Soon your grandchildren will ask: What did a phone book look like?

It really is shocking to see how far we've come and what is NOW OUTDATED !!!!!!!!!!!

Yes...I wonder what's the next familiar thing that will go the way of the aardvark?!

Still...look at the great new ways of doing things that have come our way, and how they have changed us. Look at how the internet and mobile devices have changed how people communicate, how we get news...and how we make news!

Amusing as it may be, my husband still uses the phonebook. When they arrive at the house I usually throw them in a corner somewhere out of the way, after all we all look up numbers online. Sure enough a week or so will pass and there will be a phonebook left out on the dining room table. His excuse is he needed the number and the book is faster than the computer. Really? 

You are so right Mark, I have 2 boys and we all 3 use laptops, smartphones, and I-pods. Don't even have paper bills and statements coming to the house. Everything is done online and if you don't know the answer there is a simple solution... google it. My son actually asked me why they made phonebooks. When we were in the pool with several friends and their families, someone mentioned a record. Heads popped up and the boys wanted to know what that was. Hmmm... well boys, back in the day.... But I do love technology, it's like having the world at your fingertips, 24/7, along with old school friends.

The world has changed more in the last 100 years than in the entire spam of human civilization. Imagine: less than 100 years ago, no one had indoor plumbing. (yuch) My point is that it will continue to change at an increasing rate. Change or be left behind.

@Suesan: once your husband gets a smart-phone, there won' be any CONTEST regarding which one is quicker. (Unless he's a complete ludite and has sworn an oath agaist technological advancements, he'll have one soon.)

@Beth: I believe aardvarks are still thriving. Is there something we should know about them that's not being reported?

I agree . . .they really have no use and are outdated one minute after they are printed!  Some say they are good research books . . . and I say throw them out!  We have come so far!

I still use and collect phone books from areas that I frequent.  I don't use them as often as I previously did but they give you a tremendous reference as to what the demographics in an area are and an instant look at the businesses.  Call me old fashioned.....oh by the way, I do utilize extensively my Droid (or what my Amish friends call my pocket phone).

Actually I asked my assistant to look up a number and she couldn't find it online . . . I grabbed a phone book and found it.  They do still work.  :)

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