Comments on: What’s black, white and totally over?

By: Juanita

Juanita — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:22:46 +0000

I live blocks from the DC one. I was going to send it in too. In their defense, several people in the neighborhood have asked the paper itself, petitioned their councilmembers and left signs to get it to stop and they refuse. It is a rag and we all hate it. The delivery person in my neighborhood leaves them on the ground on the road side of the sidewalk. They are littering and causing a huge burden for the residents. But they only deliver to the “nice” neighborhoods, so I guess that means my block is getting better, ha. The paper is called the “Examiner.”

By: robert

robert — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:41:00 +0000

@Amber
“Web sites almost mean nothing to us except another thing to add to the to-do list.”

If that is how the site is approached, then yes, it will be valueless.

By: Clumber

Clumber — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:58:06 +0000

A long long time ago, I worked as the lowpaid kennel help in a boarding kennel that also had their own show dogs. In the show kennels there was a particular way we were supposed to line newspapers… and for the dogs I really liked, they all got the Sunday comics. The bitey little asshats got the classifieds and the religion section. The ones I had no opinion of got everything else.

Today I have my own show dogs, but they live in the house and sleep on our bed with us so only use the newspapers for recreation (1 loves to chew them up) and for the occasional batch of pups. Even their crates have fake sheepskin or colorful blankies.

We have a subscription to the local print media, but we moved into the small town just last year and this little paper is like $9 a month and doesn’t bother itself with big news – other places do that better – it just tackles local stuff. Headline on front page the other day was something like “$Smalltown Man Arrested in Argentina!”. I hope we keep this paper forever.

By: Jahzzie

Jahzzie — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:39:33 +0000

Cady is 100% right. I worked for a “second sale” advertising circular that came out once a week. We paid the postage and mailed it through USPS as 3rd class mail. (flyers, cupons, freebee papers, etc) Everyone in our subscription area recieved this paper.
I’m pretty sure free “newspapers” work on a similar basis, surviving on advertising and relying on delivery people or just going through the 3rd class mail system. I’m thinking about just getting a second recycling bin and taping a sign saying “put The Cronicler here please.” and be done with it.

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:24:15 +0000

Nobody’s perfect, Nate.

By: Wade

Wade — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:18:23 +0000

Aww, Sarcastic Monkey. claw will always have Nate.

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:47:39 +0000

Alright Crash, #2.2 went too far. Can we please, please keep politics off of at least one website on the internet. Believe it or not, there are SOME republicans left in the country.

By: Sarcastic Monkey

Sarcastic Monkey — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:39:19 +0000

Whatever will Claw complain about without W?

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:08:57 +0000

I misunderstood

“The real estate agent was bring(ing) the papers in, and putting them in the mudroom. 60+ weeks of water loaded paper…”

to mean bringing them in over the course of the 60+ weeks…because, you know, that’s what that means.

Put that with the fact that it was just a fucking joke and you have the whole picture.

By: RandyinReno

RandyinReno — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:47:13 +0000

You nailed it Futon!

Swirlies and ampersands turn the other direction!

By: Woody24

Woody24 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:11:04 +0000

didn’t buy the house, just renting it for the time-being. And they were papers just brought in from sitting outside too long. So theres nothing wrong with the house.

By: GhostWriter

GhostWriter — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:00:30 +0000

Of course the mudroom was wet- if it had been dry, it’d be a dirtroom.

By: Saysh

Saysh — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:02:31 +0000

BWAHAHAHAHHAHA

By: Crash

Crash — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:43:01 +0000

Only if you’re above a primary grade level…remember 9 / 11 ?
Reading to those kids was more important than the safety of this country, damn it…