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Home › Entertainment

Poll | 04/21/2009 12:00 am

How many magazine subscriptions do you have?

Read more about: magazines, Postal Service, publishing

65 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Susan Gee

Although I currently have no magazine subscriptions, it has nothing to do with this supposedly being "the digital age" and everything to do with our budget, the availability of magazines in our local library, and the thought that we may have to downsize in the not-too-distant future.

I am a packrat and downsizing would mean getting rid of all the magazines I have saved…although I was recently tempted by the Mother Earth News…

By Susan Gee on 04/21/2009 8:47 am
Kay Sara
I have no subscriptions but I do love to look at the beautiful Living magazine by Martha Stewart and up until a few years ago I used to swear by the recipes in Bon Appetit.  Obviously they have money problems and the content has been slashed and appears to be mostly advertisements.  I got tired of the guilt when the newspapers and magazines would pile up without me having the time to read them.
By Kay Sara on 04/21/2009 9:30 am
Rainbow Power
Being a Greening of the Earth junkie, who likes to learn ways to make my life back-to-the-land, I subscribe to Mother Earth News.  One month it might tell how to make awonderful no knead bread while the next month it might be installing a solar panel.  All for the good of the earth.
By Rainbow Power on 04/21/2009 10:01 am
Lauriate Roly
Only one - National Geographic - lifetime subscription in effect for seventy years now.  (still some time to go, I hope).
By Lauriate Roly on 04/21/2009 10:19 am
James the Game
Work out every day, Lauriate, to stretch the muscles, invigorate the heart, lungs and mind. And you’ll live to 110, no problem. If you lived near me, I’d teach you karate. And, yes, you can do it, I don’t care how old or what condition.
By James the Game on 04/25/2009 12:31 pm
Lauriate Roly

More sound advice from Grand Rapids. I suppose I could manage Karate performed solo.

I presume this is the method you suggest James? No UFC stuff. I really wouldn’t be up to it.

By Lauriate Roly on 04/25/2009 3:16 pm
James the Game
Yes. You could call a local school, and find out the particulars. Visit a couple first and get a feel for the atmosphere and whether you’d be comfortable there. But it’s good for the whole body, whereas most forms of exercise are not. Karate has unique benefits in terms of flexibilty, conditioning and so forth. And at most schools, you’ll develop new friends and camaraderie.
By James the Game on 04/25/2009 4:33 pm
Lauriate Roly

Oh James thank you for your serious reply but honestly, I was only kidding, and I thought you would recognize my lame attempt at humor. If you saw me you would immediately join me in fits of laughter. You would soon realize I am nowhere near capable of entertaining any thoughts of Karate or any other sport. There was a time though, but no more. I will follow your recommendations partially and attempt to continue to exercise my brain. It still works (to a degree). But, thanks for the memory !

By Lauriate Roly on 04/25/2009 5:36 pm
James the Game
Don’t sell yourself short. We had a guy in his 80s doing the karate. You go at your own pace.
By James the Game on 04/25/2009 6:51 pm
nanchan u

I read The New Yorker cover to cover every week (it comes with me in my big ole handbag along with the iPod for reading while waiting, etc), Also have a subscription to O and Wired.

My sister gives me Sunset magazine every year for Christmas and I have a library going back about 10 years of those: they are fantastic and worth a move to the Left Coast! (I’m sure you can get them in the East Coast as well)

By nanchan u on 04/21/2009 10:41 am
starry Nite

I am cutting back on magazines but I find magazine subscriptions are like weeds they are hard to get rid of. 

Cooking is one of my hobbies and was reading Food and wine, Gourmet, Bon Appetite but with on line articles and recipes who needs them. 

I read the Economists but Time and the others have gone by the wayside.  The Internet rules.

By starry Nite on 04/21/2009 10:49 am
DeBúrca obj

The only one I get at the moment is ‘Mother Jones’. I let my subscription to ‘The Nation’ expire around 6 mos ago, but the renewal notice is waiting in my stack of bills. I never liked fashion magazines, too full of ads and pretty boring.

I read the paper everyday and always have a book going, so I don’t really allow a lot of time for magazines. 

By DeBúrca obj on 04/21/2009 11:12 am
Tinka Parker
Magazines are essential to any good john.
By Tinka Parker on 04/21/2009 11:15 am
Sam Mirando
Depending on the definition of "john," of course ;)
By Sam Mirando on 04/21/2009 11:17 am
J B
Southern Living, Sunset, and Bon Appetit. I just returned from ten days in Northern California, and Sunset helps me feel "connected" to my friends there and their fabulous way of life. <sigh> Ten days was barely enough, but I have promised to make it an annual trip. Till then I will just read about it!
By J B on 04/21/2009 11:30 am
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