lesley
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Jul 6, 2014 21:50:44 GMT
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Post by lesley on Aug 22, 2022 12:33:04 GMT
I keep most people’s contact details in my phone, but I still have the old address book I started using in the early 90s. My DD just texted to get an address for someone who sent her a wedding present (good Pea daughter, sending out their thank you letters within 10 days of the wedding! 😄). I knew this lady’s address was in the book, and I even knew where the book was. What a trip down memory lane it has been browsing the pages! Given I started using it over 30 years ago, not surprisingly many of the people listed are now dead. And there are so many others with whom I have simply lost touch.
Do you still use an actual address book, or are your records all digital?
(Also, my address book is illustrated with EH Shepard Winnie the Pooh illustrations, and they are just delightful. 😊)
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pantsonfire
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Post by pantsonfire on Aug 22, 2022 12:39:13 GMT
Oh yeah! I don't keep that info in my phone. I have it in the back of my yearly planner in pencil in case something changes.
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 22, 2022 12:46:09 GMT
I keep a recipe box with index cards in it for my addresses. There is more room to include multiple phone numbers and email addresses. Also, my nieces and nephews move so often I can just toss the card and use a new one.
I lose the historical perspective you have, though!
I once lost half my contacts when I got a new phone. Randomly some info didn't transfer over and I didn't realize until I looked for some contacts that weren't there. This way I have backup.
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 22, 2022 12:51:09 GMT
I keep my current contacts in my phone, but every now and then I pull out my old address book for a relative.
For nostalgia, my address book is a cloth covered, padded book that I covered myself in about 1991 or so! It’s so very, very late 80s, early 90s!
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SweetieBsMom
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Aug 22, 2022 13:00:30 GMT
Yep
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Post by gar on Aug 22, 2022 13:07:47 GMT
I was just about to say no then remembered that actually I do still have one! 😊
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 22, 2022 13:26:00 GMT
I keep an excel spreadsheet on my computer. I also have my mom's old address book that she started in the 50's. I love looking at that thing as it brings many memories of the people in it.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Aug 22, 2022 13:50:26 GMT
I do use an actual address book and pull it out regularly to address invites, thank you notes, birthday cards and the like. My current book dates back to 2011. I started a fresh one after my divorce. It still has a lot of scribbled out old addresses and crammed in new ones for some people but that's part of the charm. I also tend to note deaths in there so I can send a remembrance card down the road to their loved ones.
I keep a physical planner/date book as well. I'll never quit using actual paper products for things like that.
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Post by cmpeter on Aug 22, 2022 13:51:42 GMT
I use an Excel spreadsheet too.
I do still have my paper address book. I haven’t written anything in it since 2006 though. In the front I have a page that lists all of our previous addresses and we moved into this house in 2006, so that’s my last entry.
It is a great time capsule off memories though.
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RedSquirrelUK
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Aug 2, 2014 13:03:45 GMT
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Aug 22, 2022 14:02:20 GMT
I have both. I have a spreadsheet for my Christmas and birthday card address labels, and also my original old-fashioned address book that I started when I was still at school for family and my oldest/closest friends. Belt and braces, you know? And yes, many of those in the paper address book are no longer with us.
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lizacreates
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Post by lizacreates on Aug 22, 2022 14:02:22 GMT
I don’t use it but I still have it. Mine goes all the way back to the ‘70s. I needed it only once because I couldn’t recall someone’s name, but I can’t let it go. Lots of people in it who've already passed away and many service companies that are long defunct. It has many entries in it that my late husband made, so maybe that’s why I can’t part with it. We used to have a nook/niche where the telephone was and there was a small shelf underneath that held this book.
(I also still have an old Rolodex I used when I began my career. I’m surprised the Rolodex is still being sold to this day.)
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garcia5050
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Jun 25, 2014 23:22:29 GMT
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Post by garcia5050 on Aug 22, 2022 14:07:48 GMT
I have my old paper phone book but don’t use it. I’ve also exported my phone contacts to excel, but I really only use it to send my Christmas cards. So I only update the 60 card recipients.
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Post by bigbundt on Aug 22, 2022 14:11:54 GMT
Nope, all of them are in Google contact (saved to the cloud, not just on my phone) so I can access them on my phone and computer when needed.
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Post by katlady on Aug 22, 2022 14:46:31 GMT
I still have my old one around somewhere. It hasn’t been updated in probably almost 20 years, so it is a time capsule now. I do use a paper planner, but I don’t put addresses/phone numbers in it.
