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Anon uses a phone book (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think anyone took a phone book with them. This is the first time I've ever heard it suggested.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

My Father had a 'car phone' from 1990-1999ish and then switched to a nokia 3210 or similar. While he had the 'car phone', he kept a phone book in the car. By the time of the Nokia, his outbound calling was predictable enough that he either had it saved on the phone or he used '411' to have an operator look up the number.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I don't think I've ever called 411, or known anyone who has. I have known about it for ages, but I guess I was always under the impression that it was expensive or something.