Strange event this week..

The weekly circular from Ralphs (Kroger) was missing from the Tuesday pile
of ads in the mail box.

Today there was an envelope addressed to me with the ad inside, and another
piece of mail with the monthly rewards coupons/rebates.

New trend?

Dimitri

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
> Strange event this week..
>
> The weekly circular from Ralphs (Kroger) was missing from the Tuesday pile
> of ads in the mail box.
>
> Today there was an envelope addressed to me with the ad inside, and
> another piece of mail with the monthly rewards coupons/rebates.
>
> New trend?

You have such an exciting life.

On 2009-02-05, PurpleHaze > wrote:

> You have such an exciting life.

Apparently, you have none at all.

nb

notbob > wrote in :

> On 2009-02-05, PurpleHaze > wrote:
>
>> You have such an exciting life.
>
> Apparently, you have none at all.
>
> nb
>


You've hit the nail *right* on the head, nb.


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On Feb 4, 4:45*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> Strange event this week..
>
> The weekly circular from Ralphs (Kroger) was missing from the Tuesday pile
> of ads in the mail box.
>
> Today there was an envelope addressed to me with the ad inside, and another
> piece of mail with the monthly rewards coupons/rebates.
>
> New trend?
>
> Dimitri

========================

Dimitri,
Could it be that the company has stopped inserting in the newspaper
because subscriptions are way down at daily papers all over the
country? They still want folks to get the flyers but the paper has
lost so much of it's coverage that it isn't reaching their customers.

Lynn in Fargo
Used to be the art department for a daily paper in ND.

Lynn from Fargo wrote:

>
> Dimitri,
> Could it be that the company has stopped inserting in the newspaper
> because subscriptions are way down at daily papers all over the
> country? They still want folks to get the flyers but the paper has
> lost so much of it's coverage that it isn't reaching their customers.

The local newspapers are pretty lean news reading. One daily from a
local city has most of its national and world news, along with
editorials in the first section, and on Mondays it is usually only 8
pages. The want ads take up more space than the news. I subscribe to a
national paper, but mainly for daily crosswords and puzzles. I read the
local papers at the Y.

However, there seems to be an ever increasing number of local weekly
papers that get delivered to my house for free. They just drive by and
toss them on my lawn. If I get to them before it rains they are chuck
full of advertising and have flyer inserts. This leads me to suspect
that while subscriptions are down, they must be convincing that having a
free paper arrive at you house means that you are going to read it, so
they can claim readership. At our house, most of those weeklies are
brought into the house and tossed immediately into the recycling bin.

On Feb 5, 11:01*am, Buck > wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:46:39 +0000 (UTC), PeterL wrote:
> > You've hit the nail *right* on the head, nb.
>
> > From:.... (list of 30 snipped).
>
> Dude - you need to get a life. *One that doesn't involve RFC.
>
> Every other thread is about *you*. *And you just keep egging it on.
> Why don't you just **** off already?
>
> -sw

Careful Buck Your employer will get a complaint
from Lucas if you dare have the temerity not to toe *his* line

On Feb 4, 6:51�pm, Lynn from Fargo > wrote:

> Dimitri,
> Could it be that the company has stopped
> inserting in the newspaper because subscriptions
> are way down at daily papers all over the country?
> They still want folks to get the flyers but the paper has
> lost so much of it's coverage that it isn't reaching their
> customers.

Dimitri was getting the circulars delivered by the letter
carrier in his mail box, not in his newspaper. That's how
I get mine in Northern California, about a half dozen
chain supermarkets, plus chain drug stores, plus
Michael's, plus a bunch of pizza joints, plus... When,
I'm in Portland (OR), they come in the newspaper
but I rarely find them in the Mercury News (San Jose).
I've never gotten one in a separately addressed
envelope. I don't have a Kroger chain in NO CA that
I know of. I Portland, I do have a Kroger chain (Fred
Meyer).

