Sukkos magazines | Imamother

nachasmom

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 8:24 pm

Good Vuch.

Started to read the Sukkos editions but before I was halfway thru one of the magazines I got severe wrist pain and I am now wearing a wrist band. They are so heavy. Help. There has got to be a better way.

watergirl

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 8:31 pm

Carefully with an X-Acto knife, open the magazine towards the middle and sliced through to make the magazine until two more manageable sections.

nachasmom

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 8:35 pm

Thanks so much. Will try it and let you know.

amother

Burgundy

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 9:08 pm

Put it on a flat surface like a table, desk or lap desk

nachasmom

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 9:17 pm

That is the logical way but I am usually reading in bed Very Happy

amother

Wheat

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 9:27 pm

watergirl wrote:

Carefully with an X-Acto knife, open the magazine towards the middle and sliced through to make the magazine until two more manageable sections.

Or, carefully cut out the ads. Magazine will be 80% lighter Tongue Out

scruffy

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 9:29 pm

They should offer a premium version for YT without the ads. I would pay significantly more for that.

amother

Wheat

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 9:34 pm

It's crazy how you're really paying twice. Once for the actual magazine, and once for the ads. Usually an ad-heavy publication is free, as you are the "product" that advertisers are paying for. These magazines are collecting from both ends of the chain. The succos and Pesach editions should really be the same price as the weekly magazine.

So I just don't buy them.

Hatemywig

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 10:56 pm

Look at the bright side, we now discovered there is an alcohol infused sorbet, I mean, wasn't that alone worth the hundreds of pages skimmed until reaching something readable?

happy12

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 11:08 pm

Just let me know what page to start on

synthy

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 11:09 pm

Am I the only one that enjoys the ads almost as much as the articles?

amother

Babypink

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 11:29 pm

Hatemywig wrote:

Look at the bright side, we now discovered there is an alcohol infused sorbet, I mean, wasn't that alone worth the hundreds of pages skimmed until reaching something readable?

and I sent dh to the store to get some and they were sold out. the ads accomplish something.
oh, and I saw the ad in a free circular, no need to pay for that. lol

Optione

Sat, Oct 08 2022, 11:45 pm

happy12 wrote:

Just let me know what page to start on

71!! At least in the Family First.

Genius

Sun, Oct 09 2022, 12:20 am

synthy wrote:

Am I the only one that enjoys the ads almost as much as the articles?

I enjoy ads too. At least there are new ones to look at, not the same same weekly ads that have been running for months.

rising hero

Sun, Oct 09 2022, 12:21 am

Optione wrote:

71!! At least in the Family First.

Seriously?? Thats how many ads before you can start to read anything? Wow. Happens to be I enjoy looking at ads but I have that for free in the link, view, torah times etc.
Its quite out of hand dont you think?

amother

Daffodil

Sun, Oct 09 2022, 1:01 am

Over 100 in the mishpacha. For that we need to pay $16???

amother

Mulberry

Sun, Oct 09 2022, 2:09 am

I lean my head/ cheek on my wrist, resting my elbow on the bed, when reading in bed. Have you tried that? I rarely hold my books/magazines!

PS Mishpacha page 450 has a nice article about my dad.

amother

Watermelon

Sun, Oct 09 2022, 2:30 am

I personally liked the ad in the Ami for midwives for a home birth conveniently located a few pages after an op-Ed about the dangers of home births

amother

Tan

Sun, Oct 09 2022, 2:42 am

Thanks for the idea about cutting the magazine into sections with the box cutter knife.
Great solution!

amother

Sienna

Sun, Oct 09 2022, 4:42 am

amother Daffodil wrote:

Over 100 in the mishpacha. For that we need to pay $16???

The amount of content in Mishpacha is actually crazy. I read it over YK and Shabbos and I'm still not done and I'm not a slow reader. Huuuuge articles. Safier's article could be a small book on its own. So yea, there are ad's but actually not as many as usual and the amount of content is literally insane.