Timing

[stoutfellow]

There was a time when I subscribed to four different print news sources: the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post Monthly, and the Economist magazine. Over the years, as new, non-print sources became available, I let them lapse, until only the P-D remained. I've been considering dropping it as well; I basically just got it for the comics, the sudoku, and occasionally the weather report and letters column.

Today, I noticed a message on the answering machine; it proved to be the P-D, giving me a "final warning" that if they didn't hear from me, tomorrow's delivery would be my last. (Odd; I don't recall any non-final warnings from them....)

Problem solved, and with no effort on my part. That's the best kind.

Comments

[mmegaera]

I used to pick up a Seattle Times every Sunday when I'd go grocery shopping, primarily for the TV guide, although I also enjoyed the comics and some of the other contents. It was not possible to get just a Sunday subscription because the local delivery person was not capable of making the distinction between a Sunday-only subscription and a daily subscription, or between a Sunday-only subscription and not subscribing at all (he only did all or nothing, no matter what one's subscription actually was).

But when they dropped the TV guide, they lost me completely.