Phone companies used to print out everyone's name, phone number and home address, literally everyone, in these big 2"- or 3"-thick paper books. They'd update the book every year and then print out the new editions of it for everyone in the city and deliver a copy to your house whether asked for it or not, like "here's your everyone list" and you just had that lying around the house.

I think about that sometimes. 

 @af0cabc9 @7f02ec12 They still do. I received one earlier this year from the local phone company. We tossed it in the recycle bin. We don’t even use local phone services; we’re mobile-only.