I get the weekend edition. Mostly to relax at the breakfast table and go through the ads. Environmentally, the newspaper is really not that great considering now that we can turn to the computer. I'm thinking of getting rid of it, but it's still useful to line the floor under my baby's high chair and when I give myself a haircut. But I'm strongly considering canceling it after my baby stops throwing his food.
Yep. 7 days a week. Call me old school, but I just don't find reading the paper on the 'net relaxing. Plus, I already sit in front of a monitor for my job. I don't really want to be staring at it for my daily news fix. It may not be environmentally friendly, but I made enough adjustments in other arenas that I don't feel guilty in the least getting the paper.
Yup, the Sunday Journal. Mainly for the TV Guide, but I can read where ever I like. Hate all the Flyer's though, epically this time of year.
Don't get any newspapers, but throw away the equivalent of a good thick Sunday edition every week made from all the "Shop local" advertising papers delivered to our building. If I could stop them, I would.
Yes, we do get the paper... The Daily World Someday, they hope to put the entire newspaper online, but for now, the only way to really read it, is to get it. Oh, and my daughter works for the newspaper. We also recycle every one!
What? Yesterday's News in Paper Format? Why, yes I do. Seven days a week. Much more in depth reporting on local 'news.' Also 100% recycled after we are done with it.
they are kind enough to deliver bird cage papers straight to our mailbox... the same crap that scott hates, keeps our bird area clean. i'm not a fan of it either but it does the trick. don't get a newspaper beyond that.
I also get it seven days per week. It is a different 'read' than on-line, and I find it relaxing to sit at the breakfast table to read the paper. However, with the news these days, I shold wonder why I find it relaxing! 100 % recycled, even the plastic bags, strings (reused) or rubber bands (reused) that it comes in.
No, I don't read a newspaper. I only use them for drop cloths, and I get all I need from other people. Tom
Yes, that way I can circle all the typos and misused words I find in the local rag (cross words are more fun than the Crossword). I think this may be a generational thing for most people. I grew up with a paper in the house, my wife had three delivered when she was growing up. I do access the Washington Post online, but there's nothing like having something you can hold in your hands and get ink smeared on your fingers (I know, I delivered them door-to-door in high school). And yes, we recycle everything (this year a neighbor used a pile of our papers for garden mulch - we'll see how well that works in the spring). I don't get up early enough each day to see what the paper carrier is driving, but I kind of doubt it's a hybrid. By the way, as the holiday season is upon us, don't forget to give your newspaper deliverer a year-end tip if the service warrants it. Jim
I hate those! My mailbox is stuffed full of them every time I empty it. I have a personal paper shredder that I use for sensitive papers, I run most of the ads through it and take the whole bag to the recycle center.
My dad worked for News Limited, he was a truck driver for them so we always had newspapers around. Every day he had the opositions paper delivered as The News was an afternoon tabloid while The Advertiser was a morning broad sheet. Dad read it every morning with coffee and toast. News Limited bought out The Advertiser so now we only have 1 daily paper here in Adelaide, The Advertiser in tabloid size and it's a morning paper. There was only ever 1 Sunday paper, The Sunday Mail which was printed by The News but now in The Advertiser presses roll out the Sunday Mail. My brother works for The Advertiser. I have from time to time had the newspaper delivered but the amount of paper I had delivered that I didn't read was depressing, such a waste. Even though it is recycles it uses a lot of resources. My wife often brings the Advertiser home from work but I don't get it delivered. I wish she would leave the paper behind for other people to read, I get my news on line, radio and TV news.
I haven't had a paper since I moved into my house in 1987. I picked up an occasional "Weekly Reader" but mostly I do without. I used to watch the news just to stay somewhat aware of the world but after a while just couldn't stand the nightly car accidents. Like that's news? Uh...the car has been around for almost a century. A crash isn't news anymore. Now I get my news online. Mostly yahoo news when I feel like it. I can pick and choose. Mostly I read the environmental section. Occasionally an odd news will catch my eye. And sometimes I read the technology section. For scrap paper I have the Pennysave and weekly advertisements that come in the mail. That's way plenty for my needs. You can get some plastic and wash it after baby's dinner tantrums.
What's with this delivery business? Doesn't anyone buy their newspapers from a local newstand, stationary store or candy store anymore? Or has that generally been a big, crowded city thing? Anyway, I used to buy at least 3 newspapers every day --- 2 tabloids (NY Daily News, Newsday and/or NY Post) and 1 broadsheet (NY Times). These days, on Monday thru Saturday, I generally buy 2 of the tabloids and read the NY Times online. On Sunday, I both buy the NY Times and read it online. I like to buy the tabloids to read on the subway, in the park and in shops, and for the advertisements. I prefer to read the NY Times online because it's a lot easier than reading it in its hard copy format --- broadsheet, smaller fonts, and multiple sections make for a PITA read. Newspapers in the US are generally printed differently these days. With computers replacing typesetting, and with the corresponding use of different inks, the current printed newspaper hardly gives off any ink. Unlike the old days when you couldn't read or hold a newspaper without blackening your hands (and sometimes, clothes).
Yes, I do have the news paper (Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel) delivered. In this house, I have to walk to the end of the driveway to retrieve it from the plastic sleeve mounted on the mailbox post. I REALLY miss just being able to open my front door. I check newspaper websites too, but I do enjoy sitting down with the paper in a comfortable chair. I think it is a generational thing.
On her first trip to NY, my wife was amazed at how small a New Yorker can fold a newspaper when reading it on a subway. In fact, she thinks New Yorkers can take up less public space per person than anyone on the planet. Obviously she has never been to Japan or China. Tom
Our town has a paper that's delivered for free, weekly. It's nice to get local news, stuff that's not on TV or the web, that directly relates to us. It's never huge, and I always read most of it. I used to deliver newspapers, when I was about 12 years old. It was nice to have a little bit of responsibility and my own income at that age. My parents let me do what I wanted with the money, and I learned a lesson or two about what not to waste money on. Do young kids still deliver papers anywhere?
nope. stopped home delivery about 7-8 years ago when they started full edition online for free (the cheap in me conquers nearly all!!) as far as ads, most come in the mail anyway... around here we get two ad days a week... i will say that most i know dont get the paper delivered but will go out and get thanksgiving day paper for exercise ...heehehe
