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Phone Book
We live in a rural area so we receive our mail through a rural mail carrier in a mail box that is placed on the street in front of our home. There is not a charge to have the mail delivered to our home. If there is a package or delivery that is too large to fit into the mailbox the carrier will drive into the driveway to deliver the package to the house. If no one is home a slip is left that states that there is a package that can be picked up at the local post office. The other day I went to the mail box and had another irritating surprise. No it was not a bill it was another phone book. It seems that every possible company and association is sending out telephone directories. The phone book that I received today was compiled by the electrical cooperative. I did not need another phone book. When I went to the cabinet where we keep the directories I found that I had no room for the new phone book. We live in the central part of our state and are close to three different area codes. This means that each of the surrounding towns with a different area code sends us a small phone book. We then get a large phone book from the telephone company that services the area. The large directory is the simplest to use and provides all the information in one place. My husband is an environmentalist. As a result we recycle anything and everything that we can. Unfortunately the local recycle company will only take telephone directories for recycling the two months after the large directory comes out. They will recycle the smaller directories, but only for those two months out of the year. This means that the smaller ones that we want to dispose of sit in a pile in the garage for up to 10 months. I tried donating our small directories to the local library however they did not have a need for them. I also contacted the local school to see if they needed additional copies so that teachers could have them at their desks, but I was told that they were given ample copies. I called each of the companies that supply us with a phone book. I requested to have our name removed from the mailing list to receive the directories. Two of the companies said that they charged to have your name taken off the mailing list. I could not believe that I would have to pay so that I would not receive a free publication. Each company has said that I can return the directory to the office. Now instead of having a pile of directories in the garage, I have them in the trunk of my car. When I am in the area of one of the companies that has sent out the phone book, I drop it off in their office area.
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