06-03-2010, 07:28 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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No More White Pages!
Hooray!
All I've ever done with phones books is pick them up off my porch and walk directly over to my Blue Bin and toss em'.
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...ub=CalgaryHome
Even more Pluses to this news!
People in Calgary who still wish to recieve the phone books can request delivery here: http://delivery.ypg.com/delivery/form.php
Thanks to this option, My Brother Inlaw will be getting 2 of each....There are 4 different directories in total! Can't wait to hear him gripe about recieving 8 phone books!..........
Last edited by Methanolic; 06-03-2010 at 07:58 PM.
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06-03-2010, 07:32 PM
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#2
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Powerplay Quarterback
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No more white pages (residential directory) unless you request it. Yellow pages will still be delivered.
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06-03-2010, 07:36 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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Okay,
I guess I didn't realize that "Yellow Pages" also did the directory.
But this is even better news, My brother Inlaw won't be getting 8 phone books, He'll be getting 9!.......
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06-03-2010, 07:53 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Canucklehead-ville
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I used to work in the main office that overlooked the distribution of the Yellow Pages books in BC and Alberta. YPG kept changing their minds about distribution all the time.
Not to mention there's CanPages ones too and whatever other companies. The stupid things can really pile up. I just recycle all of them.
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06-03-2010, 07:56 PM
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#5
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Lifetime Suspension
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If you still want one you need to order on online?
Wouldn't the only people that would still want a phone book not have access, or know how to use the internet.
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06-03-2010, 07:58 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Canucklehead-ville
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jydk
If you still want one you need to order on online?
Wouldn't the only people that would still want a phone book not have access, or know how to use the internet.
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There's a phone number too...
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06-03-2010, 08:52 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Does anyone actually use the white or yellow pages anymore? I am actually kinda curious. At my work next week we are meeting with our yellow pages rep and we are trying to figure out just how much cash we should shell out to them for our adds.
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06-03-2010, 08:58 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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I still use Yellow Pages if I don't know what company I am looking for; like "what's that Chinese food place over in Douglas Glen?"
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06-03-2010, 09:06 PM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
I still use Yellow Pages if I don't know what company I am looking for; like "what's that Chinese food place over in Douglas Glen?"
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Google maps street view
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06-03-2010, 09:16 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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a) Let me know if you can see the name of the place:
http://www.google.ca/maps?q=50.95163...12,144,,1,7.38
b) You are working on the assumption that me or somebody with a sense of direction is asking said question.
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06-03-2010, 09:23 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
I still use Yellow Pages if I don't know what company I am looking for; like "what's that Chinese food place over in Douglas Glen?"
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Douglas Dale Peking Express.
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06-03-2010, 09:32 PM
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Had an idea!
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Why don't they just put everything online?
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06-03-2010, 09:35 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fleuryisgod
Does anyone actually use the white or yellow pages anymore? I am actually kinda curious. At my work next week we are meeting with our yellow pages rep and we are trying to figure out just how much cash we should shell out to them for our adds.
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my parents do because they are more comfortable with it.
i expect there are a number of people in the 40-50+ demographic who still use the yellowpages.
under 40? not so much...but i do use their online directory occasionally.
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06-03-2010, 09:37 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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I use the yellow pages iphone app sometimes but i find it highly inaccurate.
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06-03-2010, 11:54 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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A book full of telephone numbers you say? My word, what an antiquated notion!!
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06-03-2010, 11:58 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Yellow Pages are still very useful - there's lots of companies that still have zero or very little web presence.
Google is getting more and more useless - most of my non-IT related searches return mostly junk. Even the IT stuff is getting useless - it's usually something from stackoverflow.com. Gee, thanks Google!
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06-04-2010, 12:20 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kyuusei
There's a phone number too...
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How would you find the number? 
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06-04-2010, 12:26 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Calgary
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06-04-2010, 12:33 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Canucklehead-ville
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
How would you find the number? |
It's in that article. If you mean people without web access they can find it in old editions of their phone books. Or at worst, ask the operator.
I had it memorized for a while. I hated that office.
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06-04-2010, 12:38 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gottabekd
No more white pages (residential directory) unless you request it. Yellow pages will still be delivered.
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You can opt out of the Yellow Pages on the same link.
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