old magazines

@aidenw (632)
United States
September 27, 2008 7:35pm CST
if you subscribe to or buy magazines regularly, what do you do with them after you've read them? do you keep them, throw them away or maybe even sell them? i used to keep old magazines but after a while i ran out of space so i started throwing them away.
2 people like this
8 responses
@Humbug25 (12540)
28 Sep 08
Hello there aidenw I would either put them in the recycling bin as I went or take them to the doctors for their waiting room but if I had a whole collection of a specific subject then I would offer them to someone on freecycle.
@aidenw (632)
• United States
28 Sep 08
hi humbug25, those that you take to the doctors, do they have your name and address on them? as i said above i'm a little concerned about my personal info getting into the wrong hands.
1 person likes this
• United States
28 Sep 08
Hi, Aiden! We teachers have a wonderful son to this problem. Many, including this one, bring them to school for the kids to read. I even subscribe to a few I don't read and I don't like, so the kids can have the benefit of something interesting to read.
1 person likes this
@aidenw (632)
• United States
28 Sep 08
it's interesting that the kids will read stuff that you don't like. are they kid's magazines? thanks for responding.
1 person likes this
• United States
28 Sep 08
Actually, I teach high school seniors, not little kids. They love things like Teen People, ESPN, Vibe, etc., but they also like most of what I read, such as Time, Newsweek, Natioal Geographic. etc.
• United States
28 Sep 08
We read them and then donate them to the hospital and/or nursing home so that the patients can read them. Sometimes my girls cut them up to make stuff out of but usually they get donated. Have a great day!!
@aidenw (632)
• United States
28 Sep 08
yes of course, donating them to those places is a great thing but some magazines have your name and addresss printed on them and i just don't want them to get into the wrong hands. i guess i could cover them with black markers or tear them off but that would be too tedious. thanks for responding and have a great weekend!
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
28 Sep 08
i pass them on to a friend of mine. i really hate to show them away. she enjoys reading them to.
1 person likes this
@aidenw (632)
• United States
28 Sep 08
i know some magazines are so nice that you hate to throw them away. good thing you have a friend who enjoys reading them. thanks for your response.
28 Sep 08
Hi aidenw, Well I used to subscribe to a magazines and I have still got them as I used to file the the pages I want for reference and throw away the rest of the magazines so there is less clutter. Tamara
1 person likes this
@aidenw (632)
• United States
28 Sep 08
hi tamara, keeping just certain pages for reference is a good idea. thanks for your response.
• Singapore
28 Sep 08
I collect a few old magazines, then I either use them for artwork or throw them in the recyling bin. Or I cut out nice pictures from the magazines and put them in an album. I'm silly, right? =x
1 person likes this
@aidenw (632)
• United States
28 Sep 08
i don't think you're silly at all. creative is more like it. thanks for your response.
@duranv (516)
• Honduras
28 Sep 08
I usually keep them for a while and then when eventually I just get tired of seeing them around I throw them away.
1 person likes this
@aidenw (632)
• United States
28 Sep 08
yeah that's what i do too. thanks for your response.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
28 Sep 08
I am not one to read magazines and such, but If I were I know I would keep them for awhile and then recycle them or give them to other people or maybe even make fun projects out of them if I could. I agree that they can take up a lot of space.
1 person likes this
@aidenw (632)
• United States
28 Sep 08
recycling is a good idea but unfortunately there isn't any recycling place near where i live. also if the magazines are on a very specific topic and technical there may not be very many other people interested in them. thanks for responding.