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All printed newspapers will eventually die and not a moment too soon.
Not sure it will happen anytime soon
The Sun has gone 30 years past its sell by date but still goingBlackbeard to conquer the World
The only time I get a printed paper Is when they publish national weights, and for the grand national day itself.
Any other time I use online sourcesvf x
Richard,
As we speak, 43.75% of the contributors to this thread still read them. Perhaps not coincidentally, this percentage also approximates to the national average.
You are right in saying their days are numbered but personally I don’t wish for an early demise. A secondary consideration is that I’d rather my breakfast marmalade drips onto a newspaper than a tablet.
Over £4 for a ‘daily’ is a bit steep, isn’t it? I haven’t bought a copy since the first day of the 2019 Festival; the racecards are available online.
I agree it will be a sad day when the printed press ends.
I recall buying my first RP as a schoolboy back in 1988 (Cambrideshire meeting) – and I remember an advert for Soviet Star on the front!
I used to buy it all the time to the extent that if I couldn’t find a copy on a given day, my day was spoiled. I also used to keep old copies in the roof which enabled be to win John Randall’s Christmas Quiz a couple of times.
This would be early 1990s I would say but then once the information became available on line and the quality of the writing declined I just stopped buying it apart from on a Saturday and then even that seemed pointless so I doubt I’ve even picked up a copy in the last 10 years.
A shame really as there is something comforting about the feel of a newspaper that can’t be replicated electronically.
Aside from the part about winning the Christmas Quiz (alas), pretty much your entire post is similar to my experience and thoughts Salut A Toi.
My old Racing Posts long ago found their way to the great recycling bank in the sky. It’s a real shame that their online archive seems to lack depth. It never contained everything, but seems to have got worse in the past few years.
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Still got the first copy of The Sportsman. Bound to be worth a fiver on Ebay one day
The same as the idiots (who probably never read) who said books will die because of kindle. Now it’s reversing
Total nonsense
I wouldn’t g9 drinking wit( you lot
It would be ******* Wetherspoons with everyone going “how much!” And after drink meal would be picking through dustbins
You will always have newspapers for two simple reasons; a lot of people cannot read or read very badly and a lot dont have or cannot understand the world wide web. I can read with effort without bins but if I forget them, rather than screw my eyes, I will look at the pictures.
I used to buy the Post every day and resented it when it went over £2. I don’t think I would ever pay £4 for a newspaper – I have always led an economical sort of life and as a kid my father took us occasionally to a Fair ground. He never ever allowed us to go on a ride saying it was far too expensive. That’s why I’m a lurker – I’m used to watching others !
My case comes up next month.It’s a filthy night, wouldn’t anyone agree ? I think winter is on its way and that Mr Frost will soon be here just willing us to sneeze.
Why have two of Clive’s posts been reported?
I wouldn’t go drinking with anyone either, not least because I don’t drink.
(Then there’s the small matter of my utter contempt for the rest of the human race to be taken into consideration).
However, I digress!
I think I last bought a Racing Post as a memento of a big race day I attended – possibly Australia’s Derby.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"There is no greater joy in this world than locking yourself in your own water closest, making yourself comfortable for the ridding of bowel movements all the while whilst reading the Racing Post from cover to cover.
This has to be done with a physical newspaper. The enjoyment factor is just not the same with an electronic device.
Enveloping oneself in The Sporting Life, be that on the throne, in a deep armchair or somewhat ostentatiously in a Public House was a little great pleasure; and the disappointment felt when it was subsumed into the Racing Post remains tangible
Private Eye and The Chap are the only dead tree publications I still buy, all else is online; not that I prefer it – the tactility of paper is a point well made – just that it’s more convenient
I like the Kindle: the entire out-of-copyright Western Canon can be downloaded for pennies. Never before has the mind been so expanded
Four Sovs: A Racing Post, or two pints of ‘spoons stale Ruddles Bitter, or the complete works of Shakespeare, Dickens, Hardy blah blah blah…take your pick
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Aside from the Post, the cost of race cards is ridiculous now. I can remember when they were 50p. Now they are regularly £3 and even more at bigger meetings.
I stopped buying them a few years ago. I went through my collection last week, which was gathering dust on a shelf and put them into box files. Rather annoyingly, I do not have the card from when I went to Worcester. I have cards from all the other tracks, including Folkestone and Towcester (and Great Leighs when it was so called).
I suppose it is an excuse to go to Worcester next year.
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