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Thread ID: 133820 2013-06-07 21:28:00 Who reads a print newspaper? stuffed (1469) PC World Chat
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1345023 2013-06-08 09:46:00 The Dominion Post, not a bad paper, but strange that NZ does not have national dailies.

The moves to charge for reading online news probably wont really get off the ground here. NZ'ers want free online general news.
Terry Porritt (14)
1345024 2013-06-08 09:54:00 The Press, we get it delivered. Great paper tbh, really couldn't imagine not having it to read every morning. Nick G (16709)
1345025 2013-06-10 06:21:00 The press is supplied free at work so read it most working days

Do they remove the job section on Wednesdays and Saturdays like one workplace I know? :p
FoxyMX (5)
1345026 2013-06-10 06:29:00 I do har (16834)
1345027 2013-06-10 22:37:00 Never have, no interest in them. Free one goes straight into the rubbish. dugimodo (138)
1345028 2013-06-11 04:46:00 We have the Herald delivered and I read it every day, plus the Sunday Star Times and the local paper.

Without them I would not have a compact information source that I could scan quickly for items of interest. I've tried reading newspapers on-line but it is too slow and very frustrating. I can scan a double-page spread for articles of interest that I might want to read, or ads that could be relevant to current needs, all in a matter of a few seconds, then move on.

Try doing that on a computer screen and see how you get on.

Newspapers are self-powered, use available light, never hang, don't need upgrading, are immune to viruses and trojans, can be recycled, are a source of latent heat in winter, are 100% recycleable, don't produce toxic waste, and feed the brain, not drain it.

I have a large trunk of newspapers from the WWII period that my mother kept for my father while he was serving in the Western Desert chasing Rommel (literally), and none of the data has deteriorated, they work just as well after nearly 70 years as they did when new.

Today''s news is tomorrow's history, good or bad, and it will be a sad day if print news ever vanishes.

Besides, what would we use to wrap our fish and chips?

Cheers

Billy 8-{) :2cents:
Billy T (70)
1345029 2013-06-11 05:08:00 Had a toss up some time ago as to weather to keep the cat or the newspaper.
They were both costing about the same.
Decided to go with the cat as we don't have to chuck it out every week.
Driftwood (5551)
1345030 2013-06-11 06:09:00 Had a toss up some time ago as to weather to keep the cat or the newspaper.
They were both costing about the same.
Decided to go with the cat as we don't have to chuck it out every week.

I can tell you how to double your savings!

Ken :-)
kenj (9738)
1345031 2013-06-11 07:47:00 Couldn't you have just made a poll for this har (16834)
1345032 2013-06-16 04:27:00 It would be interesting to see peoples age groups in their replies. I'm an older guy.

I like reading a newspaper, but I hardly buy one these days.

I read the Herald on line and read BBC news online.

There is more information in the printed Herald, its not all online.

But I think they are dreamign if they think they will eb able to bring in paywalls in NZ.

But of course someone has to pay Journalists to write the articles

Or maybe we will just rely on Tv and radio journalists in the future.

Red Phone boxes are also disappearing due to mobile phones.
Digby (677)
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