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In the New Yorker...
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 29, 2017, 11:14:25 am ---Ryan Lizza demonstrates astonishing professionalism, under the circumstances. I might have succumbed to just sitting there staring at the receiver in shock.
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I second that! And Scary Mouth tried to intimidate him into giving his source, with the Mafioso language but he didn't budge!
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 29, 2017, 11:14:25 am ---...I first got onto the internet in early 1997. Yikes, it's hard to believe it's been 20 years. That means, roughly estimating, I've probably spent something like four solid years on the internet.
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I got on the Internet in 1994 when I went to work for a DOE laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Printing costs for their brochures and other literature were a big part of their budget, so everyone was really excited about and pushing to get everything on the "Information Superhighway" instead.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 29, 2017, 11:14:25 am ---...I just got back from a big convention on aging, so I know this for a fact. I was surprised to hear that even over 65, a third of people don't use the internet.)
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That must have been fascinating! I hope you will share other things you've learned there.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 29, 2017, 11:14:25 am ---I found out about this story, of all places, on my Kindle, which for some reason offers me Washington Post stories. (I hope I'm not paying for them somehow.
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My paper, the Denver Post, gives a free subscription to the Washington Post. I think they're trying to compete with other national papers like USA Today, WSJ and NYTimes.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 29, 2017, 11:14:25 am ---... he'd at least know how to give a decent speech to the Boy Scouts, for Pete's sake. And his staff would know how to talk to a reporter from The New Yorker. Compared to 45, he's practically Jed Bartlet.
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:laugh: Who?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 29, 2017, 11:14:25 am ---Ryan Lizza demonstrates astonishing professionalism.
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I always read him.
Jeff Wrangler:
Hard to believe, once again I'm actually caught up on the magazine. I had to bring a book with me to work to read over lunch.
Incidentally, I expect I will have no problems with my subscription for next year. I've already received a renewal notice, and I just went ahead and paid it. I'm not taking chances.
Jeff Wrangler:
Actually, I guess I'm not as caught up as I thought. I found the July 31 issue buried under a stack of papers on my dining room table. :laugh:
Front-Ranger:
Now that Scary Mouth is gone, I wonder if TNY will even print that awful phone interview.
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