Most GN's probably don't give a 2nd thought to phone directories so they may not know that the latest issues are printed in China. The quality is about the same as Australian printed ones.
Some will say that it was inevitable but that begs the question why did we allow it to happen. I really think we are our worst enemy.
Good Luck.
Bushpie said
10:57 PM Mar 22, 2016
Begs the question........ Do any still use a phone book?
Or do you use the quicker easier online line method.........
I havent used a phone book for about five years
brickies said
11:34 PM Mar 22, 2016
Have not used a telephone book for years , When ever we get one it filed in the bin .
rockylizard said
08:56 AM Mar 23, 2016
Gday...
Denis, if you check every book that is published in the past 15>20 years you will see that the vast majority of them are printed overseas.
It is unusual for a publication to be printed in Australia ... not always China but overseas.
And obviously this has been due to the high cost of printing in Australia which has led to there now being very few local printing organisations now with the capacity to produce large volume runs of paper publications - including collation, binding etc.
I will venture to say that almost all the 'glossy magazines' sold here are now printed outside Australia - mainly Malaysia I think.
Cheers - John
-- Edited by rockylizard on Wednesday 23rd of March 2016 08:57:18 AM
aussie_paul said
11:04 AM Mar 23, 2016
brickies wrote:
Have not used a telephone book for years , When ever we get one it filed in the bin .
The recycle bin Brickies I hope.
Aussie Paul.
brickies said
11:48 AM Mar 23, 2016
Of cause Paul
aussietraveller said
03:24 PM Mar 23, 2016
I have not used a telephone book since the writing started to look like ants crawling across the page, now much easier to go on line that way I can make the print any size I want.
blissonwheels said
03:25 PM Mar 23, 2016
Gooday,
Worst part about all Phone books over the last several years is you ned to carry a Giant Magnifying glas with you to read them, I find they still have a place in my life from time to time.
I wonder how they would go if you drilled a hole through the corner, and looped a piece of string through the hole, so you could hang it on a nail in the dunny? Maybe the print would rub off though
hako said
08:00 PM Mar 23, 2016
Remember back when some of us were kids - the pink pages and way too thin for dunny paper as many found out. Why did they change from pink to yellow?
Good Luck
Wombat 280 said
08:31 PM Mar 23, 2016
In this country we are consumers of everything and not manufacturers of anything. We may assemble a few things to give us that warm fuzzy feeling it's Australian made but all the parts are imported even most caravan bits, right down to the self tappers that hold it all together . Very sorry just can't afford to buy Australian anymore and if it is produced here the profits go out of the country to the parent company anyway certainly not to the Australian tax system
Woody n Sue said
10:14 PM Mar 23, 2016
My Dad always reckoned every year that the print got smaller not only do I now find I am in agreance but this year it really was and so was the size of the pages
Like others I haven't looked at one for a couple of years either as I already have the phone numbers I need in my phone if not I simply do a search for it on line
Woody
Bushpie said
02:06 AM Mar 24, 2016
03_Troopy wrote:
I wonder how they would go if you drilled a hole through the corner, and looped a piece of string through the hole, so you could hang it on a nail in the dunny? Maybe the print would rub off though
Good idea Troopy...... I am always looking for something to read in there.......if I forget to take my ipad with me......
Desert Dweller said
05:30 AM Mar 24, 2016
How many WINGS & WONGS are in the new Chinese printed directory just in case I WING the WONG number?
03_Troopy said
07:48 AM Mar 24, 2016
Bushpie wrote:
03_Troopy wrote:
I wonder how they would go if you drilled a hole through the corner, and looped a piece of string through the hole, so you could hang it on a nail in the dunny? Maybe the print would rub off though
Good idea Troopy...... I am always looking for something to read in there.......if I forget to take my ipad with me......
haha, that's why I always liked the "Have Your Say" section of the paper....
Most GN's probably don't give a 2nd thought to phone directories so they may not know that the latest issues are printed in China.
The quality is about the same as Australian printed ones.
Some will say that it was inevitable but that begs the question why did we allow it to happen. I really think we are our worst enemy.
Good Luck.
Or do you use the quicker easier online line method.........
I havent used a phone book for about five years
Gday...
Denis, if you check every book that is published in the past 15>20 years you will see that the vast majority of them are printed overseas.
It is unusual for a publication to be printed in Australia ... not always China but overseas.
And obviously this has been due to the high cost of printing in Australia which has led to there now being very few local printing organisations now with the capacity to produce large volume runs of paper publications - including collation, binding etc.
I will venture to say that almost all the 'glossy magazines' sold here are now printed outside Australia - mainly Malaysia I think.
Cheers - John
-- Edited by rockylizard on Wednesday 23rd of March 2016 08:57:18 AM
The recycle bin Brickies I hope.
Aussie Paul.
Gooday,
Worst part about all Phone books over the last several years is you ned to carry a Giant Magnifying glas with you to read them, I find they still have a place in my life from time to time.
Cheers,
Bliss on Wheels.
Good Luck
Like others I haven't looked at one for a couple of years either as I already have the phone numbers I need in my phone if not I simply do a search for it on line
Woody
Good idea Troopy...... I am always looking for something to read in there.......if I forget to take my ipad with me......
How many WINGS & WONGS are in the new Chinese printed directory just in case I WING the WONG number?
haha, that's why I always liked the "Have Your Say" section of the paper....