i know it is archaic but i still get the newspaper. i like the whole process of going through the sections with a cup of coffee {less getting caught in my underwear by the occasional jogger that sneaks up on me - gooood mornin!}. a few years ago we cut the subscription back to thrusday – sunday because more often than not it would go from front porch to blue bin without even removing the plastic. one day i went out front and there were several newspapers littering our doorstep. people must have thought we were out of town. i noticed that is was a full week’s worth of papers. they were delivering everyday! believing it had something to do with our generous christmas card, i vowed to take full advantage of this freebee and read more. but after a few months of straight to recycle bin i called the los angeles times to rectify.
as the operator explained that for the same low price they would deliver an electronic copy everyday plus a physical paper whatever days i wish... a light bulb went on in my head {it must've been one of those spencer's black lights circa 1980}, because the next thing i knew we were going over some crazy random schedule just to confuse the paper boy. fri – sun, every first tue of the month and nothing on oct. 29th or fri the 13th.
to this day, i have not confirmed whether they have kept up with my lame request or have i opened the spam that crowds my inbox. i do know i do not like that that the times is selling front page advertising space to look like news - especially to the kardasians.
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