Have I done the right thing? Big clear out.
Have I done the right thing? Big clear out.
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DickyC

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58,583 posts

228 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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I've just put the Christmas and New Year TV Guide in the recycling bag.

If you think I've done the wrong thing there is time. Recycling Day is tomorrow.

juice

9,889 posts

312 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Which year ? wink

Stuart70

4,165 posts

213 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Impulsive, radical and impetuous. I like it.

PositronicRay

29,010 posts

213 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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The old adage of a cluttered desk=a cluttered mind.

What does that say about an empty desk?

DickyC

Original Poster:

58,583 posts

228 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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juice said:
Which year ? wink
Well, not the most recent one. One wouldn't wish to appear hasty.

Bright Halo

3,982 posts

265 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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I would advise caution here.
You may well be throwing away a future memento of great significance.

bobbo89

6,015 posts

175 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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If you've completed the crossword then i think it's about acceptable at this point to get rid.

Jasandjules

72,606 posts

259 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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You actually get a paper version?!?!?

DickyC

Original Poster:

58,583 posts

228 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Jasandjules said:
You actually get a paper version?!?!?
We did on that occasion, certainly. It may have contributed to the quandary

DickyC

Original Poster:

58,583 posts

228 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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bobbo89 said:
If you've completed the crossword then i think it's about acceptable at this point to get rid.
The crossword! Oh, lord.

I'll go and check.

Cliftonite

8,745 posts

168 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Perhaps photocopy them first in case you need to refer to the contents sometime?


DickyC

Original Poster:

58,583 posts

228 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Cliftonite said:
Perhaps photocopy them first in case you need to refer to the contents sometime?
Genius. That would help with the Sudoku too. Someone messed up all three of them. I could photocopy them, Tippex out the biro numbers, photocopy them again and have a clean sheet.

glenrobbo

40,508 posts

180 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Typical of today's squanderbug throwaway mentality! irked I think that chucking it in the recycling bin is a rather ill-advised and wasteful action.
Why not save it to make paper chains for next year's festive decorations? Or take it round and offer it to the charity shops or better still, place it on Ebay.
Somebody somewhere would love it and treasure it for years to come...
After all, think of all the care and attention and sheer effort that went into producing it!
All that planning and information gathering and collating and editing and layout planning and graphic design work and printing and publishing and distributing and delivering and displaying at the point of sale.
And you just deign to chuck it in the bin? What kind of monster are you???!!!

It could be used to line the budgie's cage or serve as a nice insulating underlay for a homeless person. They would love to look through its' pages to see what they have been missing for all those weeks/ months/ years. They could envisage what it would be like to once again share a nice cosy family evening in front of a roaring fire watching telly.

I'm only scratching the surface here, I'm sure many on here can think of a myriad other uses for such an august publication.

How about using it to start your own time capsule to bury somewhere for archeologists of the future to find?
Better than have them rooting through an old landfill site, surely?

glenrobbo

40,508 posts

180 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Whilst I'm here, could I just enquire whether anyone on here happens to have a copy of the Radio Times Christmas 1955 edition that they would be willing to part with?

I seem to have mislaid mine somewhere. frown

Riley Blue

23,205 posts

256 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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DickyC said:
I've just put the Christmas and New Year TV Guide in the recycling bag.

If you think I've done the wrong thing there is time. Recycling Day is tomorrow.
Has The Radio Times started to include the 'opposition's' programmes?

Dr Doofenshmirtz

16,952 posts

230 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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glenrobbo said:
All that planning and information gathering and collating and editing and layout planning and graphic design work and printing and publishing and distributing and delivering and displaying at the point of sale.
You got printing and publishing the wrong way round shirley?
What about time (and money if driving/using the bus/taxi/train/plane/ferry or indeed wear and tear of shoes) wasted collecting from the point of sale?

glenrobbo

40,508 posts

180 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
You got printing and publishing the wrong way round shirley?
What about time (and money if driving/using the bus/taxi/train/plane/ferry or indeed wear and tear of shoes) wasted collecting from the point of sale?
Tough.
I arranged printing and publishing in alphabetical order because I happen to be a bit CDO.

yikes You mean to say you don't have your newspapers and periodicals delivered?
Have you no consideration for the poor unemployed children? Without earnings from a paper Round, how are they supposed to save up to buy lights for their Choppers and/or a wrap of crystal meth ?

And don't call me Shirley. nono

williamp

20,415 posts

303 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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How accurate was your star sign? You might want to keep it until you find that new romance at work wearing blue

KP328

1,878 posts

225 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Act in haste, repent at leisure.

Monkeylegend

29,292 posts

261 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Keep them for this Christmas, nothing will have changed programme wise.