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kate
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Post by kate on Aug 22, 2022 14:49:13 GMT
I use an Excel spreadsheet, too. I started it for Christmas card labels, and it's become my main resource.
I do try to enter new addresses into my phone as well, but come December, any new friends go on the Excel sheet.
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momto4kiddos
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Post by momto4kiddos on Aug 22, 2022 14:49:43 GMT
I still have one. I have started to put more things in my phone, but there's definitely still times I need the physical one.
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Post by padresfan619 on Aug 22, 2022 14:54:22 GMT
I don’t have an address book but I do have an old tattered list of addresses of people we invited to our wedding. I cross out and change addresses as needed and pull it out every year when it is time to address Christmas cards.
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caangel
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Jun 26, 2014 16:42:12 GMT
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Post by caangel on Aug 22, 2022 14:55:28 GMT
Nope, all of them are in Google contact (saved to the cloud, not just on my phone) so I can access them on my phone and computer when needed. Same! Way more entry fields that I typically need and bonus note area so there's always room for random info.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 22, 2022 15:02:39 GMT
My mom gave me a beautiful leather briefcase and matching address book when I graduated from law school in 1987.
I use that address book all the time even thought the leather is peeling away.
My address book is a mini history of my friends' lives. Some of my friends have moved five or six times since I got the address book. I would "X" out their old address and put in the new address. My friends have moved from apartments they lived in when they were single, to the starter house they moved in when they got married, to the dream house they moved in when they were established in their career and then to their downsized empty nester house.
It's interesting to see how people have moved in and out of my life. Some of my friends and family have passed away since 1987 and some people just drifted out of my life. Happily, many of the entries have remained my friends since 1987!
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Post by peasapie on Aug 22, 2022 15:04:27 GMT
I have a list in Word that is kept on Dropbox and on my laptop. No physical address book.
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joelise
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Jul 1, 2014 6:33:14 GMT
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Post by joelise on Aug 22, 2022 16:26:32 GMT
I use an address book for everyone. I don’t have any addresses on my phone. I also use a paper diary and not my phone.
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Post by Fidget on Aug 22, 2022 16:29:14 GMT
yes - I actually ordered a new address book a couple years ago, I love it!
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Post by christine58 on Aug 22, 2022 16:34:15 GMT
Yes. I use an Erin Condren one.
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Post by workingclassdog on Aug 22, 2022 16:43:50 GMT
Wow.. not even sure if I have my physical address book. I wouldn't even know where to look. It was well loved. All my addresses are either on Google or my phone.
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TXMary
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Post by TXMary on Aug 22, 2022 16:43:55 GMT
I still have one but I don’t use it anymore. Or not very often anyway. And sadly, most of the people in it have died. I can’t quite part with it though. It makes me smile when I see it in the secretary.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Aug 22, 2022 16:48:14 GMT
I have an "address book" which is >> index box, with names, addresses, etc... I have an "address book" which is >> index box with the website addresses of the place I go online. I use a paper appointment book that has a full week (two page spread) in which I write any and all appointment (work, personal, social, etc...), birthday, anniversaries, etc.... On my phone, I have phone number and gate codes(if needed). Years ago my computer crashed and had to be replaced. I lost all my bookmarks, so I started writing down website addresses or names of instagram, blogs, etc...that I follow, like to view, etc... Many years ago, someone I knew had their phone crashed and anything stored was not recovered. They lost everything >> appointments, photos, contacts, etc... When I switched from the flip phone to iphone, all contacts were lost. I will never switch to electronic only with no back up. I will always have paper appointment book, (index box) paper address book, (index box) paper website list. Any important email information, I take a screenshot of.... just to have a backup. I am old school in regards to I will never have 100% trust in electronics. Anything can happen. Devices can crash and burn. I have been an iphone user for about 11-12 years now, and am still slightly confused about the icloud.
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Post by busy on Aug 22, 2022 16:48:53 GMT
Nope. Haven’t in this millennium.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 22, 2022 17:00:03 GMT
nope. haven't in decades.
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Chiara27
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Post by Chiara27 on Aug 22, 2022 17:21:34 GMT
When I was younger I used to memorize addresses and phone numbers and still had an address book for Christmas cards and handwritten letters. Now, I have one sheet in my planner for new addresses and possible ones for Christmas, and that just gets updated every year. As long as it’s written down somewhere I’m good. I don’t put addresses in my phone.
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J u l e e
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Jun 28, 2014 2:50:47 GMT
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Post by J u l e e on Aug 22, 2022 17:28:13 GMT
No, but now I wish I did after reading this thread!
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