Magazines?

Pete Zicato · 01-24-2011, 07:23 PM

Do any of you still subscribe to magazines? I used to subscribe to a bunch - programming magazines, Time, Reader's Digest. The only magazine I get anymore is the Smithsonian.

How 'bout you.

Griff · 01-24-2011, 07:25 PM

Smithsonian, National Geographic, and Mother Earth News

Bullitt · 01-24-2011, 07:50 PM

National Geographic. The quality of the articles is astounding each issue. I will have a subscription till the day I die.

Cloud · 01-24-2011, 08:03 PM

trade magazines, and Ornament. For everything else, I just surf. Sooo much better without all that clutter!

Juniper · 01-24-2011, 08:11 PM

Reader's Digest (on Kindle), Atlantic (was free with a professional membership), Writer's Digest, Cincy Magazine, Dayton B2B, a couple "free" mags about marketing, Website Mag, Popular Mechanics for hubby and Teen Vogue for my daughter.

Shawnee123 · 01-25-2011, 07:45 AM

I love magazines, but don't buy any. Except I got a short subscription to Time from my cow orker's son's fundraiser. My mom also gives me her used Reader's Digests, which I love.

Time seems flimsier than it used to be.

glatt · 01-25-2011, 07:58 AM

Fine Woodworking became really dumbed down and repetitive, so I stopped it.

Make Magazine is too damn expensive, plus they published in their blog a few months ago the location of the free web based electronic version. I'd be a fool to purchase what they have as a free .PDF on the web.

The only magazine I get right now is SPIN, and that's only because it's being sent here in error. Somebody subscribed to it and put in the wrong address. So it comes to us for free. Ed Talpia, wherever you are, thank you.

For the most part, the good magazines I've received have all lowered their standards and are aiming for the lowest common denominator while at the same time raising their prices a lot and cutting the amount of content. I'd like to get a magazine, but they are all crap.

Shawnee123 · 01-25-2011, 08:02 AM

Ed Talpia. Hahahahhaa. Poor Ed. Probably been waiting by his mailbox for months.

(Reminded of a Friends episode, them having a competition for the apartment, question was "What name is on the TV Guide that Joey and Chandler have delivered every week?" Rachel or Monica: Oh, I know I know: CHANDLER BING. Ross: Bzzzz, I'm sorry, that's incorrect. The TV guide is addressed to Chnandler Bong.)

Lamplighter · 01-25-2011, 08:55 AM

Here is the future... a well done magazine on-line for free.

Catch is devoted to fly fishing photography...

"Fly Fishing... if you have money, I have a pocket"

Stormieweather · 01-25-2011, 10:03 AM

I don't subscribe to any these days. Everything I ever wanted to read/know/look up is on the internet. Research articles, opinions, medical journals, columns, jokes, photos, etc.

The only one I'd ever consider again is National Geographic.

Happy Monkey · 01-25-2011, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Make Magazine is too damn expensive, plus they published in their blog a few months ago the location of the free web based electronic version. I'd be a fool to purchase what they have as a free .PDF on the web.

I'm that fool.

Razzmatazz13 · 01-25-2011, 10:21 AM

I don't subscribe to any magazines, but I will pick up Real Simple from time to time from the grocery line. So much eye candy... Mmmm.

wolf · 01-25-2011, 10:42 AM

I subscribe to Whistleblower.

I occasionally buy Real Simple at the grocery store. Every couple of months I buy a Dell Crossword magazine. If something really catches my eye on the cover, I'll buy a Crochet magazine, but I have a stock of those big enough to keep me in stitches for years to come, just add yarn.

Shawnee123 · 01-25-2011, 10:46 AM

OH yeah, mom gives me her old Real Simples, as of late. I will also buy crossword puzzle mags IF they have cryptic crosswords in them, but those are really hard to find.

Clodfobble · 01-26-2011, 11:39 PM

My mom once gave me a subscription to this smelling-their-own-farts urban-hippie magazine called Utne, which I could never even bring myself to crack the cover on. When the subscription finally ran out, they kept hounding me to renew, and calling at the most awkward times, until finally I shouted at the sales rep that I never liked their stupid magazine in the first place and hung up on her.

