Subj : Re: dancing   was: peeves
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Sun Apr 19 2020 22:26:48

-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to NANCY BACKUS on 23-Feb-2020 10:19 <=-

Hey, there.... welcome back...!!  :)  So this set of messages has been
sitting waiting to go out for a while, I see...  ;)
 
 NB>> No, you can't live in the past, but one doesn't have to throw away
 NB>> all the old ways either.... There needs to be a balance there...

 DS> True...but all of us get stubborn and set in our ways, especially we
 DS> grow older.
 
So we do what we are comfortable with, and learn a bit here and there,
hopefully... ;)

 NB>> I suspect that has been happening in all sorts of organizations... One
 NB>> of the genealogical societies I'm a member of, among the benefits is a
 NB>> quarterly scholarly journal and a newsletter (was 6/yr, now changing to
 NB>> quarterly also)... Starting last year, they started charging an extra
 NB>> $10 a year for getting the newsletter in a print form instead in
 NB>> email... Another genealogical society also has a quarterly journal and a
 NB>> nesletter... that one charges a lot more for membership than the first
 NB>> one I mentioned... and probably has a larger membership as well...

 DS> What is killing all these publications is the continued rise of
 DS> postage and printing (first class mail is at least 55 cents), and the
 DS> continued decline in subscribers and ads.

Some of the genealogy journals/newsletters have limited ads, some none
at all... but the publication is a service to the membership... 

 NB>> Maybe as the older generation dies off, and you are left with just the
 NB>> youngsters who were weaned on technology, you'll not need to have the
 NB>> print version, but for those that aren't online, or those that have
 NB>> limited computing, having a print version is vital for them to stay
 NB>> connected to the organization....

 DS> If they wait too long to notify me of a problem with a missed issue,
 DS> the only way they're going to get a back copy is to download the
 DS> e-Edition off of the website...or have someone else download it, and
 DS> print it for them.

Hopefully they'll just get their issues without a problem, then...

 DS> The e-Edition differences between the print edition
 DS> are that all links are clickable, plus all photos and everything else
 DS> are in color. The print edition is smaller, in black and white
 DS> throughout, and does not include the extra photos.

I suspect that the e-Edition for the one organization I belong to may
have more photos as well... I know it has the clickable links....
 
 NB>> Mine isn't nearly that much, but I do have a one-page cheat sheet that
 NB>> has the vital information on it.... saves the memory from overheating,
 NB>> and can cut down on how much I have to enter at the doctor offices...

 DS> If I don't have something to make a note of (an appointment, etc.),
 DS> I'll never remember it.
 
That's what my pocket calendar is for...  ;)  That goes with me wherever
I go... my auxillary brain....  :)

 NB>> There are a number of small towns in the vicinity of our camp up in
 NB>> Northern New York.... no stoplights in most of them, but the speed
 NB>> limits are the regulation size... no entrapment there, usually...
 NB>> There are stop signs where needed, though... :)

 DS> Several cities have gotten in trouble with the courts because of the
 DS> "speed trap deals".

As far as I know, that's not happened up there...  :)
 
ttyl     neb

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