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Post by Chicago Jake on Nov 11, 2010 14:25:36 GMT -6
Dammit; now I'm going to have to start buying toilet paper!.......Jake ***************************** Companies yank cord on residential phone booksBy MICHAEL FELBERBAUM, AP Business Writer Michael Felberbaum, Ap Business Writer RICHMOND, Va. – What's black and white and read all over? Not the white pages, which is why regulators have begun granting telecommunications companies the go-ahead to stop mass-printing residential phone books, a musty fixture of Americans' kitchen counters, refrigerator tops and junk drawers. In the past month alone, New York, Florida and Pennsylvania approved Verizon Communications Inc.'s request to quit distributing residential white pages. Residents in Virginia have until Nov. 19 to provide comments on a similar request pending with state regulators. Telephone companies argue that most consumers now check the Internet rather than flip through pages when they want to reach out and touch someone. "Anybody who doesn't have access to some kind of online way to look things up now is probably too old to be able to read the print in the white pages anyway," joked Robert Thompson, a pop culture professor at Syracuse University. Phone companies note that eliminating residential white pages would reduce environmental impact by using less paper and ink. It also can't hurt their bottom lines to cut out the cost of a service that rarely gets used and generates little beyond nostalgia. more: news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101111/ap_on_hi_te/us_goodbye_white_pages
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Nov 11, 2010 15:07:16 GMT -6
This makes me think of the old Steve Martin movie "The Jerk", where he gets all excited about the arrival of the new phone book because his name is in it. The joke is now rendered obsolete.
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Post by nolaflacav on Nov 11, 2010 15:22:55 GMT -6
I remember when the hot marketing tip was to list your business in the yellow pages with a semi fictitious name to make sure you were on the first page of the category. The theory being that the first 3 businesses received 80% of the phone traffic.
Hence names like A Aardvark Merlot Joe's winery were highly popular. I have not purchased yellow pages advertising once in the 7 years I have had my current business open.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Nov 11, 2010 15:45:44 GMT -6
I always found it amusing that some of my favorite local escort services advertised in The Yellow Pages.
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Post by edie2u on Jan 25, 2011 10:52:11 GMT -6
I feel sorry for those who don't have internet. That is why so many businesses use AA and AAA in their names. Years ago when my ex and I had a contsruction business we thought about naming the business an "a" name so we could be at the top of the list in the phone book! Instead, we named it Rainbow Roofing....that was long before rainbows had a whole different connotation!
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Post by Tex on Jan 25, 2011 12:04:28 GMT -6
I feel sorry for those who don't have internet. That is why so many businesses use AA and AAA in their names. Years ago when my ex and I had a contsruction business we thought about naming the business an "a" name so we could be at the top of the list in the phone book! Instead, we named it Rainbow Roofing....that was long before rainbows had a whole different connotation! Being roofers, I take it that you guys like to be on top.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Jan 25, 2011 12:19:55 GMT -6
Their motto: "We won't take a leak on you"
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jan 25, 2011 12:23:58 GMT -6
Just so long as the roof can hold the load.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Jan 25, 2011 12:50:08 GMT -6
New Motto: At Rainbow Roofing, we believe leaks are NOT a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" situation.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jan 25, 2011 13:03:39 GMT -6
Our Metal Roofing is Gaylvanized
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Post by Merlot Joe on Jan 25, 2011 13:19:31 GMT -6
A Aardvark Merlot Joe's winery That sounds like a good name for a winery. If I ever open one Nola would you mind if I used it. ;D ;D ;D I still use the phone book to find business that I am looking for but they are going to become like the guy that used to deliver ice to home years ago. Far and few in between.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jan 25, 2011 13:29:19 GMT -6
We just got new phone books delivered to our doorsteps last week. I walked mine directly to the dumpster in the alley. But I saved the plastic bag it came in for walking the puppy.
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