I used to enjoy the flight magazines... altho might start reading only to find 'the rest of the story' torn out (maybe a recipe on the other side?)... or the sudoku puzzle already done...
I wouldn't call myself ultra-good looking but women can be too competitive looks-wise. And jealousy rears its head in many ways...
Regarding airline magazines, I used to look at them only for the route maps, airport layouts and aircraft nomenclature information in the back. With all that on inflight entertainment systems or on the airline's app for the last ten years, the magazines became more irrelevant. Cost has to be an issue too. If American Airlines removed a single olive from their salads to save money, heavy and expensive magazines didn't stand a chance.
The inflight magazine is/was a very nice distraction during the “no electronics” session/s. However many ebook/s you have on your Kobo, Nook or Kindle app, you’re not supposed to be entertaining yourself with them while asked to keep the electronic device/s off….
This is just about EXACTLY what I was going to post! And that's a WSJ piece. I subscribe to WSJ & when I first decided to, it was to read George Will. Well, initially the commenters were RABID hate filled about anything any conservative commenter made (btw, George is not for Trump) - the commenters often couldn't spell, etc., etc... Now, more & more, altho certainly not coming around to not voting for Harris, many are being more thoughtful in the comment section. In the comments to this crime rates piece, I haven't read many of the comments, but I'd say it's way over half blaming dems & FBI for lies & calling out media bias, ie "What's worse is that ABC news doubled down on the FBI stats last night. Yeah...there's no media bias."
I hate how businesses assume everyone has a smart phone and wants to look at a screen for 4 or 5 hours while confined to a tube racing through the atmosphere. I always enjoyed reading the magazines but now I bring a book and my Walkman.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there are a lot of people considered attractive in the media where I just don't see it. I think it was easier to be attractive in the 70's and 80's.
Haven't been in a K-Mart for decades, but remember they used to make pineapple floats that were the best! Our local K-Mart became a Kreske's became a Woolworth's became a Zellers and then disappeared.
I used to buy the weirdest stuff out of Hemispheres magazine before there was Amazon. Now I can buy weird stuff I never even knew existed. I did reserve a copy of the last edition of Hemispheres.
Maybe one day it will be a relic my kids can use to pay for their grandkids' college educations, along with our old baseball cards and Thomas the Tank Engine complete track set. For now, it will be filed somewhere between our Thurman Munson plane crash newspaper and my late mother in law's secret ribs recipe.
Less about in-flight mags...saying goodbye again to Pan Am. I flew Pan Am from Hong Kong to Los Angeles when my family immigrated here in 1969. I remember being given a pair of wings. Oh, how I wish I'd kept those!
I enjoy traveling but these days with all the fees they tack on and the maneuvers you need to make just to get a seat (it makes no sense how they price up the seats either) - well, I'm nostalgic for that barely remembered Pan Am flight.
One thing you didn’t mention Bill, is the added weight of the printed magazine added to the gross weight of the plane. Every pound is fuel so that as much as anything led to the demise of the magazine. Its demise meant more money for the airlines.
Great news on crime report. Don’t tell whatshisface though. It would make him look like what he is.
MAGA Mike folded after Mitch pointed out the obvious.
Watching the video of the car flying past the chicken reminds me once more about why the whole Jetsons thing about flying cars is right out of Nutsville, USA.
There was an article in the Wall Street Journal on Sept. 22 refuting the accuracy for serious crime reduction. It uses figures from the Bureau of Justice Statistics which is administered by the Census Bureau. They have been reporting data since the Nixon Administration and tell a very different story when comparing data from 2019 through 2023. Jeffery Anderson is the author. My common sense tells me his statements ring more true to the news and our deteriorating civility.
I used to enjoy the flight magazines... altho might start reading only to find 'the rest of the story' torn out (maybe a recipe on the other side?)... or the sudoku puzzle already done...
I wouldn't call myself ultra-good looking but women can be too competitive looks-wise. And jealousy rears its head in many ways...
the costume wearing cops idea is WONDERFUL!!!
The way I remember the magazines being removed was because of the extra weight during the rise in fuel cost or fuel shortage.
