence post.
I brought 3 pistols with me Beretta M9, Colt 1911 and Smith & Wesson 629. Shot the M9 first the 9mm went a about half way thru the yellow pages. A little disappointing I thought. So next up 1911 45acp. This was a little more interesting. Took the shot and the bullet was absorbed by the yellow pages that it wrapped around the bullet then spit the bullet back out towards me where I was able to pick it up a few feet from the the fence post.Smith & Wesson 629 was fun too. 44 magnum went clean through all three phone books and made confetti coming out the back end. Good time had by all except for the phone books

Ripped from the phone book