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Jolly D. no-one has noticed my deliberate error! woo hoo.
I have no flipping idea which magazine is WN. ('Well Now?' 'Which Nerd?' 'Why Not?' ')
Of course I meant WM, you all knew that didn't you?
[quote=SilverLinings]I wonder how it feels[/quote]
Not as good as you think it will - well, in experience. I'm afraid I have too good an imagination. I know what it will feel like, I feel it in my thoughts, and it's all over and done with before it actually happens. I would have to say that dreaming it really is as good as having it.
I've found myself! Thanks for the nice comments on my article - I'm on p30 with 'Back Me Up on This'. The title is a Harry Hill quote which he used to say a lot in his early days.
SL, I've noticed recently that a lot of magazines being sold in Supermarkets having been getting extras with their magazines, while the same magazine in WH Smith doesn't have that extra- or any extra at all.
Sometimes Tesco will have a glossy mag with a toiletries freebie, but Asda/Sainsbury etc. won't even though it is the same magazine...
WH Smith has been having a lot of buy a specific glossy or weekly fashion/celeb gossip type mag and you'll find it bundled up with another one for the cost of the one magazine. These bundles aren't available in the Supermarkets I don't think.
[quote=dora]Alison Baverstock - Is there a book in you? [/quote]
I consume books, in fact I am surprised at how many I have actually read, but there are none "in me" either.
ETA... all this free stuff that supermarkets package to sell more of a thing. You know they are sourced at the Publishing or Marketing branches. Small minded of them to to consider the bread and butter customers that will be tempted by the sparkly stuff and cease a subscription that is a regular, if reduced, income.
Especially in this climate of "Can you live on £53 a week"
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I seem to remember a shortlist was missing last month too.
Someone in the WM office needs their wrists smacked by Webbo.
There's a very good double page spread by someone we know and love.
I have no flipping idea which magazine is WN. ('Well Now?' 'Which Nerd?' 'Why Not?' ')
Of course I meant WM, you all knew that didn't you?
Yes, it's a very good article.
Not as good as you think it will - well, in experience. I'm afraid I have too good an imagination. I know what it will feel like, I feel it in my thoughts, and it's all over and done with before it actually happens. I would have to say that dreaming it really is as good as having it.
No, having the money makes it much better.
[quote=Carol]Very useful article, on saving your work.[/quote]
Very.
;)
Webbo! Is there a shortlist in a pile on your desk, maybe with a coffee stain on it?
At least two of us are interested!
http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/message_board/images/smiles/icon_roll.gif
And that goes for you, too, OLG, colluding with the snail.
*walks out on tiptoes*
I got a free book with mine :)
Am I being rewarded for being a non-subscriber?
Sometimes Tesco will have a glossy mag with a toiletries freebie, but Asda/Sainsbury etc. won't even though it is the same magazine...
WH Smith has been having a lot of buy a specific glossy or weekly fashion/celeb gossip type mag and you'll find it bundled up with another one for the cost of the one magazine. These bundles aren't available in the Supermarkets I don't think.
So the free book could have been a one-off.
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Alison Baverstock - Is there a book in you?
No.
Wherever you buy it, every issue of The Sun comes with a large roll of toilet paper.
Wherever you buy it, every issue of The Sun comes with a large roll of toilet paper[/quote]
I thought it was a large roll of toilet paper...
Fiona Bailey, Grenhithe, Kent; Maggie Bolton, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire; Sandra Davis, Braintree, Essex; Gill Garrett, Cheltenham; Mary Halliwell, Penmaenmawr, North Wales; Maureen P Jones, Wolverhampton; Kaye Lee, London N10; Bill Lythgoe, Wigan; Maria Preston, Otley, West Yorkshire; Heather Smith, Woking, Surrey.
Yes, perhaps the joke would have worked better as "The Sun provides you with a large roll of toilet paper".
I consume books, in fact I am surprised at how many I have actually read, but there are none "in me" either.
ETA... all this free stuff that supermarkets package to sell more of a thing. You know they are sourced at the Publishing or Marketing branches. Small minded of them to to consider the bread and butter customers that will be tempted by the sparkly stuff and cease a subscription that is a regular, if reduced, income.
Especially in this climate of "Can you live on £53 a week"
I was on my way to buy the mag anyway. Quite pleased they have that thingy in it again, offering a gift if you subscribe.
Writing the form out as I write, don'tchaknow! :)
Reminds me of that song by Gloria Gaynor? 'I will subscribe, hey hey....' :)