Saturday, March 19, 2016

Remember this?


The other day we received a free Reader's Digest in the mail. I haven't read this magazine in years. As a kid, I often sat around hospitals and nursing homes waiting for my mom to get off work. Magazines were all over these places, including Reader's Digest. I remember reading it quite often. Over the years, I have really gotten out of buying magazines all together. When my girls were younger, I used to subscribe to Family Fun magazine. After awhile, Disney bought it and started making it smaller with more ads than articles or projects. I guess the Internet was partially to blame for killing the allure of magazines. The boys still get a few, but only ones their grandparents have given as gift subscriptions. Anyway, back to Reader's Digest ...

I sat down yesterday and went through this magazine. I was really surprised how little it has changed after all these years. It's still the same small size, and still filled with interesting articles, comics, how-to tips, and a few ads. It's *almost* made me want to subscribe to it. I'm curious how many people will actually subscribe after receiving a complimentary issue. Would you?

2 comments:

  1. Years and years ago my mom gave us a gift subscription. I'm not sure if I kept it up or not. But, I do look at these every now and then. It's a good magazine. Years ago we made crafts out of them. Folded them to make Christmas trees and Santa Clause's out of them. They were pretty!

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  2. Ah, the Readers' Digest! As a kid it would be a fight in my family as to who got to read it first. Funnily enough, as an adult I've never subscribed to it though--or any magazine for that matter. I think it comes down to time . . . or lack of. Fun memories!

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