Pass me the phone book

[Gegs]

I asked my son to pass me the phone book, and he handed me his mobile phone, saying, "dad you're so old!" Anyway, to cut a long story short, spider dead, phone smashed, son distraught.

[KiwiCol]

Well done that man!!  Had a chuckle at that scenario.

[grog]

Funny Gegs, i like the story. Funny enough, mrs asked me last weekend for phone book, told her to look up on phone, id thrown them all in bin. Today a new phone book showed up at front gate. Old skool still working.

[Gegs]

Yeah, had a new phone book [yellow pages] turn up at work last week; about quarter of the size they used to be! I guess businesses just don't think it's worth being in there any more.

[seth]

We had a new phone book delivered last week it says it's the final edition
I guess it's going to be yell.com for the future.
As already said it's small and not really very much in it .
Guess that's progress

[Mick_J]

That's fine for all those with a smartphone and PC but my mother in law lives on her own in a small village and has no computer or mobile phone and she's not the only one.  What are people like her supposed to do when they need to find a number?

[KiwiCol]

Buy a cell phone?

[Gegs]

I'm guessing 'directory enquiries' is still available in the UK but not sure if those calls are free [I suspect 'not'].