Be a post whore! - Page 31

DanaC · 10-22-2007, 03:50 PM

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What kind of magazine is too expensive? Most subscriptions are pretty cheap.

A year of magazines can be quite pricey. Our magazines average between £3.50 and £5 per issue if they're monthly

Sundae · 10-22-2007, 04:21 PM

It's a weekly magazine @ £1.65 per week.
So that's £85.80 per year - even applying online discount you're unlikely to get it below £60 ($120).
Then x 3 to make it fair to all siblings......

But hey, if you fany adopting me Cloud, it's Heat magazine

monster · 10-22-2007, 05:17 PM

Cheap is all relative. Plus annual subscriptions give a bigger discount her than they do in the UK. Oh and in my experience, people spend more money on Chritmans gift here. Lots more. "Stocking fillers" here are main gifts in the UK. Maybe just where Ilive... but $$$$$$

Cloud · 10-22-2007, 05:24 PM

hmm, I guess you're right. As an example, I just purchased a 12-month gift subscription for 5.92 pounds ($12 US). Not expensive, in my view. Of course, I regularly spend $1,000 to $2,000 yearly on family Christmas gifts. Maybe 740 pounds? Is that a lot to you?

Sundae · 10-22-2007, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

[ot] he's right, you know -about the affording it. Where does it fit into your budget of 1 quid for entertainment?

-did you do that budget yet? On paper and all? [/caring nag] Well done on the self control on that one

[/ot]

Oh I have been a good girl I promise - I just suspect his opinion would have been different if it had been the Times Literary Supplement

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Originally Posted by Cloud

740 pounds? Is that a lot to you?

Aye. My parents spend about £20 on each of us at Christmas. Mum might sneak a bit more for me as my sister has children (her share goes on them but Mum inevitably overspends, as I did when I was working) and my bro is better paid than my Mum.

She spends on food, but £740 on presents is far more than she could afford.

monster · 10-22-2007, 05:28 PM

hell, yes! and I live in the US!

but you have grandbabies and that's a whole different ballgame.....

Cloud · 10-22-2007, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

hell, yes! and I live in the US!

but you have grandbabies and that's a whole different ballgame.....

I'm just generous.

substitute for actual, you know, love and time.

monster · 10-22-2007, 05:31 PM

by the way, Heat magazine is 72 quid for an annual subscription -saving 14%. Here, for a lot of magazines, you save over 50% of the cover price when you subscribe. Newsweek, for example, is dirt cheap when baought annually -about 50c per week (25p) iirc. Schools sekll magazine subscriptions as fundraisers.

Cloud · 10-22-2007, 05:33 PM

Wow, Heat magazine is expensive. $280 for a yearly subscription.

Go to the library.

Cloud · 10-22-2007, 05:41 PM

okay, oops, I don't mean to make anyone feel bad. I'm very, very (very!) lucky, in that I get an extra paycheck at Christmastime as a bonus, and I usually spend most of that on gifts.

And I always overspend. Every year I tell myself I won't, but I do anyway.

ETA: Here's Heat's online version: http://www.heatworld.com/

I've pretty much stopped subscribing to magazines myself, and my mag purchases have gone way down since so much content is now free on the Net.

Cloud · 10-23-2007, 08:57 AM

I'd almost forgotten what it's like to be cold. It's 37 degrees outside this morning.

Should I wear my coat?

ZenGum · 10-23-2007, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

I'd almost forgotten what it's like to be cold. It's 37 degrees outside this morning.

Should I wear my coat?

It took me a moment to remember that you'd be using Fahrenheit ... I thought you were being ironic about the coat.

I've had to break out the winter bedding too.

LabRat · 10-23-2007, 12:46 PM

for someone who seems to hate weeds so much, this appears a little like fertilizer to my untrained eye...

monster · 10-23-2007, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by LabRat

for someone who seems to hate weeds so much, this appears a little like fertilizer to my untrained eye...

Cicero · 10-23-2007, 12:56 PM

I heard there was some whoreing going on in here, and no one invited me....

Again!!!

I may not be the most obvious choice for such an event, but it's incredible how many people utterly fail to mention it......

10-22-2007, 04:21 PM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	It's a weekly magazine @ £1.65 per week. So that's £85.80 per year - even applying online discount you're unlikely to get it below £60 ($120). Then x 3 to make it fair to all siblings...... But hey, if you fany adopting me Cloud, it's Heat magazine __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-22-2007, 05:17 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Cheap is all relative. Plus annual subscriptions give a bigger discount her than they do in the UK. Oh and in my experience, people spend more money on Chritmans gift here. Lots more. "Stocking fillers" here are main gifts in the UK. Maybe just where Ilive... but $$$$$$ __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-22-2007, 05:24 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	hmm, I guess you're right. As an example, I just purchased a 12-month gift subscription for 5.92 pounds ($12 US). Not expensive, in my view. Of course, I regularly spend $1,000 to $2,000 yearly on family Christmas gifts. Maybe 740 pounds? Is that a lot to you? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-22-2007, 05:28 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	hell, yes! and I live in the US! but you have grandbabies and that's a whole different ballgame..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-22-2007, 05:31 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	by the way, Heat magazine is 72 quid for an annual subscription -saving 14%. Here, for a lot of magazines, you save over 50% of the cover price when you subscribe. Newsweek, for example, is dirt cheap when baought annually -about 50c per week (25p) iirc. Schools sekll magazine subscriptions as fundraisers. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-22-2007, 05:33 PM	#9
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Wow, Heat magazine is expensive. $280 for a yearly subscription. Go to the library. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-22-2007, 05:41 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	okay, oops, I don't mean to make anyone feel bad. I'm very, very (very!) lucky, in that I get an extra paycheck at Christmastime as a bonus, and I usually spend most of that on gifts. And I always overspend. Every year I tell myself I won't, but I do anyway. ETA: Here's Heat's online version: http://www.heatworld.com/ I've pretty much stopped subscribing to magazines myself, and my mag purchases have gone way down since so much content is now free on the Net. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!" Last edited by Cloud; 10-22-2007 at 05:54 PM.

10-23-2007, 08:57 AM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I'd almost forgotten what it's like to be cold. It's 37 degrees outside this morning. Should I wear my coat? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-23-2007, 12:46 PM	#13
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	for someone who seems to hate weeds so much, this appears a little like fertilizer to my untrained eye... __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

10-23-2007, 12:56 PM	#15
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I heard there was some whoreing going on in here, and no one invited me.... Again!!! I may not be the most obvious choice for such an event, but it's incredible how many people utterly fail to mention it...... __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

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