When was the last time you used this??

A paper phone book? I remember when I was a kid, long before internet . The yearly event of the arrival of the phone book. Always three pieces (A-M, N-Ö and the Yellow Pages). We always looked up everyone we knew and were so excited when we found them (...). Every year. And, remember, it was actually almost the only way to find people or business.

Now environment organizations are having issues with the yearly delivery of the three phone books to every house hold in Sweden. Not only are a lot of trees spent making them, they are clogging up the entrances of apartment buildings in cities since people are not picking them up in the same extent any longer. I know I wouldn't. Takes up way too much space.

Here we get phone books all year around. Published by different phone companies and others. Some are only "yellow pages". Others include private phone number as well. The first year we dutifully kept them. Now I just throw them away. I can't even remember the last time I used one.

And some keep old ones obviously. Because once a long long long time ago, our phone number somehow was connected to Petsmart (a huge store only for pets). So once a week or so, old ladies calls to ask pet questions. (but figure they got the wrong number when I dutifully answer the phone with "Jacal speaking").