Subj : Re: newspaper was: moving or To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Feb 17 2020 01:57:12 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 10-Feb-2020 07:20 <=- NB>>> And when I called to inquire about if there was any other option, for NB>>> those who couldn't access the digital, I was told, nope, that's just NB>>> the way it is... So they ended up losing two customers, as I wasn't NB>>> interested in having to pay for that digital subscription along with NB>>> my paper delivery.... Even with a computer, and access, I wasn't into NB>>> reading my news online at all.... BM>> Yup. Not everyone has a computer; those people who do have computers BM>> don't always find reading off the screen convenient/easy. NB>> They of course had already been saying things like "for more content, NB>> go to our website", which already had been upsetting my neighbor... NB>> especially as she had been one to read the whole thing before.... BM> Yes, I had noticed the local paper was also doing the "for additional BM> information go to ". IMO one thing to offer for keeping BM> an important story up-to-date, another to sometimes what seemed like BM> scissoring a news story to make room for an ad. Exactly.... and it used to be that it just would be continued on a later page of the paper.... but then, "continued on [website]"... As you say, if it was to keep up with breaking news, that could be one thing... but for that, one usually is listening to the radio or watching TV news anyway.... The newspaper could go into more depth than the over the air, at least it used to.... BM>> I 'stare at the screen all day' but some functions are easier for me BM>> to read from paper. NB>> I'd much rather have paper copy to read.... Doing my email and NB>> messages on the computer is plenty enough... ;) BM> I'd hate to have to print out e-mail!! Yes that would be way too much, for sure....!! But email doesn't take the place of a nice newsy written letter from a friend.... ;) ttyl neb .... Computers are a well proven way to turn night into day!!! --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .