New phone books

[Linkmeister]

Who's got the new phone books and who hasn't? We haven't, and we're beginning to wonder. Maybe the books are distributed by neighborhood, and Verizon hasn't gotten to Aiea/Pearlridge yet?

Ideas?

[craigwatanabe]

maybe they're waiting on distributing them until the Hawaiian Telecom issue is completed.

[pzarquon]

Maybe they keep having to find new delivery personnel (http://starbulletin.com/2004/10/06/business/engle.html)? Those sons of guns are humongous.

[adrian]

Maybe they keep having to find new delivery personnel (http://starbulletin.com/2004/10/06/business/engle.html)? Those sons of guns are humongous.
Are they offering any temporary jobs?

I can lift a few from the van to the door.

[Mocha]

We have our new phone book...it weighs a "ton" and I need two hands to lift it.
Received the book about a month ago. I do think they deliver by areas and I'm in the Kaimuki area.

[Linkmeister]

Squeaky wheel or something. Mine arrived today. They are huge, unwieldy, and will be very hard to use, I suspect. What were they thinking?

[Konaguy]

Squeaky wheel or something. Mine arrived today. They are huge, unwieldy, and will be very hard to use, I suspect. What were they thinking?

Hmmm We never got a phone book for like two years.
I ended up calling up 1-800-888-8448

[craigwatanabe]

thats the good thing about living out of Oahu, the white and yellow pages are in on book and the whole thing is thinner than Oahu's white pages alone!

[Miulang]

Squeaky wheel or something. Mine arrived today. They are huge, unwieldy, and will be very hard to use, I suspect. What were they thinking?
You really shouldn't complain too loudly. Qwest, the incumbent carrier in my part of Seattle, tried for a couple of years to make the size of the directories more palatable by putting the white pages in one book and then splitting up the advertising directory into TWO books! Talk about inconvenience. I never was able to find the right directory when I needed it (invariably they got put into different piles or bookcases).

Now, I mostly use www.four11.com or yahoo or go to online phone pages because I still have problems finding the books when I need them!

Miulang :D

[kimo55]

yes, i got the new advertising book.
(yes it does have a few phone numbers in it. and from what I hear many are wrong!)

hey.
don't need to go to golds gym anymore! just heft the verizon book around now and then.

[kimo55]

Now, I mostly use www.four11.com or yahoo or go to online phone pages because I still have problems finding the books when I need them!

Miulang :D

switchboard.com

[kimo55]

IF... ya wanna keep yer Verizon phone book,
But wanna see them easier to handle by da ohana at da hale, (for keiki and kupuna...) do this:

Slice the spine vertically with a razor ( or long sharp knife) at the page where the white pages end and yellow begins. do the same in the middle of the yellow pages. Looks like where
HEALTH
is.

get 3 large sheets cardstock (craft) paper. Procured from Fisher. your color choice to match yer kitchen. or wherever you use the books most.
Formfit the cardstock around the book. Glue only the spines of these three "books" onto the cardstock . Trim off excess. Voila;
Three easily handled phone books, fairly protected.
Use the blank covers to write frequently called numbers on the back, if you get keiki, have them do some art on the front. Mo bettah li dat than the ugly modern hula art and planny adverts get on top now. and your keiki will enjoy a lil pride and sense of achievement.

wanna go a step further? Got too much time and elmers glue on yer hands?

take three old aloha shirts. Lay out the fabric over the carsdstock covers. Glue where necessary.
Trim off excess.

You're welcome.
Yours Truly, Eloise.

[adrian]

I guess I'm the young one here, because I can lift that with no ease (or its just that I've been used to carrying 2x4 lumber and helping my Dad in construction) :D

I don't know how the info is inside (I used to read the whole yellow and white pages for fun when I was bored) but which is better? the Paradise pages or Verizon's yellow/white pages?

[kimo55]

I guess I'm the young one here, because I can lift that with no ease sorry to hear that. dass why the above advice...
I don't know how the info is inside (I used to read the whole yellow and white pages for fun when I was bored) but which is better? the Paradise pages or Verizon's yellow/white pages? don't know. I am never that bored!

I GOT it!

we'll just email YOU when we need a phone number!

[kimo55]

again, wit da phone books! Got two more sets delivered to da hale. Now, get a total of... lemmee see... ten separate books.


two sets paradise pages.
one set; adVentures
and two sets the Super pages (which doubles as a footstool).

speaking of AdVentures phone book, was hanging out at Don Ho's bar a while back and the rep who continually referred to the phone books as his book, reeeeaaaaalllyyy did not do much at all for the image of the company. hooooboy.
was like hanging out at da Glades friday nite.