I Hate It When This Happens

Canada
January 24, 2018 6:27am CST
In the middle of the night there were extremely noisy sounds. it woke both of us up. It sounded like the sky was falling. Thunder and lightning was so close it was scary. I looked at the clock and it was just 2 in the morning. I was thinking I would go out and get our paper off the driveway but he doesn't drive by our place until after 3. I fell back to sleep and slept like a baby. I was up before my husband so went out to get the paper. It was tied into a plastic bag but unfortunately it was laying in a huge puddle. Not something I wanted to see. I picked it up and could tell by the weight it was soaked in water. The bags if not tied tight enough, that happens. I got some bath towels and covered my dining table and chairs. I opened the soggy paper and spread the paper on the towels. I threw away the sections we don't read (the ads) and when my husband got up it was with a sad sigh. I told him by the time he gets home from the Y the paper will be readable so he left for his work out. I went to the computer and played here and other sites until the paper dried up.. By the time my husband got home we could both read the paper and the day was a good one... Hope your day was a good one too
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@Kandae11 (53679)
24 Jan 18
I look forward to reading the Sunday papers while having a leisurely breakfast. Sunday is the only day when l have papers delivered.
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• Canada
24 Jan 18
OUr paper doesn't have a Sunday edition, its delivered on Saturday and I will admit I feel lost with no paper on Sunday...
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
24 Jan 18
my day started out badly.Lost my wedding band and this will set the mood for the day.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
18 Feb 18
@PainsOnSlate mike found it in the fridge.lol
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• Canada
22 Feb 18
• Canada
17 Feb 18
I hope you found it.
@TheHorse (205716)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Mar 18
Glad you managed to save it.
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• Canada
28 Mar 18
Can’t let a good paper drown...
• Canada
29 Mar 18
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jan 18
Glad the paper dried out for you. It is never quite the same though is it although it doesn't really matter for a newspaper. I hate it when I spill something on a book.
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• Canada
6 Feb 18
I would hate getting a book wet too, my books are all audio so I can listen while I paint.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 18
@PainsOnSlate I've never worked out how people could read in the bath. I never had any luck with it. The steamy air made the paper funny.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
25 Jan 18
i havent read a newspaper in a few months. i sorta surprised that nowadays they dont just seal the bags, the sealers are readily available now.
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• Canada
25 Jan 18
I think the papers are brought to the people who deliver the paper and they have to but them in bags, a sealed bag would be good...
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
25 Jan 18
@PainsOnSlate - im sure a rubber band or twisty is faster, but a sealed bag is more convenient.
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@Hannihar (129453)
• Israel
25 Jan 18
That was stupid that he put the paper in the puddle. I am glad that the paper was dry by the time your husband got home.
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• Canada
5 Feb 18
He throws the paper from his car so if he hits a puddle, life happens. It did dry and I enjoyed reading it.
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@Hannihar (129453)
• Israel
5 Feb 18
@PainsOnSlate Ok PaintsOnSlate.
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
24 Jan 18
I would be frustrated at that. They can't put it in your mailbox?
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
7 Feb 18
Oh okay I see
• Canada
6 Feb 18
Our mailboxs are community mailbox, a big thing on the corner, he tosses them out the car window in the middle of the night. It doesn't get wet ofen.
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@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
25 Jan 18
It's not easy to dry newspaper if fully soaked in water. The one easy is to keep it under sun it will dry soon.
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• Canada
6 Feb 18
Its winter here so the heat is on in the house, I just laid them out on tables and chairs and they dried. They would freeze under our sun.
@rebelann (111164)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Jan 18
I'm glad it worked out for you. Wouldn't the paper boy bring you a good copy to replace this one?
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@rebelann (111164)
• El Paso, Texas
5 Feb 18
You are picky @PainsOnSlate but I see your point.
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• Canada
5 Feb 18
yes, if we complained they would give us another later in the day. I want to read it with my coffee.
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@LadyDuck (458007)
• Switzerland
24 Jan 18
I do not buy newspapers anymore, I read them online, at least they cannot get soaked and I have them ready to read at no matter which time I wake up in the morning.
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@LadyDuck (458007)
• Switzerland
17 Feb 18
@PainsOnSlate I read the Swiss and Italian newspapers and I also have a look to the French and American news, it would be a lot of newspapers to buy.
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• Canada
17 Feb 18
We haven’t done that yet, although while here in the south, the hubs wants to see our paper on line daily.
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@mom210 (9036)
• United States
26 Jan 18
oh how annoying. Glad you were able to dry it out.
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• Canada
4 Feb 18
Me too, i love my morning paper.
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• Midland, Michigan
31 Jan 18
It's funny how simple things can make or break our having a good day. Glad it was readable even though you had to wait a bit first.
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• Canada
4 Feb 18
It didn't take too long to dry out, I love my morning paper...
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@tzwrites (4835)
• Romania
25 Jan 18
It's annoying that the paper got wet...maybe they can bring the paper pre-wrapped like magazines.
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• Canada
25 Jan 18
The plastic bag usually works, it only fails when the driver tosses the bag into a big puddle.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
24 Jan 18
I don't think we can even get the paper delivered at our house.
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• Canada
24 Jan 18
I though everyone had their paper delivered daily... I'm sure its available...or not. We are avid paper readers so we have always had the paper delivered.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
24 Jan 18
@PainsOnSlate we live too far out
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
25 Jan 18
I normally keep the wet paper next to our gas range and with that heat the paper dries up.
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• Canada
6 Feb 18
That sounds like a good idea.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
25 Jan 18
My delivery man double wraps the paper when it is raining and it has worked well so far!! I am glad you were able to dry it out.
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• Canada
6 Feb 18
Your delivery man sound smarter than mine...
@sallypup (57858)
• Centralia, Washington
25 Jan 18
You were determined to get what you paid for.
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• Canada
5 Feb 18
I like reading the paper when I get up in the morning with my coffee, I do it every day...
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Jan 18
Makes me kind of glad that we rarely ever have thunderstorms in western Oregon.
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• Canada
6 Feb 18
Wow, I thought thunderstorms were everywhere. We get them a lot.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
24 Jan 18
I slept through that thunderstorm....I was tired. Now we are getting some snow. The flyer deliveryman throws our papers at the end of the drive. 50% of the time it ends up in the ditch...which is full of water. I think he needs to work on his aim.
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• Canada
15 Feb 18
Ours is good most of the time, we have one low space that turns into a large puddle, he doesn’t notice because he flys by and tosses it over the roof of his car...
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@cyberrat (204)
• Portsmouth, Ohio
24 Jan 18
I hate it when they get ours rarley even te the bag they just shove them in them (if we are lucky) and toss them in the yard
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• Canada
6 Feb 18
Our driveway had one big puddle and because he's doing it at night if its raining, the paper is in the water about a half dozen times every year....