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Blog Entry 21 of 60 Carless in Boulder
What it's like to voluntarily go carless as a way of life in Boulder, Colorado.

Blog Url: http://denver.yourhub.com/~carless

OK, OK, I'll take the paper...

Article Contributed on: 2/22/2007 9:38:43 AM

(UPDATE, FEB. 26: Here's how my first day of newspaper delivery went...)
I never thought I'd subscribe to a print newspaper again, the medium just doesn't suit me. I hate the ink on my hands, I hate that it's not searchable, I hate the waste of resources (paper, energy, etc.), I hate wrestling with huge sheets.

But I just decided to subscribe to the Denver Post -- solely so I can get the print edition of YourHub for Boulder. I figure, since I'm trying to really check out the YourHub model, I'm missing half the picture (from a business perspective) if I don't see what's in print.

And, as Travis Henry clarified when I visited YourHub a couple of weeks ago, you can only get YourHub if you subscribe to the Post or the Rocky. Clever, clever....

Well, at least I don't have to get it every day. I signed up for the Sunday, Thursday, and holiday plan. The price seemed fair, for my purposes.

Anyway, my cats will be happy. You know how cats are about paper.

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janet Lyon wrote on 9/22/2007 @ 8:29:49 AM

I loved the blog ! And, I relate to the frustrations of this subscriber. I am getting old, and have been ill dealing with breast cancer and now The West Nile Virus, so I'm grumpy! One of the nicest things about my morning, is the Rocky. but, when my delivery person takes a day off, my paper doesn't come ,or it's where I could never reach it!! Today, it didn't come! So, I'm resorting to a blog..Grrrr..also, it's kind of expensive if it's not going to come ,just once or twice a month, even!!! I can't wak today, and it's easier to read the paper and drink coffee, than to sit and type!!!! I want my paper!!!! thanks, Jan
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Amy Gahran wrote on 2/25/2007 @ 3:23:40 PM

UPDATE: I wish I'd taken the Rocky instead. Too much paper, mainly irrelevant ads. There's a LOT to be said for search-based advertising! I'll see if they'll let me switch...
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Charmaine Robledo wrote on 2/23/2007 @ 1:52:54 PM

And Wasabi is an excellent cat name.
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Charmaine Robledo wrote on 2/23/2007 @ 1:52:13 PM

I am fortunate to be able to access both papers in this building. Though I will never see the Post newsroom. Someday I'll sneak in ...
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Amy Gahran wrote on 2/23/2007 @ 12:09:45 PM

Yeah, Brian, I was thinking the same thing... but I personally often find the post's content more compelling. Well, not that I'm going to read the actual paper much anyway :-) Just gimme my YourHub. - Amy Gahran
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Brendan Leonard wrote on 2/23/2007 @ 10:02:33 AM

Someone in the circulation department is cackling and rubbing their palms together right now.
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delete this wrote on 2/22/2007 @ 5:30:02 PM

I by far prefer the Rocky Mtn. News. It is smaller, easier to hold open and read. Much more managable, user friendly.
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