DerekS Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 Evening all. We moved house recently and I'm trying to get things sorted and organised. Unfortunately I've realised that my Courier magazines ( going back to 2007 ) are taking up too much space. I've always kept items like this with a view that they are part of the car's "history". They are far too "valuable" to recycle/dump so I'm wondering if anyone within driving distance of North Cumbria would be interested? They are all in as new condition, in A4 box files. Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 its all unfortunate we have tried at the pub but everyone has some , and they are availlable on line now so i fear the bin might win good luck with finding a new home sorry i dont have any outlets down here , tried too many times Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 I also have three bookshelves of Courier back numbers all in A5 plastic boxes, carefully labled. I hate the thought of recycling them (I was taught to respect printed literature) but it's now getting to the point of will I read them again, do I need them and, as a realist, what will happen to them after me. Digital reading is not the same but the point will come, as mentioned on here previously, costs will soon make the Courier digital only...now did I actually open last month's issue and where is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 I had 15 years of them, all in lovely blue covers... and one day dumped the lot in the green bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: I had 15 years of them, all in lovely blue covers... and one day dumped the lot in the green bin. Should have been the blue bin...Wonder what they are now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Badwolf said: the blue bin dont get me started on a UK standard for bin colours every county /town has something different ...why !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Because that can!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekS Posted May 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Part of the problem is we all appreciate just how much work goes into producing them and the quality is second to none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Yep, we don't have blue in our area, just green brown and black. Some are quite handily labelled to remind you what goes in them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said: just green brown and black. That's confusing. We have blue, green and brown, because the council are too stingy to provide the black one for general waste and just give us sacks. The brown is odd - most of us don't have it, it appears to be the same as green but for farms rather than houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 That is odd! Ours are green for general waste, brown for garden waste and grey for recycling. Simples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Green is recycling, brown is garden waste and black is anything else. Long ago I disposed of a very rusty Herald engine block in one and the clang when it hit the bottom of the bin lorry had me running for cover... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 we have to pay £40 for part of the year for garden waste which we dont get anything back they sell the compost not to rate payers they started the scheme then change the rules adds to the grumpy mode Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 It adds to my permanent grumpy mood when I buy compost which is from a major manufacturer only to find it has lumps of plastic, glass and wood in it. Never any good for seeds. Won't be buying that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Want some of mine??* I have tons of the stuff... (* that's the horse's, not mine exactly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekS Posted July 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Evening all! Further to the above, I'm now trying to find a home for 32 Courier magazines, 2 from 1982, a complete set from 1985, a nearly complete set from 1986 and 3 from 1991 into 1992. North Cumbria again or I can post them, 2.4kg in weight, sorry but I would ask you to pay the postage. I still haven't got round to disposing of the newer ones and it wouldn't seem right at all binning these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 trouble is they are all downloadable on line now and we have tried many times to find a good home for any magazine its impossible and they do end up in recycling Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekS Posted July 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Thanks Pete, you are absolutely right re downloading. It seems a shame but I'll take them all to the paperbank tomorrow. I should have done this before we moved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 it does seem shameful to dump a collection thenwhen did you last read them ?? and there is some space saving going to happen dont be too sad and just toadd to the plot many have them anyway I dumped a good few years in the reccyle bin you do get over it Ha ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: I dumped a good few years in the reccyle bin you do get over it Ha ! I sneaked a few into Dentists waiting rooms or Hospital waiting rooms over the years but there were too many eventually. I need to do the same with DVDs, every time I find one that I've got on streaming TV, it goes off to whichever charity shop takes them now. I keep the rare ones that will never appear anywhere but again, too many built up over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: I keep the rare ones that will never appear anywhere but again, too many built up over the years. Most of the very rare ones are those now thought "politically incorrect", and never re-issued. Eg; Disneys "Song of the South". Along with others beloved by kids of an earlier era; who never considered them in anyway "political", just harmless, and in some ways quite "moral". I supose if you look hard enough, you can find "political incorectness" in anything. Benny Hill?. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 20 minutes ago, PeteH said: I supose if you look hard enough, you can find "political incorectness" in anything. Benny Hill?. Pete Here comes the thread drift... A lot of the 1970s or thereabouts programmes have all been remade - Survivors, Tomorrow People etc to make them more 'culturally diverse' and they usually lack the appeal of the original. Too many messages and morals rather than substance. In 1960s Doctor Who the Daleks were evil and killed people... by the 2000s they were sad, misunderstood creatures that we should feel sorry for. However: this is good. Don't dare disagree. I watched the very recent remakes of Day of the Triffids... War of the Worlds... Survivors... all absolutely wonderful, brilliant and so understanding... but I lasted about 5 minutes with each and never went back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 On 01/06/2022 at 14:45, Pete Lewis said: we have to pay £40 for part of the year for garden waste £70 in the effluent South, but of course our waste is off a better class than yours. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 SNOB !!!! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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