Regarding airline magazines, I used to look at them only for the route maps, airport layouts and aircraft nomenclature information in the back. With all that on inflight entertainment systems or on the airline's app for the last ten years, the magazines became more irrelevant. Cost has to be an issue too. If American Airlines removed a single olive from their salads to save money, heavy and expensive magazines didn't stand a chance.
well, after reading about "beautiful women" I just watched the trailer for the movie "The Substance" - oops
The inflight magazine is/was a very nice distraction during the “no electronics” session/s. However many ebook/s you have on your Kobo, Nook or Kindle app, you’re not supposed to be entertaining yourself with them while asked to keep the electronic device/s off….
Regarding dropping crime rates, can we trust the FIBI statistics? Not everyone thinks so:
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/contrary-to-media-myth-u-s-urban-crime-rates-are-up-violence-cities-9ce714f6?st=9wAUaL&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
This is just about EXACTLY what I was going to post! And that's a WSJ piece. I subscribe to WSJ & when I first decided to, it was to read George Will. Well, initially the commenters were RABID hate filled about anything any conservative commenter made (btw, George is not for Trump) - the commenters often couldn't spell, etc., etc... Now, more & more, altho certainly not coming around to not voting for Harris, many are being more thoughtful in the comment section. In the comments to this crime rates piece, I haven't read many of the comments, but I'd say it's way over half blaming dems & FBI for lies & calling out media bias, ie "What's worse is that ABC news doubled down on the FBI stats last night. Yeah...there's no media bias."
I don’t trust a WSJ opinion column further than I can toss a feather. It isn’t news, just someone’s take for their own agenda.
You know what they say: opinions are like assholes; everybody has one. And that’s a fact, jack!
I hate how businesses assume everyone has a smart phone and wants to look at a screen for 4 or 5 hours while confined to a tube racing through the atmosphere. I always enjoyed reading the magazines but now I bring a book and my Walkman.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there are a lot of people considered attractive in the media where I just don't see it. I think it was easier to be attractive in the 70's and 80's.
Haven't been in a K-Mart for decades, but remember they used to make pineapple floats that were the best! Our local K-Mart became a Kreske's became a Woolworth's became a Zellers and then disappeared.
I used to buy the weirdest stuff out of Hemispheres magazine before there was Amazon. Now I can buy weird stuff I never even knew existed. I did reserve a copy of the last edition of Hemispheres.
Maybe one day it will be a relic my kids can use to pay for their grandkids' college educations, along with our old baseball cards and Thomas the Tank Engine complete track set. For now, it will be filed somewhere between our Thurman Munson plane crash newspaper and my late mother in law's secret ribs recipe.
Less about in-flight mags...saying goodbye again to Pan Am. I flew Pan Am from Hong Kong to Los Angeles when my family immigrated here in 1969. I remember being given a pair of wings. Oh, how I wish I'd kept those!
I enjoy traveling but these days with all the fees they tack on and the maneuvers you need to make just to get a seat (it makes no sense how they price up the seats either) - well, I'm nostalgic for that barely remembered Pan Am flight.
One thing you didn’t mention Bill, is the added weight of the printed magazine added to the gross weight of the plane. Every pound is fuel so that as much as anything led to the demise of the magazine. Its demise meant more money for the airlines.
Great news on crime report. Don’t tell whatshisface though. It would make him look like what he is.
MAGA Mike folded after Mitch pointed out the obvious.
Watching the video of the car flying past the chicken reminds me once more about why the whole Jetsons thing about flying cars is right out of Nutsville, USA.
There was an article in the Wall Street Journal on Sept. 22 refuting the accuracy for serious crime reduction. It uses figures from the Bureau of Justice Statistics which is administered by the Census Bureau. They have been reporting data since the Nixon Administration and tell a very different story when comparing data from 2019 through 2023. Jeffery Anderson is the author. My common sense tells me his statements ring more true to the news and our deteriorating civility.
In college I wrote a short play that took place on an airplane. At the opening the main character is reading “We Love to Fly” magazine.
I always got a kick out of the things sold on “sky mall”.