On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:45:04 -0800, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>Strange event this week..
>
>The weekly circular from Ralphs (Kroger) was missing from the Tuesday pile
>of ads in the mail box.
>
>Today there was an envelope addressed to me with the ad inside, and another
>piece of mail with the monthly rewards coupons/rebates.
>
>New trend?
>
No doubt, because snail mail is decreasing in this day and age of
email and email bill payment. The USPS needs to figure out how to use
email/the internet in a way that they can charge a stamp fee per use.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:26:02 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> At our house, most of those weeklies are
>brought into the house and tossed immediately into the recycling bin.

You have more than one or two weekly news papers? Impressive!


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
> Strange event this week..
>
> The weekly circular from Ralphs (Kroger) was missing from the Tuesday pile
> of ads in the mail box.
>
> Today there was an envelope addressed to me with the ad inside, and
> another piece of mail with the monthly rewards coupons/rebates.
>
> New trend?
>
> Dimitri
>
>

Sounds like someone needed a job stuffing envelopes The local sales
circulars and coupons here in SC come with the Sunday newspaper. The
newspaper and the circulars are available online, too, or you can pick one
up when you walk into the store. It's nice to get an advance peek at them,
though. I've noticed the supermarket sales circulars have shrunk. I used
to have to flip through 6-8 pages, now it's more like 4.

Jill

jmcquown said...

> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Strange event this week..
>>
>> The weekly circular from Ralphs (Kroger) was missing from the Tuesday
>> pile of ads in the mail box.
>>
>> Today there was an envelope addressed to me with the ad inside, and
>> another piece of mail with the monthly rewards coupons/rebates.
>>
>> New trend?
>>
>> Dimitri
>>
>>
>
> Sounds like someone needed a job stuffing envelopes The local sales
> circulars and coupons here in SC come with the Sunday newspaper. The
> newspaper and the circulars are available online, too, or you can pick
> one up when you walk into the store. It's nice to get an advance peek
> at them, though. I've noticed the supermarket sales circulars have
> shrunk. I used to have to flip through 6-8 pages, now it's more like 4.
>
> Jill


There are circulars from markets and drug stores in my mailbox everyday! In
fact, if there are no circulars in the mailbox, it's safe to assume the
postman missed "his appointed round"!

They're still many pages long with the typical shower of coupon inserts.

The maddening thing about them is even if I don't want to look through
them, I do, looking for actual mail that may have slipped into the pages. I
can't remember the last time it happened but it's a force of habit. Dammit!

Andy

KevinS wrote:
> On Feb 4, 6:51�pm, Lynn from Fargo > wrote:
>
>> Dimitri,
>> Could it be that the company has stopped
>> inserting in the newspaper because subscriptions
>> are way down at daily papers all over the country?
>> They still want folks to get the flyers but the paper has
>> lost so much of it's coverage that it isn't reaching their
>> customers.
>
> Dimitri was getting the circulars delivered by the letter
> carrier in his mail box, not in his newspaper. That's how
> I get mine in Northern California, about a half dozen
> chain supermarkets, plus chain drug stores, plus
> Michael's, plus a bunch of pizza joints, plus... When,
> I'm in Portland (OR), they come in the newspaper
> but I rarely find them in the Mercury News (San Jose).
> I've never gotten one in a separately addressed
> envelope. I don't have a Kroger chain in NO CA that
> I know of. I Portland, I do have a Kroger chain (Fred
> Meyer).


I get mine in the mail as well - Thursdays usually. When I had the paper
delivered daily, I would get them with my Thursday paper. As soon as I
stopped the daily delivery, the circulars appeared in my mail. They must
have some kind of arrangement - the paper and the grocery stores....

Thursday is the DH's favorite day. He loves to read the circulars to
figure out where the best deals are.

I know - very exciting.

Tracy

Dave Smith wrote:


> However, there seems to be an ever increasing number of local weekly
> papers that get delivered to my house for free.

For some reason, they decided to stop the free delivery of the weekly
Journal here. It now costs $20 a year. That's not a huge sum, but in a
time when newspaper readership is down and the economy is not strong,
they decide to do that? It made little sense.

