Phone Books/Directories

I've concluded that the people who deliver new phone books to our neighborhood aren't the brightest bulbs on the tree.  Every year they fling the plastic covered book into a mud puddle or this year, into a snow bank.  Some of our less attentive neighbors just keep driving over their books.  It's like a science experiment to me…how long does it take for a thick phone book to disintegrate in a driveway enduring the elements and the weight of multiple tire crossings?

All that aside, do we need phone books?  When I do look up someone's name/number, or even a business, often they are not listed anymore.  Probably ten or more years ago, competing companies began delivering more than one phone directory per year.  NOT NEEDED!

I am recycling my newest phone book along with another.  For some reason, I like having ONE in the box by the home phone.  If my husband has his way, that landline phone will be gone soon as we receive too many political or research calls on it.  When that happens, the phone books will also go in favor of the Internet and cell phone contact lists.