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pavane wrote:
> | I'm one of those dinosaurs, I love getting my newspapers and
> | my magazines to read, not online.
>
> There is no comparison with anything else we have. The
> pleasure of spreading out a newspaper and spending the first
> few minutes of one's morning existence, perhaps with some
> tea or coffee, is beyond any realm of electronic inducement.
> I can scritch the Cat when she appears, sip the tea, talk to those
> who are boorish enough to call during this ritual, and read the
> meanderings of humanity through the tactile medium of newsprint
> and absorb, without the obnoxiously brilliant glare, the stories of
> the day. Great commentary, long live Paper.


I subscribe to a morning paper, but I don't read it right away. I go
online and get the latest major stories and do online crosswords and
other word games. Later on in the morning I go out for a coffee and take
the paper with me, read in in a coffee shop and do the crossword.