JSngry Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 Yes. Regularly. It's the one book I still read. Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Report Posted November 22, 2011 On 11/22/2011 at 9:32 PM, JSngry said: Yes. Regularly. It's the one book I still read. Quote
JSngry Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) Haven't you heard? I'm anti-intellectual and don't read books. I thought everybody knew by now. But seriously, I'm still attached to my land line. Don't like being "reachable" 24/7, and besides, in this house, people still leave home w/o their cells and/or misplace them for days at a time and/or once in a blue moon have them stolen. All of those scenarios become less logistically impossible to cope with with the land line still in place. And sometimes, often, actually, I'll be sitting in the house somewhere and want to know where a business is or what somebody's phone number is, and it's easier to just pick up the phone book and look than it is to go all cyberistical just to find a damn phone number. Sometimes the shortest distance between two point is still analog. Edited November 22, 2011 by JSngry Quote
mikeweil Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 The local phone book, yes (although my number is not listed, I have no idea why ...), especially when looking for a craftsman or special services - for numbers from other cities, I use the internet search teleauskunft.de - that's about all I need Quote
Shawn Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 I haven't opened a phone book in years (although I did use a couple to hold up a broken futon frame). Quote
papsrus Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 It goes straight into the recycling bin. A total waste of paper, for me. I can find any phone number and/or address and/or business I need to in seconds on the internets, along with customer reviews and all that jazz (for whatever they're worth). Quote
JSngry Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 Ah yes, online customer reviews...people who you don't know if they are who they claim to be talking about things about which you have no idea if they share your standards/tastes or not.. Sometimes, anyway. But I've encountered enough b.s. (especially with restaurants) to where I don't even bother except as a supplement. Word-of-mouth from people I trust is still what I look for whenever possible. Quote
papsrus Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 Yeah, I pretty much disregard them, too. I just assume with, say, car dealerships, there has to be a healthy dose of 5-star ratings written by the sales staff. But with, say, dentists, tastes and standards don't really matter so much. Good or bad service is easier to gauge. Quote
JSngry Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 Yeah, but....a dentist can be a cold fish with limited social skills (mine is kind of like that) and still be a helluva good dentist (as he is). "Personality" is too often confused with quality of service, at least that's been my experience. Then again, all I really want out of a dentist is a hot hygenist, some good nitrous., and for the fillings to not fall out. Other than that, hey. Quote
papsrus Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 On 11/22/2011 at 11:38 PM, JSngry said: Then again, all I really want out of a dentist is a hot hygenist, some good nitrous., and for the fillings to not fall out. Other than that, hey. Me too. Now that's a rec I'd get behind! ... Don't make me wait too long, get me in, dose me up, clean the old choppers, file the insurance paperwork for me and get me out. I walk into a plush office with all kinds of leather furniture in the waiting room or that "designer" touch, fancy equipment all over the place and then the dentist starts recommending all kinds of work ... I'm suspicious right away. Quote
JSngry Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 I also stay away from those sprawling "clincs" that have locations conveniently located everyfuckingwhere. Went to one one time, got a shitty, halfassed cleaning, a generic exam, and a strong nudge to sign up for some whitening program which was "usually" covered by insurance. Total factory, the place was, not what I want from any kind of medical practice. We've been using the same guy for about 20 years now, a small practice, no partners, been at the same location forever, cute-enough (and highly competent) hygenists, and a stable staff. Offers the cosmetic stuff but does not in any way pimp it. And good nitrous for when I need it. Yet, the guy has had virtually no online presence until very recently, and even now you can tell his heart's not in it. He's happy having a neighborhood-based family practice and building his business slowly, from generation to generation and through word of mouth. My kind of guy! Quote
thedwork Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 every once in a while. it can be useful especially if you're not sure "who" you're calling, but do know "what." Quote
Christiern Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 I haven't used a physical phone book in many years. I bet Phil Schaap has the ones Errol Garner used to sit on. Any Guadaynino in the Mansfirld book? Quote
JSngry Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 On 11/23/2011 at 12:46 AM, thedwork said: every once in a while. it can be useful especially if you're not sure "who" you're calling, but do know "what." This is a very cryptic comment... Quote
Jazzmoose Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 I don't have a phone book. I'm too old to live on pizza now; why would I need one? Quote
JSngry Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 On 11/23/2011 at 3:15 AM, Jazzmoose said: I don't have a phone book. I'm too old to live on pizza now; why would I need one? Because now that you don't live on pizza, you might need a plumber? Quote
.:.impossible Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 Wouldn't you just ask your neighbor if you needed a plumber? Quote
JSngry Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 Not if they weren't home and/or were asleep... Quote
JohnS Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 I'd like to keep it "just in case". But my wife insists it goes straight in the recyling bin - so that's where it goes. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 On 11/23/2011 at 3:32 AM, JSngry said: On 11/23/2011 at 3:15 AM, Jazzmoose said: I don't have a phone book. I'm too old to live on pizza now; why would I need one? Because now that you don't live on pizza, you might need a plumber? I have google; don't need a phone book. Quote
JSngry Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 The implication was that a steady diet of pizza...ah....clogs you up, not the plumbing, and now that...eh, never mind. Quote
cih Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 When I was a child, exceptionally strong men used to tear them in half (phone books, not pizzas) Quote
BruceH Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 I'm still all about the land line, very old-fashioned that way, but haven't used the phone book in a long time. If I need a number I either use information (on my landline telephone) or look it up online. Or ask a friend or relative: "Hey, do you know so-and-so's phone #?" Quote
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