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minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up55·2 months agoWhite Pages was home # listings. Yellow Pages was business listings.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoFor many cities they were the same book.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoSame book, but still color separated with business in yellow and residential in white.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoMy city was big enough that we had to have two separate books, nyah, nyah.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoSo was mine. Lol. I’m just old enough that I got around and saw books from other places.
minus-square𝓒𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓹𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoFor small cities, large cities had multiple white pages books. A-F G-N O-Z for example.
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoFair enough. My hometown is densely populated.
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAll these damn kids all over the lawn.
minus-squareFluorineBalloon@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHaving just read the thread about commercial paper shredding, your comment took my mind to a weird place.
White Pages was home # listings. Yellow Pages was business listings.
For many cities they were the same book.
Same book, but still color separated with business in yellow and residential in white.
My city was big enough that we had to have two separate books, nyah, nyah.
So was mine. Lol. I’m just old enough that I got around and saw books from other places.
For small cities, large cities had multiple white pages books. A-F G-N O-Z for example.
Fair enough. My hometown is densely populated.
All these damn kids all over the lawn.
Having just read the thread about commercial paper shredding, your comment took my mind to a weird place.