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justhanginon

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28. I had a Kindle and gave it away. Not near as satisfying as reading an actual book and

Sun Oct 22, 2017, 08:56 PM

Oct 2017

harder on the eyes even though I had the paper white one. I do read the news on the interrnet but would prefer a local paper edition. I find that when I am reading on the internet I do not seem to concentrate as well and rush through the articles more.
Unfortunately the Pulitzer owned St. Louis Post Dispatch which was a great paper was sold to some corporation that published "surburban journal" type papers and promptly got rid of all the good columnists and opinion writers and is no longer worth reading for the very few that are left.

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If you want your newspaper delivered, you're officially old. [View all] Baitball Blogger Oct 2017 OP

Guess I'm old then. Solly Mack Oct 2017 #1

We've been getting our paper delivered for many, many years, and we like it that way! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2017 #2

Yes, and...? The Blue Flower Oct 2017 #3

I had a Kindle and gave it away. Not near as satisfying as reading an actual book and justhanginon Oct 2017 #28

A few times in the last couple of years, I've needed newspaper ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #4

They mentioned something about coupons. Baitball Blogger Oct 2017 #7

meanwhile someone keeps littering my driveway with a "free" newspaper i don't want. unblock Oct 2017 #5

I used to get a free local newspaper, too. subterranean Oct 2017 #36

The local newspaper has a free rag that they throw out to every driveway csziggy Oct 2017 #38

On line, IMO, is more earth friendly. Kaleva Oct 2017 #6

Let 'em wean away DFW Oct 2017 #8

I live in Florida, and I'm not sure it is a profitable venture here. Baitball Blogger Oct 2017 #11

I delivered papers in 1957.. Permanut Oct 2017 #9

I must be 20+ years younger and was in Arkansas. GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #23

I well remember the satisfying "thunk" when you heard the paper justhanginon Oct 2017 #31

I sold Grit at that time for 15 cents. They advertised to us carriers that Grit Jim Beard Oct 2017 #24

I Did It More Like 69 and 70 ProfessorGAC Oct 2017 #48

Quite old here. I get it digitally and physically. I can read what I want much faster Hoyt Oct 2017 #10

4 AM on every day except Sunday and it's at 5 madokie Oct 2017 #12

We have 3 papers delivered, and numerous magazines. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #13

If You Are Really Old You Remember When The Milkman Used to Deliver Stallion Oct 2017 #14

San Diego in the late 1970s left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #16

Yep! And the bread man, the farm-fresh egg man, and the potato chip man. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #17

The Juice Man, the Cleaners, the Fulller Brush man and the Realsilk man. rzemanfl Oct 2017 #19

Mais oui, mon ami! And did I mention the Encyclopaedia Britannica WinkyDink Oct 2017 #35

We had an old World Book acquired from someplace, sans yearbooks. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2017 #46

I drove to a nearby farm to get fresh milk. Kaleva Oct 2017 #18

We had milk delivery in WI - 1970s LeftInTX Oct 2017 #22

Remember it well. Guess the Pizza man has taken his place. Jim Beard Oct 2017 #25

Yep. Early forties, Quality Dairy and in the summer we used to beg for a piece justhanginon Oct 2017 #32

in England, I remember milk brought via Clydesdale Skittles Oct 2017 #39

As My Dad Was A Milkman, Yes! ProfessorGAC Oct 2017 #49

The Albuquerque Journal is a right wing rag left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #15

Digital only, please. It's an easy way to to limit demand for wood pulp. NT Adrahil Oct 2017 #20

Our local paper is Republican leaning Rorey Oct 2017 #21

Heck, lapucelle Oct 2017 #27

I enjoyed having my milk delivered Rorey Oct 2017 #40

I have been hearing about some places refusing to take cash. They can shove it. Jim Beard Oct 2017 #26

Cash is king, babe. Iggo Oct 2017 #30

Everyone wants their news delivered. Iggo Oct 2017 #29

You have to have you Sunday NYTs delivered. Laffy Kat Oct 2017 #33

I don't see how they can do away with the Sunday paper. Baitball Blogger Oct 2017 #34

There is just something about turning those pages between sips of coffee. Laffy Kat Oct 2017 #37

Yes, an orderly reading of the Times is necessary. planetc Oct 2017 #45

My fave is the Book Review section. Laffy Kat Oct 2017 #50

Well, now you're talking th Sunday paper, which is sorted differently, but planetc Oct 2017 #54

Im 61 and officially old now kimbutgar Oct 2017 #41

Newspapers are still a thing? Who knew? Initech Oct 2017 #42

Why, yes,I do ashling Oct 2017 #43

Nah. Not old. cwydro Oct 2017 #44

I may be old now, but Tracer Oct 2017 #47

Get out the old Winky Dink to do the puzzles. rickford66 Oct 2017 #51

Switched to Sunday only delivery a few years back, cancelled even that this year. Freethinker65 Oct 2017 #52

I'm in my 30s and I still like getting my paper physically delivered. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #53