The Picard ManeuverM to memes@lemmy.world • 8 months agoAnd the city would even place them at booths all over for the public's doxxing conveniencelemmy.worldimagemessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1984arrow-down126
arrow-up1958arrow-down1imageAnd the city would even place them at booths all over for the public's doxxing conveniencelemmy.worldThe Picard ManeuverM to memes@lemmy.world • 8 months agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-square@cordlesslamplink12•8 months 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-square@Furbag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink16•8 months agoI think they eventually started combining them for payphones.
minus-square@MjolnirThyme@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink10•8 months 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.