Like we used to do

[susandennis]

When I went to sign up for a Seattle Times subscription, I discovered that I could pay $1 for the first 4 weeks and then $4 a week after that. OR $1 for the first 5 weeks and $5 after that. That second option included the physical edition of the tree version being delivered to my home on Sundays. (They make FAR more money from actual delivered papers (from advertisers) that it pays them to practically give the suckers away.)

Like the olden days.

From 1991 when I moved here until the morning paper went under in 2009, I had both the morning and the evening papers delivered every day. On Saturdays it was just the morning paper and the evening paper - The Seattle Times - was the Sunday paper. I read them all. I dealt with all the stacks of old newspapers. Until one day, about 15 years ago, I quit.

Today, for the first time since then, I had a physical paper at my door this morning. Weird.

I enjoyed reading it. It's not something I would want to do everyday, but, it was interesting. I saw stuff, read articles, that I probably would skip by in the online version.

rsc and jwg, I'm pretty sure still read a tree version of the paper every morning. And there are people in this building who get the paper delivered every day. But not too many.

I used to use old newspaper for stuff but now the only thing I remember is lighting fires in the fireplace and making paper mache. Not really needing either of those now.

I walked to the other side of the baseball park this morning. It felt like it was a lot further than it turned out to be. It was not even as far as I go when I do my new added on block so back to the original. It was lovely and cool and a little drizzly out this morning.

Yesterday I had an increasingly hurtful spot of gout. It did not bother my walking but when I stopped it throbbed. I iced it down and took an anti gout pill and worried about what I'd do if it got worse. This morning it is gone. Whew. That stuff is painful!

And speaking of drugs... Costco sent me a text that my inhaler prescription was ready for pickup. I then checked my other 3 and they all had 16 days left (before the insurance would cover the bulk of the cost) so I called Costco and told them I'd be in when all four were ready. That was Thursday. Yesterday I got a text that all 4 were ready. Man, those 16 days flew past!! I could get instacart to deliver them but I think I'll brave it and go myself. They still have old people hours so I'll pop over there at 9 am tomorrow and do the deed.

I finished up a knitting project last night only to discover that it is about 4 sizes too big. I enjoyed knitting it so much that I think I'm going to rip out the 70% that is the problem and re-knit it smaller. Not today. Today I'm going to crochet.

But, first I need to pick up all this newspaper and clean up the kitchen from breakfast and get the house tidy. Then, if you need me, I'll be on my ass on the couch, watching tv and crocheting. Except for when I'm on the treadmill.

Comments

[jwg.livejournal.com]

Yes we read tree versions of the Boston Globe every day. The Gloucester Times only publishes 4 times a week; two other days there is an on-line version with comics and puzzles.

[meowmensteen]

Me too! I get the Seattle Times delivered every day.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I haven't bothered reading the two local papers I used to read for months because the primary reason I read them was to keep informed about local events that aren't happening anymore. :(

[maju01.livejournal.com]

I used to use the free local newspaper (in Perth) to make dressmaking patterns on. I've still got some patterns on newspaper that I brought with me from Australia.

[treecareseo.livejournal.com]

Awesome

[legalmoose]

We get the Sunday tree edition of the Washington Post, mostly so I can clip the coupons. I've found that the 'subscribe-to-the-Sunday-edition-for-a-year-and-get-online-access-included' deals here will pay for themselves if I pay a medium amount of attention to pulling out useful coupons.

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

I'm relieved to hear even experienced knitters have problems with sizing! I imagined that after a while proper knitters could just magically intuit whether things would fit and it was only me that was stupid enough to have problems.

[susandennis]

oh hell no. i'm often wrong and often this wrong, too! i think knitters who size correctly are just luckier

[howeird]

We got the Sunday Times when we moved to Seattle. I was on the UW newspaper staff, so all the papers were available - Times, P-I, Tacoma News-Trib, Daily Olympian, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Bellingham Herald, and so on. One of my professors became editor in chief of the Times, and was instrumental in merging it with the P-I after a fashion. I've lost track, but for a while they published ALL the comics in a joint Sunday edition with separate editorial pages. I think Sports was the P-I and real news was the Times.

A quick look at their online pages shows the P-I is still conservative and the Times is more progressive. And the P-I still does a better job covering sports, what is left of them.

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

I get the Philadelphia Inquirer (the Inky) delivered on Sundays only. I started subscribing for the coupons but since then three things happened: I started shopping at Aldi (no coupons), I noticed that most of the coupons were for health and beauty items that I don't use and coupons expire far quicker than they used to, mostly within two weeks. Now I barely even look at the Sunday paper and only use it to light the charcoal grill and line the basement floor when I anticipate that the dog may pee down there (if leaving her alone too long is unavoidable, but when she's not left alone long enough to warrant the expense of boarding). There's no dog walking service in my neighborhood for some reason (crime rate? poverty? Black? all of the above?).

Anyway, back to the Inky. I still buy it to keep print jobs alive, just like I mostly refuse to use self-checkout to preserve cashier jobs.