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[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yellow was for business. The giant white book was for people.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mostly remember them being combined into one big yellow book, but separated by page color (yellow for business, white for personal).

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wasn’t part of it pink too? I can remember what that bit was for.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was what we used before Grindr.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The paper cuts were the best part.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't remember pink, but we had blue pages for government listings.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

We had the backpages. That was for health & wellness services mostly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bring me the blue pages! But don't bring the red pages! Don't trust Sirrus!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can hear this comment so clearly lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I think it depended on how big the city was for if they were separated or not.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's interesting how universal the use of colour was. I grew up in a smaller province most people don't know (or at least can't spell). The phone books were made by a crown corp that was pretty much just for the province. Yet, same colour schemes. Outside of the book was yellow. White pages for people, yellow for businesses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We had the same (all yellow, but personal part was white, or at least as white as the shitty paper could be). But they were called "Golden pages" instead ("Žluté" (yellow) vs "Zlaté" (golden)), probably because in our language it sounds better.

Czechia btw.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In Norway there was one big book. Can't remember the "catchment area. White pages where private, yellow businesses. Last one published in 2009, tho smaller one for local district was published until 2017

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you! These kids don't know shit nowadays!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Don’t they yeah this stuff in schools anymore?