Keri BlakingerDec 17, 2022
And leave those assassination coordinates at pay phones like nbd !
Show threadThommy
@keribla the really weird thing is, when I was a kid, there were even school phonebooks. So, like, we all went home with this little directory of other students' phone numbers! I don't know how widespread that phenomenon was but just as one would expect, it lead to a lot of prank calls...
Dec 17, 2022 at 9:45pmWeb
Show threadThommyDec 17, 2022
@keribla alt text: tweet of @[email protected] saying "hard to believe there was once a time were they'd send a big yellow book to everyone's house listing yours and everyone else's assassination coordinates
Show threadVickyScarlettDec 18, 2022
@thomasjwebb @keribla and you could ring up the phone company and for a small feel get books for other areas or go to a library reference desk and consult one’s from other locations.
Show threadKeri BlakingerDec 17, 2022
@thomasjwebb oh yes! We had those!
Show threadThommyDec 17, 2022
@keribla I totally forgot about that being a thing until I saw this.
Show threadKeri BlakingerDec 17, 2022
@thomasjwebb also ours included the teachers !
Show threadThommyDec 17, 2022
@keribla I think ours did too. They had this utopian idea that kids would actually call teachers if they had questions about homework.
Show threadlorddimwit is now @[email protected]Dec 17, 2022

@thomasjwebb @keribla

My college back in 1998 or so had a completely searchable online student directory, with no authentication. You could put in my name and it would tell you which dorm I lived in, room number and everything.