Phone Book Before cell phones, most homes only had one phone. You had to stand by it to speak to someone since it had to be plugged into the wall. Because there was no Internet yet, if you wanted to find someone’s number you could look them up in the phone book. You just needed their name and surname. Then you would look under their surname and find them
with their name and address. Phone books were very large
and heavy, since they contained
thousands of people’s information.
plugged: v. p. part. connect with a cord
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