On a recent evening, we were sitting around the kitchen table after dinner, when for some reason the topic turned to phone books. Seth asked, “What is a phone book?” I was a little surprised that he did not know what a phone book was. Sometimes I forget that everyday objects I once used are now obsolete, and my kids have never heard of them.
We explained to him that while we don’t use one any more at our house, phone books contain lists of personal phone numbers and addresses as well as business information. We used to get one delivered to our front steps. If we wanted to look up a person or business, we would drag out the white pages or yellow pages to find their phone number. Seth asked if we had one, and surprisingly, we did. Seth looked through the phone book with curiosity and amazement. He asked us if it had taken us forever to find numbers. I decided that it did not take that much more time to look up a number in the phone book than pulling out my phone and swiping my finger over the screen a few times, or sitting at my computer to Google whatever business I was looking for. The phone book was always sitting in a drawer or cupboard next to our home phone or hanging on a wire from any pay phone. After discussing all of this, Seth decided he wanted to find a pay phone and make a call. He thought that would be awesome. Despite his desire to go low-tech and find a pay phone to use, he has created his own website with his favorite YouTube videos. Check it out at http://seththedeath.weebly.com/. Comments are closed.
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