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Post by joono on Apr 26, 2018 13:14:57 GMT
I was just wondering that since my brother-in-law still buys the Sunday times and Rupert Murdoch is on his last legs.
Have you bought a newspaper in the last five years or do you get all your news from the internet?
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Post by pennybanger on Apr 26, 2018 13:41:31 GMT
We get the West Australian every day and the Sunday Times on Sundays.
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joono
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Post by joono on Apr 26, 2018 14:21:39 GMT
Ahem, vote up there Penny.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2018 18:25:00 GMT
i voted! i get the friday and sunday papers delivered every week.
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Post by maggiemay on Apr 26, 2018 22:00:25 GMT
i used to buy a weekend one just for the guardian crossword, but now i download and print them instead
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Post by flashie on Apr 26, 2018 22:29:49 GMT
we buy the paper every day except for Sunday.
We need the paper for Indie's cage.
I don't get it delivered because I absolutely hate reading the paper unless it is flat.
Hubby gets the paper every morning when he drops our daughter to work
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deb
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Post by deb on Apr 26, 2018 23:13:20 GMT
we haven't bough a paper for years.. I get most of the news from the internet these days. My parents however subscribe to the Herald Sun
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Apr 26, 2018 23:33:33 GMT
We get the local weekly paper each Wednesday, and he gets the Tele on Fridays so he knows what the RWNJs are talking about at golf on Saturday 😆 (actually it’s because he likes their cars section which is in the Friday edition) Both of them get delivered.
I read the Canberra Times online most days.
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Post by dawn on Apr 27, 2018 3:49:07 GMT
I love the feel of the paper.
I read almost all of it, except the sports.
Sometimes they start to stack up. That week when some were boycotting the dhs I read 3 or 4 weeks worth that had stacked up.
I absolutely love dear Abby and the comics.
I like it when the headlines read incorrectly.
For instance last week one read:
Coach recovering after fatal accident
This week:
Teen goes missing this weekend
(Like it was a prediction)
I love Sunday coupons!
Two weeks ago I used coupons on items I would buy anyway. I knocked $10.50 off my bill.
Though sometimes I cut coupons and let them sit on the counter til they expire.
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joono
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Post by joono on Apr 27, 2018 3:54:43 GMT
This is interesting. I didn't think newspapers would sell so well now. I was picking up the Sunday Times for my mother-in-law for a while but she is late 80s and doesn't do that internet thing. Haha, just kidding, she's not tech stupid but doesn't go online except for messages on her iphone.
Looks like Rupert still has a paper job.
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Post by figlet on Apr 27, 2018 4:05:15 GMT
I can't remember the last time I bought a newspaper. We had a 'student' deal last time we got one (which would be 10 years ago).. free on weekdays if you pick one up from the Uni store and Saturdays one delivered. That only cost $20 a semester. I did used to like reading Saturdays paper.
I do look at online news sites.. Canberra Times, SMH etc..not much 'real news' for a free look though. Newspapers do encourage you to pay for a subscription so you're able to read all their online news.
Subscriptions to paper newspapers have crashed really... since a few years ago.
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Post by maggiemay on Apr 27, 2018 4:21:01 GMT
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Post by pennybanger on Apr 27, 2018 4:40:14 GMT
Ahem, vote up there Penny. Oops! Sowwy.  Just voted |
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Post by avatarcat on Apr 27, 2018 5:05:17 GMT
I used to buy the Age on Thursdays [for the green guide] and on the weekends but haven't done so in years. The internet provides instant news so newspapers in this household are pretty much obsolete.
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Post by duffy on Apr 27, 2018 5:22:02 GMT
Probably not since the 90s lol.
I used to luv reading the Sunday papers.
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Post by pennybanger on Apr 27, 2018 6:36:02 GMT
I have to admit I often don't do much more with the papers than read the letters and do the puzzles
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deb
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Post by deb on Apr 27, 2018 7:14:18 GMT
That's a good one Maggie.. Paul Bonjorno and newly recruited Michael Pascoe |
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Apr 27, 2018 8:45:19 GMT
I can't remember the last time I bought a newspaper. We had a 'student' deal last time we got one (which would be 10 years ago).. free on weekdays if you pick one up from the Uni store and Saturdays one delivered. That only cost $20 a semester. I did used to like reading Saturdays paper. I do look at online news sites.. Canberra Times, SMH etc.. not much 'real news' for a free look though. Newspapers do encourage you to pay for a subscription so you're able to read all their online news. Subscriptions to paper newspapers have crashed really... since a few years ago. The Canberra Times app has the entire paper figlet, except for the classifieds. You can even download it in tabloid format so it looks exactly like the printed version. Not sure about SMH. |
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Post by dawn on Apr 27, 2018 9:43:26 GMT
I've noticed there aren't many classified ads. There was a time when there would be a couple of pages worth, now they fill up 1/4 of a page.
Most people around here use Craig's list or Facebook.
I enjoyed reading the errors in classified ads. I miss that. Sometimes I'd get my red pen out and circle the bad ads, them mail them to my friend in CA (she studied to be an editor).
I remember one funny ad ... for Angus stud service...
They kept using the word balls instead of bulls. I wish I could remember the exact wording they used. It was a rather long ad and so funny.
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Post by figlet on Apr 27, 2018 11:04:50 GMT
Thanks, Kay..I'll try that.
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Just voted 
