Newspapers
@allknowing (153530)
India
June 17, 2023 8:50pm CST
Ever since the arrival of the Internet and tv we no longer get our morning paper.
In the good old days it used to be first come first served basis The moment the newspaper boy arrived the one who reached him first would get to read the paper. Those days we were into shares and that is the page we first opened and our feelings fluctuated depending on what we saw there.
Then came the column that we termed as - hatches, matches and dispatches (birth, marriages and deaths)
What we miss is the stack of old newspapers that came in handy for several uses. When guests arrive they buy the paper from a nearby stall and that is how we get to collect some old newspapers
The channel NDTV is on when the day begins. It has a news channel and then there is the Internet that has a slot for news as well
But that excitement of grabbing the paper to be the first one to read is what I miss.
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@AmbiePam (120748)
• United States
18 Jun 23
I used to take the paper after my parents were done. I don’t know why a seven year old would want the paper, but they gave me everything but the front page. They didn’t want me reading about any murders or anything. I’d read the obituaries, birth announcements, the comics, and then the art section.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
18 Jun 23
We read that too but later in the day Yes wonder why a seven year old would want to look at particularly the art section
I have a friend who still gets the paper and she reads the entire paper yes you read it correctly the entire paper that takes her a whole day (lol)
I have a friend who still gets the paper and she reads the entire paper yes you read it correctly the entire paper that takes her a whole day (lol)3 people like this
@AmbiePam (120748)
• United States
18 Jun 23
@allknowing Wow! And God bless her for sticking to it!
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
18 Jun 23
@AmbiePam We are poles apart but still best friends.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
18 Jun 23
@RubyHawk I used to get them from the Library specially Little Lulu. I remember when she went to the confectionary store to order for a cake for her birthday she mentioned her name as Lulubelle so that she could get a lot of icing on the cake (lol)
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Jun 23
@allknowing There were always interesting articles in the newspaper and I liked the comics.Little Lulu and Peanuts.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
18 Jun 23
I have not listened to the radio for a long long time. I must get back there but tv channel is not bad either.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
18 Jun 23
@LadyDuck Our tv is at a place where one can watch while eating.
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@LadyDuck (502484)
• Italy
18 Jun 23
@allknowing Same as you, but we listened when the newspapers were still delivered. We preferred the radio to the TV because we liked to sit at a table to have breakfast, the TV was in the living room.
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@Deepizzaguy (122162)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Jun 23
I have noticed that getting the daily newspaper after the internet took over is gone and many of us miss reading the newspaper.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
18 Jun 23
@Deepizzaguy They were pretty long innings
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
18 Jun 23
I feel nostalgic thinking about it. There was a neighbour here who would give each a page to read (lol)
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@Deepizzaguy (122162)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Jun 23
@allknowing I share your feeling of nostalgia.
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@Beestring (15372)
• Hong Kong
18 Jun 23
Honestly, I haven't read a printed newspaper for a long time. The benefit of reading online newspaper is you get updated news always.
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