Mine have run out. But I did get AllRecipes, Goodhousekeeping, Woman's Day and...Um...Family Circle. I like the recipes in those. I'll probably pick them up again after the first of the year when I'll have a bill paid off.
-
Too many ads? Join our community of cat lovers now to reduce ads by 90%! Click here to join for free!
Question Of The Day, Sunday, June 11, 2017
- Thread starter micknsnicks2mom
- Start Date
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #22
i can understand that!We don't subscribe to any magazines anymore.
Once the internet came along, the news type magazines seemed woefully out of date by the time they arrived. It finally dawned on us that despite all of our good intentions, we never were going to get around to doing any of the cool stuff in the home and garden/hobbyist publications. We don't have any kids left at home, or any grandchildren yet, so we have no idea who's who re: pop culture. It seemed like there were more and more ads in each issue, less actual content, and for increasingly higher prices. And quite honestly, we got frustrated when our magazines kept getting 'lost' before they made it to our mailbox.
Gosh, I guess I do sound pretty old and cranky! Maybe I should step away from the computer for a bit and go yell at some kids to get off my lawn.
i like Houzz dot com for home and garden type ideas/browsing.- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #23
it sounds like the magazines are doing the same as food companies have been doing -- reduce the amount of product we get, but either keep the price the same or increase the price.i also used to subscribe to magazines a long time ago but no more. As @sivyaleah said, there are more pages of ads than reading material.The only time I read magazines anymore is in the waiting room of the doctor's office - People is a popular one followed by Midwest Living.
that's one of my 'pet peeves'.- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #24
Trend and Tradition, a quarterly magazine!!!
very nice!i'm sure i haven't heard of many/most celebrities in People magazine these days either.
quite a ways back, i had to ask exactly who the Kardashians are and what was it they did. the answer was that they really don't do anything, but do it on camera.
A lot of home design magazines aren't regular publications. They're grab them off the news stand type buys. But I've noticed most cover prices are $10 an issue! It's just a bit much for me to make news stand shopping a regular habit. I mean it costs them money to make these magazines; but I just have to save it for ones I really like.it sounds like the magazines are doing the same as food companies have been doing -- reduce the amount of product we get, but either keep the price the same or increase the price.
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #26
ahhh, you enjoy history related magazines!!!I enjoy, but don't subscribe. Expensive for the year! Easier just to get individually, which is fine:
- BBC History
- Archaeology Magazine
- All About History
- Any really good military history magazines that catch my eye, especially WWI or WWII.
I subscribed to Pointe Magazine. But going to dwindle from it...used to be my favourite dance magazine, but has since gone a bit too politically correct (Likely too touchy to discuss further here) in a not grand way and made me really annoyed or disappointed. Not sure if it has to do with the new owner of the magazine, or just a coincidence and things were changing anyway, but it has put me off. Also, some other aspects have gone a tad repetitive. I've liked other dance magazines before, but they were into a lot of anti-ballet sentiments.
Oh well, had a good 5 year run with them.
I used to enjoy National Geographic but that can be up and down with them nowadays, hadn't bought one in awhile actually - plus often it is more about a ton of pictures and little text. I don't like paying almost $15+ just for pics. Pics are interesting and wonderfully complimentary of course, but not when it totals like 80% of the magazine contents.
Once in awhile I will also enjoy some Equestrian magazines
most excellent! and yes, it gets expensive to subscribe for a year!and sometimes Equestrian magazines!
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #27
very nice group of magazines you subscribe to!!!Organic Gardening - a gift from my Grandpa who loves to talk gardening with me.
Family Fun - a gift from my mother.
Better Homes & Gardens - one I pay for myself. Although I just received my last issue and haven't renewed yet. I don't have as much magazine time as I used to.
I really like Traditional Home and Tuscan Style but I don't have subscriptions. I'll pick up other Home/Interior/Garden designs as I see ones I like sometimes. Sometimes Log Cabins or focused on more country styles. Sometimes I buy ones focused on floor plans. I will get the occasional copy of Birds & Blooms too.
and home/interior/garden design magazines as you see ones you like! yes, that's true! and i feel the same way, that $10 an issue is a bit pricey.
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #28
Reader's Digest and Whole Dog Journal magazines!!!
great!that's really good to know, that Amazon has really good prices on magazine subscriptions!
i'm pretty sure they offer digital magazine subscriptions too, delivered to the kindle reader.
Newspapers also do it. They reduce the size of the paper and increase the price. The Washington Post used to have a big Sunday paper now it's almost all advertising and very little actual news.it sounds like the magazines are doing the same as food companies have been doing -- reduce the amount of product we get, but either keep the price the same or increase the price.
Muffy
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #30
...and they wonder why they're losing subscriptions. just like the food companies, the result of their product shrinking has been that i make more things at home/homemade than buy them at the stores now.
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #31
very nice group of magazines you subscribe to!!!
and another who enjoys Reader's Digest! 
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #32
very nice!!!
may i ask -- how did you like the Allrecipes magazine? did you feel it was worth the price, as opposed to going to the allrecipes website to find recipes?
I get AARP, which is part of the membership. I've had various subscriptions, but usually something I've gotten for free like Reader's Digest (which I miss), and I had Diabetes Digest for awhile which I paid a reduced price for. I prefer print magazines to reading them online.
I don't get magazines in the mail any longer because of finances, but I used to get (and love)
Cooking Light
Reminisce
Rebecca's Garden
Country Living.
I do subscribe to The Washington Post online which I read every day. Part of the reason for the subscription is I gave up a cable tier of stations and I am missing the news shows on CNN, etc.
Cooking Light
Reminisce
Rebecca's Garden
Country Living.
I do subscribe to The Washington Post online which I read every day. Part of the reason for the subscription is I gave up a cable tier of stations and I am missing the news shows on CNN, etc.
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2005
- Messages
- 14,609
- Purraise
- 1,705
very nice group of magazines you subscribe to!!!
I forgot to add Mysterious Ways to the list. It is time to subscribe to this again.
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #36
Mysterious Ways!!
very nice!- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #37
that's a nice group of magazines you used to get!!!
i think finances are a bit...tight for most people these days. i used to get a local newspaper home delivered, but when my trash removal bill went up (to 'through the roof' category), that was part of what i gave up to offset the trash bill increase.
The Washington Post online!!
good newspaper, imo!- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #38
AARP magazine!!
i really like magazines which can be gotten at a reduced price or free.
