The only known copy of the world's first telephone directory is set to fetch up to £20,000 at auction next month. The 20-page book containing the names and number of 391 subscribers around New Haven, Connecticut, was issued in 1878 - just two years after the invention of the telephone by Edinburgh-born Alexander Graham Bell. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago tags guide telephone directory book new haven connecticut |
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The only gift guide that can "offer you our exclusive Holiday Gift Guide 'No Excuses' Warranty, which states: 'If you purchase any item from this Gift Guide, you basically have no excuses.'" 0 comments edit related share plime.com(Inspired by picked by runninutes 11 months ago |
Submit your URL for free to zeezo web directory and classifieds website. picked by lazyurl 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
It was the size of a dustbin lid and had a range of just half a mile. 1 comments edit related share technologyThe world's first mobile phone could hardly be more different to today's devices, which are small enough to slip inside a pocket and can call almost anywhere in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago |
Amusing article, although the page is wayyy too busy. I'm pretty sure witty Plimates could add more to the list. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
’In 1973 I set out to do drawings of women’s genitals for use in sex education groups. I wanted the drawings to be lovely and informative, to give pleasure and affirmation. I organized the drawings into a coloring book because a major way we learn to understand the world, as children, is by coloring. As adults many of us still need to learn about our external sexual anatomy.’ -Te... read full post picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
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An Arizona man is celebrating a special day to promote comic books as engaging educational tools. Free Comic Book Day is set to take place the first Saturday in May. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share entertainment |
Spurred by rising rates of obesity and Type 2 diabetes, the Canadian government has released a version of its food guide aimed at providing healthy eating tips for First Nations, Inuit and Metis people. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
For those of you juggling multiple phone numbers. picked by suebe 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share technology |
A British Muslim body has issued a historic fatwa ruling that a blind student can take a guide dog with him to his local mosque, a judgment Muslim and blind advocacy groups are hailing as a breakthrough. picked by suebe 2 weeks ago 2 comments edit related share world |
Don't panic - this is not BDSM slash fiction set in Hogwarts. 0 comments edit related share entertainmentUpdating Psycmoe's post, the works of William McGonagall, the world's worst poet, sold at auction for more than a set of autographed Harry Potter first editions. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago |
This fake book is a way of hiding your PSP and making people think you are reading a book. This is the perfect disguise. :) picked by pjanaway 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Find 'wild' books in your area or release a book into the wild for someone else to find. picked by Boomshank 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
PR6 Web Directory is A professional bidding web directory for website owners where listings are sorted by bidding price. picked by mattdogs 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Rove in new book: "Bush is needy" 4 comments edit related share plime.comObviously not a groundbreaking book, so Bush is a needy cry baby, BIG SURPRISE! picked by buddha 1 year ago |
For the first time, astronomers have observed the initial phase in the formation of an earth-like planet. What astronomers observed was that a protoplanetary disk, or ring, around the binary star known as KH 15D, is composed of solid particles larger than what is usually observed in space. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
An interesting instructional video from 1927 on how to use the dial telephone. But who could have watched it? picked by chuckayoub 1 year ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
The world's oldest ocean-going passenger vessel still in service has been converted into a floating Japanese bookstore. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
I don't know if anyone on Plime likes her (I don't, particularly... ), but my mom asked me to download the book so she could read it. 0 comments edit related share entertainmentSuze Orman's book, "Women & Money", is being offered for free download from Oprah's site until 8pm tomorrow. Link is to the PDF file for the English version, but you can also find the Spanish version through Oprah.com. picked by Marli 8 months ago |
Douglas Adams's increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy is to be extended to six titles, after Adams's widow Jane Belson sanctioned Eoin Colfer to continue the series. picked by 2manyusernames 3 weeks ago 14 comments edit related share arts |
Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean and aboveground herbivorous insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones. Subterranean insects issue chemical warning signals via the leaves of the plant. This way, aboveground insects are alerted that the plant is already ”˜occupied’. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |