On 05/02/2014 03:02 PM, micky wrote:


Not about email, but a billionaire, iirc, died fairly recently here, and
my friend and I were discussing where he lived. I looked him up in the
phonebook (that is, switchboar.com) and he was listed, with his phone
number, his address, and even the apartment number.

I think he was in his 90's and the idea of an unlisted number was even
stranger for him than for me. Plus aiui, he was a totally honest
businessman, self-made, and probably didn't get phone calls at home from
angry people. People only do that when they get nowhere at someone's
work number.


I don't know any billionaires but...

ten years ago I used to do work for a local millionaire who turned
philanthropist.

One of the first jobs was to repair a lamp in his bedroom.

He literally had millions of dollars worth of art on the walls, but his
phone was a dial-phone. I'm sure his name and address were in the phone
book.

Occasionally I'd do some computer repair work for his wife and she was
on dial-up.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bader