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multigraincracker

(34,105 posts)
21. Old school and cheap here.
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 10:46 AM
Feb 2022

The local fish wrap is $2.25/day. I tried to get the cheap E edition and when I called the number it was surreal. After they got my credit card number, I ended up getting all kind of charges on it.
Went to the bank and had cancel the account and start a new one. Had to change all of my direct deposit...in other words a cluster f**k for me.

Found a local coffee shop that always has a couple of copies around. Now I go online and see if there are any headlines of articles I need to read to keep up on local news. If so, I get out of the house, a positive for me, and get a $2.00 cup of joe and read the paper. Takes the time it takes to read the paper as drink a small coffee.
I get out and socialize for the same price. Win, Win for me.
I'll to check the library on the Reservation that I live on. I get my library card there and it gives me access to every library in the county. Love to support the Tribe too.

Excellent! point! Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #1
I only pay Casady1 Feb 2022 #2
This. zeusdogmom Feb 2022 #6
+1 happy feet Feb 2022 #12
Amen. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2022 #26
agreed, that's why I pay for NJCher Feb 2022 #33
I think the WaPo lets me "gift" six articles per month, maybe eight. I can't recall. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #43
Yep. IrishAfricanAmerican Feb 2022 #35
Not for $17/month I'm not. AllyCat Feb 2022 #52
Exactly RecoveringJournalist Feb 2022 #18
Actually worse than "nothing" PatSeg Feb 2022 #27
Exactly. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2022 #59
Same here PatSeg Feb 2022 #23
Of course it's OK to support them.... paleotn Feb 2022 #30
Keep in mind... llmart Feb 2022 #38
You are correct. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #44
Yes, I saw that nasty rant. llmart Feb 2022 #47
Me, too. Grasswire2 Feb 2022 #58
Try Mercury Reader ItsjustMe Feb 2022 #3
Usually clearing the cookies in your browser works AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2022 #4
No need to delete cookies ItsjustMe Feb 2022 #8
A lot of newspapers block attempts to read them via incognito browsers. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #20
Amen, amen, amen! zeusdogmom Feb 2022 #5
Thanks. It's as if a lot of DUers figured that, once they got out of elementary school, they didn't mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #7
It does feel good to sit and read at the library zeusdogmom Feb 2022 #9
A most excellent reminder. I love my local library for all the reasons that you niyad Feb 2022 #10
It's also where I update the OS on my mobile phone. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #13
+1 llmart Feb 2022 #40
Great idea! I paid for NYT and suddenly got billed $17/mo AllyCat Feb 2022 #11
that happened to me, too NJCher Feb 2022 #42
But...... frogstar0 Feb 2022 #14
I did that and it asks me to create an account bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #15
For me, it's my library card number, and then a four-digit PIN that mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #17
I'm a librarian and the default login intheflow Feb 2022 #48
Those alternatives don't work for me bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #49
Yes! My wife is a librarian in New City N.Y. (not to be confused with NYC) patphil Feb 2022 #16
I understand the desire to Old Crank Feb 2022 #19
Amen. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2022 #25
your post pretty much describes my own stopdiggin Feb 2022 #34
Old school and cheap here. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #21
you should also be cherishing that $2.00 cup stopdiggin Feb 2022 #36
that sounds like a fun way to approach it NJCher Feb 2022 #45
I'd rather pay if I can. It funds good, professional journalism... paleotn Feb 2022 #22
True. Internet "journalism": free. Professional journalism: not free FailureToCommunicate Feb 2022 #28
Mixed feelings about this. AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #24
Post removed Post removed Feb 2022 #29
You seem not to understand the concept of taxes. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #37
admirable rant. feel better? -(nt)- stopdiggin Feb 2022 #39
I pay for newspapers because they are a vital aspect of a democracy. talking-liberally Feb 2022 #31
I'd buy you a dozen valentine hearts GarySeven Feb 2022 #32
I subscribe o two newspapers. I also pay taxes which support my library. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #50
My dad supported our family working for newspapers. He was one of the printers that put together.... usaf-vet Feb 2022 #41
I do as well DBoon Feb 2022 #57
I opened a Wa Post article, then used Tools - Web Developer - Page Source to read it and ... L. Coyote Feb 2022 #46
It worked! I have access to WaPo! Thank you for this idea! AllyCat Feb 2022 #51
Thanks, but don't thank me; thank your local librarians and your fellow taxpayers. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #53
I just never thought I could do this. AllyCat Feb 2022 #54
You'd be surprised at all the things you can do at the library. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #55
I am thankful for libraries I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #56
I always vote "yes" on the local library budget. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #60
A few years ago, here in NoVa, this county, when 'cons were in charge, they tried to privatize the empedocles Feb 2022 #61
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