I used to actually enjoy that paper because it had a robust food
section. Over the past couple of years they reduced it drastically,
finally combining it with another section. The last few months before
free delivery was cut off the food portion was down to half a page or
so.



Brian

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sf wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:26:02 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> At our house, most of those weeklies are
>> brought into the house and tossed immediately into the recycling bin.
>
> You have more than one or two weekly news papers? Impressive!

Not really. There are two town weekly papers with a few articles on
local news and coverage of town issues, kids sports and a bunch of ads.
Then there are some regional weekly papers that have very little news,
but mostly ads and they come with a bunch of flyers. I just toss them
into the recycling bin.

Default User wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>
>> However, there seems to be an ever increasing number of local weekly
>> papers that get delivered to my house for free.
>
> For some reason, they decided to stop the free delivery of the weekly
> Journal here. It now costs $20 a year. That's not a huge sum, but in a
> time when newspaper readership is down and the economy is not strong,
> they decide to do that? It made little sense.

On of the town papers is sold in stores for 15 cents, or you can
subscribe, but they deliver it to everyone's mail box for free anyway,
so I don't know who is dumb enough to buy it. They also leave stacks of
them in the library and in local coffee shops.

> I used to actually enjoy that paper because it had a robust food
> section. Over the past couple of years they reduced it drastically,
> finally combining it with another section. The last few months before
> free delivery was cut off the food portion was down to half a page or
> so.

Ours has weekly recipes from a number of local chefs. One of them was
from one of my favourite restaurants, but they always seemed incomplete.
They would have am ingredient but then no mention of where it goes in.
Another was from a local steak house, and the recipes were so crappy I
was reluctant to go to the restaurant.

>
>
> Brian
>

On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:04:48 -0500, Tracy wrote:

> KevinS wrote:
>> On Feb 4, 6:51�pm, Lynn from Fargo > wrote:
>>
>>> Dimitri,
>>> Could it be that the company has stopped
>>> inserting in the newspaper because subscriptions
>>> are way down at daily papers all over the country?
>>> They still want folks to get the flyers but the paper has
>>> lost so much of it's coverage that it isn't reaching their
>>> customers.
>>
>> Dimitri was getting the circulars delivered by the letter
>> carrier in his mail box, not in his newspaper. That's how
>> I get mine in Northern California, about a half dozen
>> chain supermarkets, plus chain drug stores, plus
>> Michael's, plus a bunch of pizza joints, plus... When,
>> I'm in Portland (OR), they come in the newspaper
>> but I rarely find them in the Mercury News (San Jose).
>> I've never gotten one in a separately addressed
>> envelope. I don't have a Kroger chain in NO CA that
>> I know of. I Portland, I do have a Kroger chain (Fred
>> Meyer).
>
> I get mine in the mail as well - Thursdays usually. When I had the paper
> delivered daily, I would get them with my Thursday paper. As soon as I
> stopped the daily delivery, the circulars appeared in my mail. They must
> have some kind of arrangement - the paper and the grocery stores....
>

i get them in the paper and in the mail. it doesn't seem to matter whether
i shop there or not.

> Thursday is the DH's favorite day. He loves to read the circulars to
> figure out where the best deals are.
>
> I know - very exciting.
>
> Tracy

ah, what the hell. keeps him off the street.

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:01:06 -0600, Buck wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:46:39 +0000 (UTC), PeterL wrote:
>
>> You've hit the nail *right* on the head, nb.
>>
>> From:.... (list of 30 snipped).
>
> Dude - you need to get a life. One that doesn't involve RFC.
>
> Every other thread is about *you*. And you just keep egging it on. Why
> don't you just **** off already?

He can't do that. Peter lucas is by definition a sociopath (not merely
name-calling here).

Any period of time goes by and people on this group
(or elsewhere) don't pay enough attention to him - that is when the flood
of copy and pasted crap from lucas floods the group.

Just observe the pattern for yourself, it's quite plain to see once
you're aware of it.

On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:20:11 +0000, Jeßus wrote:

> On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:29:23 -0800, Pits09 wrote:
<snip>

Goddamned news server is losing the plot, sorry.
I'll send some cancel msgs...