The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAnd the city would even place them at booths all over for the public's doxxing conveniencelemmy.worldimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down125
arrow-up1985arrow-down1imageAnd the city would even place them at booths all over for the public's doxxing conveniencelemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoSo in movies where people flip through giant yellow phone book and try to call everyone with the same name in the area is a LIE?
minus-squareFurbag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoI think they eventually started combining them for payphones.
minus-squareMjolnirThyme@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoThey were frequently combined, the white pages were people in the local area and the yellow pages were businesses. I don’t actually remember seeing white pages in any phone booths or by pay phones but that may just be where I lived.
So in movies where people flip through giant yellow phone book and try to call everyone with the same name in the area is a LIE?
I think they eventually started combining them for payphones.
They were frequently combined, the white pages were people in the local area and the yellow pages were businesses. I don’t actually remember seeing white pages in any phone booths or by pay phones but that may just be where I lived.