You have to read this positive story about STAT AUTHENTIC...OMG

[barrysloate]

Sadly Dan is probably correct.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Sadly Dan is probably correct.

Barry,
Good thing we won't live forever! No newspapers, what would I swat my son with?

Jeff

[barrysloate]

When I'm low on packing bubbles I use balled up newspaper. Can't do that with a computer.

[GoldenAge50s]

I guess I'm one of the "old school" folks too!

I get up in the morning, run out to the driveway in sun or snow, come in & pour that 1st cup of coffee and settle down at the kitchen table to wake up w/ the morning Providence Journal.

Can't imagine starting my day any other way! Been doing that every AM since I was a kid back in the '50's and just had to see the previous days box scores & Yankee results before I went to school!

Now it's to see the Red Sox box score, who died (which is quite often one & the same!) and where to get a flu shot before I take a nap!

[barrysloate]

Fred- first place I turn every morning is the obituary page. That's the truth.

[Jay Wolt]

I still don't understand why my neighbors get the newspaper...every single one of them do and I know every single one of them has the internet. The Lincoln paper is on the net word for word..including the classified ads. $250/year for something they can access for free.

Dan, its free because the newspaper is still in business. if enough people stop subscribing to the paper edition, the company will fold and like wise the free on line information.

HBO (Frank DeFord) last week had this same topic about sports reporting for newspapers and that so many long time companies were closing its doors.

[GoldenAge50s]

and Barry---

as the old saying goes--"If my name isn't there I feel alot better about starting my day"!

[barrysloate]

I know Fred- my joke is I always check there first to see if I'm still alive.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Dan, its free because the newspaper is still in business. if enough people stop subscribing to the paper edition, the company will fold and like wise the free on line information.

HBO (Frank DeFord) last week had this same topic about sports reporting for newspapers and that so many long time companies were closing its doors.

Yeah, I get that, but I doubt my neighbors are subsidizing the newspaper out of the goodness of their hearts. It's likely they don't know the online edition contains all the news or it's a hassle to read the paper on the internet compared to the paper (which, comparatively speaking it is)...or like many here it's part of their routine to read the paper.