Comments on: 650,000 Tons of Paper http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:46:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Banana Lee Fishbones http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4795 Banana Lee Fishbones Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:33:49 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/#comment-4795 Dead Tree: You mean like the Hitchhiker's Guide? (: Dead Tree: You mean like the Hitchhiker’s Guide? (:

]]> By: Rob http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4794 Rob Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:20:55 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/#comment-4794 Phone book? As in, paper? I can't figure out how to use those damn things. Where's the search bar? Or the keyboard, for that matter? How do I map my way to a business once I find what I'm looking for? WHAT?!? No menus in the restaurants section? Are you KIDDING me? No thanks. Phone book? As in, paper? I can’t figure out how to use those damn things. Where’s the search bar? Or the keyboard, for that matter? How do I map my way to a business once I find what I’m looking for? WHAT?!? No menus in the restaurants section? Are you KIDDING me?

No thanks.

]]> By: Dancing Dead Tree http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4793 Dancing Dead Tree Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:01:24 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/#comment-4793 I live in the couve and I can't understand why it is that I need 6 or 8 different phone books every year. I won't use a single one of them. Not for lack of trying though. it is just that every last one is incomplete and they all have different areas they are lacking in. I never now which one to look in first. I looked into one of the books I recieved recently and found a listing for a Uncle Miltz Pizza. Uncle Miltz!!!! didn't that place go under about 10 years ago??? No thank you I will stick to the web. With the cheapness of alot of our thchnology today you would think it would be cheaper to produce a "McPhone book". Something akin to a McDonalds happy meal electronic video game toy. A small semi rugged plasic cased device with a few navigation buttons and a small dot matrix display. But I wouldn't want to recieve 6 of them a year either. Just one! that would make me and a lot of trees happy. I live in the couve and I can’t understand why it is that I need 6 or 8 different phone books every year. I won’t use a single one of them. Not for lack of trying though. it is just that every last one is incomplete and they all have different areas they are lacking in. I never now which one to look in first. I looked into one of the books I recieved recently and found a listing for a Uncle Miltz Pizza. Uncle Miltz!!!! didn’t that place go under about 10 years ago??? No thank you I will stick to the web.

With the cheapness of alot of our thchnology today you would think it would be cheaper to produce a “McPhone book”. Something akin to a McDonalds happy meal electronic video game toy. A small semi rugged plasic cased device with a few navigation buttons and a small dot matrix display. But I wouldn’t want to recieve 6 of them a year either. Just one! that would make me and a lot of trees happy.

]]> By: Betsy http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4792 Betsy Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:50:24 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/#comment-4792 I'm actually in need of a good phone book or two. Why? I've got a stack of three phone books propping up one corner of my bed (getting the frame replaced is low on my priority list right now); and the ones there are getting old and too flexible...! I’m actually in need of a good phone book or two.

Why? I’ve got a stack of three phone books propping up one corner of my bed (getting the frame replaced is low on my priority list right now); and the ones there are getting old and too flexible…!

]]> By: Banana Lee Fishbones http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4791 Banana Lee Fishbones Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:15:18 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/#comment-4791 THANK YOU! If anyone knows how to opt out, please let me know too-somehow I get one from Qwest and one other one too, and I don't even have a land line!!! THANK YOU!

If anyone knows how to opt out, please let me know too-somehow I get one from Qwest and one other one too, and I don’t even have a land line!!!

]]> By: atlas http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4790 atlas Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:47:31 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/#comment-4790 I do not use this archaic bundle of pulp... futhermore, if I am really at a loss I call information through my verizon cell service. Regarding services through the Dex, I much prefer the net and the cross-reference available when seeking out a service. I do not use this archaic bundle of pulp… futhermore, if I am really at a loss I call information through my verizon cell service.

Regarding services through the Dex, I much prefer the net and the cross-reference available when seeking out a service.

]]> By: Oswego http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4789 Oswego Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:38:30 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/10/19/650000-tons-of-paper/#comment-4789 I absolutely still use the phone book. I have one at my desk at work and one at my desk at home, and refer to it often. I far prefer it to an on-line version. I absolutely still use the phone book. I have one at my desk at work and one at my desk at home, and refer to it often. I far prefer it to an on-line version.

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