But my mother has since redeemed herself by bringing me the occasional issue of Living Without (allergen-free cooking stuff,) something I can actually use.

01-24-2011, 07:23 PM	#1
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Magazines? Do any of you still subscribe to magazines? I used to subscribe to a bunch - programming magazines, Time, Reader's Digest. The only magazine I get anymore is the Smithsonian. How 'bout you. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

01-24-2011, 07:25 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Smithsonian, National Geographic, and Mother Earth News __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-24-2011, 07:50 PM	#3
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	National Geographic. The quality of the articles is astounding each issue. I will have a subscription till the day I die. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

01-24-2011, 08:03 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	trade magazines, and Ornament. For everything else, I just surf. Sooo much better without all that clutter! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-25-2011, 07:45 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I love magazines, but don't buy any. Except I got a short subscription to Time from my cow orker's son's fundraiser. My mom also gives me her used Reader's Digests, which I love. Time seems flimsier than it used to be. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-24-2011, 08:11 PM	#5
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Reader's Digest (on Kindle), Atlantic (was free with a professional membership), Writer's Digest, Cincy Magazine, Dayton B2B, a couple "free" mags about marketing, Website Mag, Popular Mechanics for hubby and Teen Vogue for my daughter.

01-25-2011, 07:58 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Fine Woodworking became really dumbed down and repetitive, so I stopped it. Make Magazine is too damn expensive, plus they published in their blog a few months ago the location of the free web based electronic version. I'd be a fool to purchase what they have as a free .PDF on the web. The only magazine I get right now is SPIN, and that's only because it's being sent here in error. Somebody subscribed to it and put in the wrong address. So it comes to us for free. Ed Talpia, wherever you are, thank you. For the most part, the good magazines I've received have all lowered their standards and are aiming for the lowest common denominator while at the same time raising their prices a lot and cutting the amount of content. I'd like to get a magazine, but they are all crap.

01-25-2011, 08:02 AM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Ed Talpia. Hahahahhaa. Poor Ed. Probably been waiting by his mailbox for months. (Reminded of a Friends episode, them having a competition for the apartment, question was "What name is on the TV Guide that Joey and Chandler have delivered every week?" Rachel or Monica: Oh, I know I know: CHANDLER BING. Ross: Bzzzz, I'm sorry, that's incorrect. The TV guide is addressed to Chnandler Bong.) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-25-2011, 08:55 AM	#9
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Here is the future... a well done magazine on-line for free. Catch is devoted to fly fishing photography... "Fly Fishing... if you have money, I have a pocket"

01-25-2011, 10:03 AM	#10
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	I don't subscribe to any these days. Everything I ever wanted to read/know/look up is on the internet. Research articles, opinions, medical journals, columns, jokes, photos, etc. The only one I'd ever consider again is National Geographic. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

01-25-2011, 10:21 AM	#12
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	I don't subscribe to any magazines, but I will pick up Real Simple from time to time from the grocery line. So much eye candy... Mmmm. __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

01-25-2011, 10:42 AM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I subscribe to Whistleblower. I occasionally buy Real Simple at the grocery store. Every couple of months I buy a Dell Crossword magazine. If something really catches my eye on the cover, I'll buy a Crochet magazine, but I have a stock of those big enough to keep me in stitches for years to come, just add yarn. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-25-2011, 10:46 AM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	OH yeah, mom gives me her old Real Simples, as of late. I will also buy crossword puzzle mags IF they have cryptic crosswords in them, but those are really hard to find. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-26-2011, 11:39 PM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	My mom once gave me a subscription to this smelling-their-own-farts urban-hippie magazine called Utne, which I could never even bring myself to crack the cover on. When the subscription finally ran out, they kept hounding me to renew, and calling at the most awkward times, until finally I shouted at the sales rep that I never liked their stupid magazine in the first place and hung up on her. But my mother has since redeemed herself by bringing me the occasional issue of Living Without (allergen-free cooking stuff,) something I can actually use. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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