[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by Rzepecki

TV phone book has almost all homes listed with CELL PHONE numbers and landlines if they exist. Getting your neighbor’s cell phone number can be difficult if not impossible online. Also you’d be surprised how much info about TV and it’s procedures is listed in the phone book. I find it very handy.

So why not just put in on The Villages website and not waste all that paper? Print a few copies for those that want it.

[PugMom]

"I feel the same about the POA newspaper. It goes immediately into my trash bin. I sent them an email complaining about their littering, but they keep doing it anyway"

why do they keep doing this? i've asked to be 'removed' from whatever lists they have, but keep getting these little rain-soaked bags that go directly in the trash

[kendi]

I appreciate having the book

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

So why not just put in on The Villages website and not waste all that paper? Print a few copies for those that want it.

If the cell phone numbers were published on the website, I think they would be entered into national databases and used extensively by the telemarketers. I don't even have my number in the paper phonebook.

[oneclickplus]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

These aren't mailed, they are dropped off at the front door. Nothing to do with the mailboxes (at least not here, maybe they mail-drop them to some areas ?).

Originally Posted by Velvet

Ya gotta stop correcting, I like to hear Nucky’s lectures.

Nucky reminds me of the idiotic Rosanne Rosannadanna rants. Just add "N-e-v-e-r M-i-n-d" on the back end and they would be complete.

Trash cans aren't for unwanted mail (trash) - LOL
Don't like people "sorting" their trash at the trash can? Then just take YOURS home.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

It can't compete with the junk mail that comes in the mailbox every day, and we are forced to pay for by subidizing the Postal service.

the advertiser does and this junk mail helps the post office bottom line.

[cassjax2]

I use mine occasionally....

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by oneclickplus

Nucky reminds me of the idiotic Rosanne Rosannadanna rants. Just add "N-e-v-e-r M-i-n-d" on the back end and they would be complete.

Trash cans aren't for unwanted mail (trash) - LOL
Don't like people "sorting" their trash at the trash can? Then just take YOURS home.

My postal station has 5 trash cans. If they are not there for junk mail, then why are they there?

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com

the advertiser does and this junk mail helps the post office bottom line.

But, the bottom line is negative.

[neikenberry]

I'm all for electronic info, and rarely use a book...but TV phone book is useful at times during the year. It has lots of Villages info and contacts.

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

Just now got our new "official" The Villages phone book. More scrap for the new trash company to burn into electricity.

What a waste of trees although it may be worth saving for when we have the next Covid wave to use for T.P.

There seems to be no way to opt out of it.

Trees used for paper are a crop and a vital part of the economy.

[graciegirl]

Whatever Nucky and Indy Deal Maker says is Gold with me.

[nevjudbaker]

While reading these comments I read pros & cons about the phone book deliveries. It was a delight to hear the pros. The cons were nothing but petty bitching. If you don't want the book just throw it away. No one cares to hear negative Nellies especially during the pandemic. If you think it is garbage put it in the "garbage can" it is a simple task.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

My postal station has 5 trash cans. If they are not there for junk mail, then why are they there?

Because SOME (NOT ALL) people are very self-centered and IGNORANT. They would just throw it all on the floor. If all people were conscientious and interested in safety and societal well-being we would NOT need speedbumps or other forced restraints on bad behavior. Be careful what you wish for.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Indydealmaker

Trees used for paper are a crop and a vital part of the economy.

There is a question of efficiency. With less wasted paper, there would be less trees needed in the Tree Farm. Therefore, less machinery using polluting tractors and small gas engines for cutting. Less pollution from sawmills and paper factories. Less large trucks transporting the tree and paper products - less wear on roads and accidents. Yes, some paper and smaller tree farms would still be needed. And yes, some jobs would be lost, but A.I. and robotics are inevitably reducing jobs anyway. Lots of social changes then!