[Petersweeney]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Don't read any further cuz the butter did it.

Butter got a bad rap 30 years ago, he served some time but turns out he was good after all.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI

Back in the day on the farm the Sears catalog and old phone books were valuable commodities. They provided reading entertainment and served a useful purpose afterwards.

LOL. That they did.

Remember how the yellow index pages in the middle of the book were always the first ones gone when that "useful purpose" was being served?

[kayak]

The phone book I got this time is the official Villages phone book. It has The Villages logo on it. It is not one of those copycat phone books like the data publishing phone book. There is some really good and valuable information in the first 33 pages of the phone book and it's worth a look. The rest of it is just a phone book.

I've kept my very first Villages phone book. Wow, things sure have changed since I first got here.

[jarodrig]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Don't read any further cuz the butter did it.

The “butter” did it ??

I thought it was the jam !!

[nancyre]

I would use the phone book IF .... it arrived clean, we could pickup a CLEAN copy at the offices or rec ctr OR it was a digital version easily accessible. I have no interest in bringing in a dirty, wet, coated in whatever was on the driveway that morning version

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by nancyre

I would use the phone book IF .... it arrived clean, we could pickup a CLEAN copy at the offices or rec ctr OR it was a digital version easily accessible. I have no interest in bringing in a dirty, wet, coated in whatever was on the driveway that morning version

You can pick up a clean copy at one of the Daily Sun offices, Spanish Springs or Brownwood.

[DonnaNi4os]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

Received a monster Phone Book today. Probably 50,000 of these distributed. A mile high stack to feed the recycling furnaces. We seldom use a phone book anymore.

Sadly they don’t recycle anymore. That means it goes to the trash dump. I agree, who uses phone books anymore anyway.

[kendi]

Glad to have it. Not so happy to see yet another complaining post

[BEETHOVENMIKEY]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

Received a monster Phone Book today. Probably 50,000 of these distributed. A mile high stack to feed the recycling furnaces. We seldom use a phone book anymore.

We agree.
These books are a waist of our amenity fees.
Ninety-five percent
of the residents either go online to find people or business or go by word of mouth.
Granted, probably 50% of the production cost is covered by the advertising, but we're paying for the rest.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by BEETHOVENMIKEY

We agree.
These books are a waist of our amenity fees.
Ninety-five percent
of the residents either go online to find people or business or go by word of mouth.
Granted, probably 50% of the production cost is covered by the advertising, but we're paying for the rest.

Do you have any evidence that amenity fees are used to pay for the phone books? I would suspect that the phone book is a profitable endeavor, financed totally by advertisers. Otherwise, why would another company, Data Publishing, also provide a free phone book to Village residents?

[Jerseybob]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

So that's where you live!

Glad it arrived.
I needed to locate a family nearby. Because the home was in a business name, I could not reach them. The phone directory arrived and had them listed and I was finally able to contact them in their "other home". We were all pleased that the directory helped. I can see how many may not have the need for it. In this case it was a useful tool.

[mrf0151]

This thing is huge!! Almost didn't fit in my trash can. Such a waste of time and money.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by DonnaNi4os

Sadly they don’t recycle anymore. That means it goes to the trash dump. I agree, who uses phone books anymore anyway.

Not any more..........now to the incinerator.

[Kim McGraw]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

Received a monster Phone Book today. Probably 50,000 of these distributed. A mile high stack to feed the recycling furnaces. We seldom use a phone book anymore.

I love the phone books and the section divided by state!!

[Tadpole]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

Received a monster Phone Book today. Probably 50,000 of these distributed. A mile high stack to feed the recycling furnaces. We seldom use a phone book anymore.

PLUS, they list everybody TWICE. Once alphabetically by name, another section by your home state. Brilliant.