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Goldenpages, paper fail ?

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  • 12-10-2010 10:32pm
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    Sizzler
    Registered Users Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭


    Arrived home today to see the Goldenpages & The Independent Directory dumped outside my gaff, I ain't no eco warrior by any means but seriously who uses the bloody things these days :confused: I dumped both into my recycling bin so I feel like I did my bit :D but seriously, why bother printing these in this day & age? Seems like such a waste :(

    So, do boardsies use the good aul goldenpages or do you think its all a bit pointless?
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    alwaysadub
    Registered Users Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    I use the Golden Pages still sometimes. Never use the phone book anymore, except to stalk a few people..


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    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    I still use the Golden pages - its great for cleaning up spillages :)


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    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    i left the plastic on mine in 2002. In five hundred years it'll be a priceless antique and I'll be rich, rich, rich !


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    Killer Pigeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭Killer Pigeon


    I used the Golden Pages once when I ran out of toilet paper. True story.


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Killer Pigeon wrote: »
    I used the Golden Pages once when I ran out of toilet paper. True story.
    Still got the imprint of the plumber's ad on your ass?


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    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    aidan_walsh wrote: »
    Still got the imprint of the plumber's lad on your ass?

    FYP :)


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    #8
    strokemyclover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭strokemyclover


    My Gran uses it as Chat Roulette


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    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    Phone books are such a damn waste. A big stack in the lobby of my girlfriend's apartment complex has been there untouched for weeks.


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    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I had this conversation at work, I was wondering why we're still paying for a golden pages ad, but apparently people do still use it. Even the website is just one of many other directory sites out there. It's a directory brand at this stage.


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    up for anything
    Registered Users Posts: 5,777 ✭✭✭up for anything


    I would have been lost without it for the last few years when I was exiled in dial-up land. My mother would still use it and lots of people like her who haven't got the inclination to tool-up to computers.


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    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    squod wrote: »
    i left the plastic on mine in 2002. In five hundred years it'll be a priceless antique and I'll be rich, rich, rich !

    you'll probably make more money from the technology that kept you alive for 500 years


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    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    Its for old people who are unaware of the 'tinternet


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    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    Any sign of dem bleedin' samwiches yet?


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    Kimono-Girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Kimono-Girl


    you think getting one free is bad?, they were delivered to our area the other day, and yes we live on a main street fair enough, but some poor desperate soul actually STOLE our golden pages from the door step! :eek:


    saved me from throwing it in the recycle bin:pac: but stlll...:eek::confused:


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    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    I stole it because I love to rip them in half shirtless.


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    #17
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    At least Goldenpages are doing their bit to keep the book format alive by keeping their website bloody shíte.


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    #18
    Chorizo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭Chorizo


    Why dont we all just collect them and have a massive bombfire at hallowe'en


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    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    So...In these hard times I see plenty of people complaining about getting a free service delivered to their front door by somebody in this country being paid for it .....

    Where's the problem?


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    Doc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭Doc


    I use it to stand on it to kiss girls that are taller then me.


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    silverspoon
    Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭silverspoon


    Chorizo wrote: »
    Why dont we all just collect them and have a massive bombfire at hallowe'en

    :eek:


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    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    silverspoon wrote: »
    :eek:

    Relax its normal for Halloween in Derry. You should see the place on boxing day.


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    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    OisinT wrote: »
    I stole it because I love to rip them in half shirtless.
    Sure no one could rip them in half if they were wrapped in a shirt.


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    #24
    Sizzler
    Registered Users Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭Sizzler


    feelingstressed wrote: »
    Why is it when something goes wrong or is a bad idea, posters say it is a fail.

    Look at the OP, paper fail. Is that even a sentence?

    If we didn't deliver free directories I'd be reading threads on moaning. Not everywhere in Ireland has broadband.
    We don't all live in town which seems to equal Dublin. When did town become one city

    If they deliver them it's not a waste, it's a Fail as is the latest lingo.
    Argument FAIL :D


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    az2wp0sye65487
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭az2wp0sye65487


    roll 'em up and they make a great long-lasting fire log


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    #26
    cock robin
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭cock robin


    Tried reading it once but sadly never finished it. I heard it was the business.


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    cock robin
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭cock robin


    OisinT wrote: »
    I stole it because I love to rip them in half shirtless.

    ya saucy thing.


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    Kimono-Girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Kimono-Girl


    OisinT wrote: »
    I stole it because I love to rip them in half shirtless.


    you must be desperate :eek: coming all the way down to cork to steal my golden pages!


    although i feel honored now :pac:


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