Local news, anyone?

[Bartster]

I just completed a successful trade with bbowser (thanks Bruce). The kit came very well packaged.............in newspaper! I often receive trades packed with others "local" news. I really get a kick out of perusing the stories from other parts of the country. I was just wondering if anyone else enjoys this part of the trading process as much as I do? From now on I will include some local tid-bit from my part of the world in all my dealings.

Edited April 14, 2012 by Bartster

[mrmike]

I also enjoy looking over the news from other parts of the country. It's nice to know about the type of activities in areas that I am not familiar with and seem to be so far away.

[bbowser]

I enjoy seeing 'news' from elsewhere, and it doubles to start the woodstove after !

[Bartster]

I enjoy seeing 'news' from elsewhere, and it doubles to start the woodstove after !

..........I thought l was the only one country enough to have a woodstove in the house!

[bbowser]

..........I thought l was the only one country enough to have a woodstove in the house!

Supposed to hit 60 today, may be done for the season!

[Chuck Most]

I have a wood stove in the shop, so they do come in handy for that!

And yes, I do sometimes leaf through the newspaper 'packing material' after I've removed my trade or purchase. There's a Ford dealer here in Michigan claiming to sell F-Series trucks for less than any other place in the country, but I have a few newspaper ads from Missouri which seem to contradict that.

[Dr. Cranky]

News from other places? Is there such a thing? I thought newspapers had disappeared forever, or rather the "real" news in them have. The reason why I build models is to hide from whatever news are happening in the real world, or what they are calling news these days.

LOL!

[bbowser]

Call me old school, I still get the newspaper delivered daily. It's gotten thinner over the years, but I can't bring myself to read anything on the 'puter except this forum.

[Mercman]

Here's a piece from our loacl paper a few years ago. Now it's like a gossip rag, Only good thing is the crossword, and the comics.

[bbowser]

LOL! We had a similar thing when I lived in Duluth many years ago. Not ND, but close. I actually witnessed snow on the 4th of July one year!

[moparmagiclives]

That's pretty funny, I like to see the sale adds from the non franchise mom and pop type stores. Interesting to see what's moving in other places.

[Wayne Buck]

That's pretty funny, I like to see the sale adds from the non franchise mom and pop type stores. Interesting to see what's moving in other places.

I kinda like getting newspapers in the box for that reason too... It's also interesting to see the pages with coupons from the bigger stores, such as supermarkets, that I never knew existed.

Here on the New Jersey shore, you'll see Shop-Rite (supermarkets) and Wawa (convenience stores) everywhere. When I moved to Illinois for a year to go to school, it seemed to be Jewel Osco and White Hen Pantry everywhere.

I was actually surprised to see that they didn't have the same stores that I was so familiar growing up with in Jersey (I was fresh outta high school and have never been anywhere else. LOL).

[Chuck Most]

I never knew Wawa really existed until I started doing trades with a couple of guys out in Pennsylvania a few years back. Apparently that place is huge there.

[Rob Hall]

I don't think I've ever been bored enough to read newspaper used as packing material.

[Modlbldr]

Nick (Winter) sent me one that he said I'd enjoy. It had a bikini clad girl in it (the paper, not the box). Got a chuckle out of it.

Oddly enough-trades with Nick are going to go up now. LOL!

Later-

[crazyjim]

Hey Bart - let's do a trade so we can swap newspapers. We get the local paper delivered everyday. Marcia takes it to the library with everyday so she can track the obits for the library where she works. The newspaper doesn't maintain an obit file and library system wants the info. The minus is that we pay for the paper and plus side is that the county recycles it so I don't have to bother with it. What the county library system is going to do when Marcia retires in a few months, I have no idea. Don't care either.

[robertw]

Mercman, I enjoyed your newspaper clipping. We have almost the same practices here in Saskatchewan but we do it in Celsius.

Yep, I've always enjoyed reading my model order stuffing but unfortunately a lot of places are turning to bubble wap or the plastic air pillows to fill the box corners and while bubble wap provides its own fun I don't enjoy it as much as reading other cities newspapers.

rob

[Bartster]

Haha Jim. l actually do have an offer for you. l'll PM you later.

[RodneyBad]

The last newspaper I got wrapped with a model was from Japan.

Dang, I can't read Japanese.

[Wayne Buck]

I never knew Wawa really existed until I started doing trades with a couple of guys out in Pennsylvania a few years back. Apparently that place is huge there.

Yup, a little too huge... LOL

I can't even drive in any direction from my house for more than 10 minutes without passing at least 1 or 2 of them!

I do love my Wawa cappucinos though!

[Qwit Pushin]

News from other places? Is there such a thing? I thought newspapers had disappeared forever, or rather the "real" news in them have. The reason why I build models is to hide from whatever news are happening in the real world, or what they are calling news these days.

LOL!

Newspapers are nearly extinct. Plenty of people still prefer to read the print edition but no longer want to subscribe to what amounts to a 'brochure'. And fewer businesses want to advertise in them anymore. I worked as Art & Production director for a newspaper for 25-1/2 years, that's when the company decided that the folks who design the ads and pages were a luxury they could no longer afford. Ad rep's and editors now pull double-duty providing those services, resulting in job burnout for those folks and a less than desirable product for the reader/advertiser. Remember, newspapers are held accountable for what they report, while online 'news agencies' are largely unknown, untouchable and immune to the laws governing libel and other forms of misrepresentation, meaning that the credibility of what they provide will always be suspect. That my friends is where our society is in peril. Responsible people make critical purchasing, voting and other major life decisions based on what they believe from their news sources. Make sure you are relying on a reputable one. Better yet, support your local newspaper by purchasing a subscription. Rant complete.

[charlie8575]

Mike, very interesting post and points you've made, and largely so very true. One of the reasons news, in so many respects really isn't anymore. It's become fluff and fluster, not so much solid, investigative or expository reporting.

For the record, when I lived in New Beford, I used to subscribe to the Standard-Times. An excellent newspaper with superb local and regional coverage. Bob Frias, who is from New Bedford originally, I think will probably agree.

But, yes, I do read the papers from other parts of the country. It's interesting to see what's going on elsewhere, different regional practices, and sometimes, based on some political stories I've read, to remind myself that Massachusetts doesn't have a monopoly on corrupt dolts. It just seems like it sometimes.

Charlie Larkin

Edited April 15, 2012 by charlie8575

[Rob Hall]

I haven't subscribed to a print paper in a over a decade...I get news from newspaper websites of interest to me (Arizona Republic, Denver Post, NY Times, LA Times, etc) along w/ email and Twitter updates from MSNBC, Reuters, BBC, aggregators like Google news, etc..and several other sites and Twitter feeds for tech industry news..

Edited April 15, 2012 by Rob Hall

[Mercman]

Yeah I used to be in the Duluth area once a week, used to have a route that delivered motor oil and parts there. Nasty place to drive semi in the winter with all the hills. I remember one time in June driving through Wisc. all four seasons within in a 20 mile stretch of road. Went from 75 deg. to a rain storm, then a blizzard, then back to spring summer.

We get the local paper because my wife works for a insurance comp. and she checks the obits to find any clients that have kicked. Also my niece is a photographer for the local paper. Me I like to read the crazy editorials ( makes me feel sane), and I like the comics, and crossword. Most of my news I get on the radio when I'm driving.

[berr13]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who enjoys paper packing. It always bums me out when someone has used a USA Today--what good is that? I work in a grocery store produce department, and for a while we were getting mangoes wrapped in the Honolulu newspaper--now THAT was exotic.

Jim