I used the word kvetch in my headline. If you don’t know what it means look it up in your online urban dictionary.
OK, here goes with the kvetch.
I like the Oakland Tribune. You should know that. We get three newspapers at home, real paper newspapers — The Oakland Trib, the Chron and the Sunday NY Times.
I always start with the sports section while Mrs. Cohn Zohn reads the news. Hey, I’m a sportswriter. In the Trib, I love to read Poole and Kawakami and Purdy and Marcus Thompson on the Warriors and Jerry McDonald and Steve Corkran on the Raiders and Cam Inman on the 49ers and Joe Stiglich on the A’s. I could go on and if I left anybody out, forgive me. The point is I really like the Oakland Tribune.
For reasons I can’t understand the Trib stopped delivering at home on Mondays to residents in my neighborhood — I think it’s all of Oakland, actually. You can buy the paper in a rack, but they won’t deliver it even though I pay for 7 days a week. OK, I can live with that, but I do find it odd.
That brings me to today. It is Monday but it also is Memorial Day. And people are home reading the paper. The Oakland Tribune was not in my driveway this morning — the Chron was. And that means, even though it’s like a Sunday, the Trib stuck to its Monday rule and didn’t deliver. The Trib should have made an exception this one Monday. Too bad, I really wanted to read the paper paper.
I’ll be back at you later from AT&T Park where I’ll be writing about the Giants game. Unlike the Trib, I deliver on Memorial Day.
mbabco
For awhile I used expiring airline miles to subscribe to the Financial Times – a British newspaper. I enjoyed getting another perspective and their international news coverage was great. I was always amused that they didn’t deliver on July 4, whether it was a weekday or not (the paper is Monday through Saturday). It just didn’t seem right that a British Newspaper wanted to take off the day that symbolized losing their colonies.
May 28th, 2012 9:59 am
Jason
@mbabco
I think the Brits are still sore about July 4
May 28th, 2012 10:38 am
Stan
Same here Lowell. Been that way since the start of last Football season. and no ,they didn’t refund the Mondays they didn’t deliver..and no voucher for a free Monday at any stand.
My delivery woman said in a year the Trib will not even be in business on paper..just the internet.
And worse..that woman retired and I now get the “morning paper” around 10am..great,my eggs are pretty cold and the bacon stiff by then…
May 28th, 2012 10:46 am
m. walsh
I think the New Orleans T-P is going to Wednesday, Friday and Sunday publications this fall. Just think, folks down there will not be able to read a newspaper about the Saints’ Sunday game until Wednesday. Guess all revenues are being directed to on-line resources. It’s the end of an era.
May 28th, 2012 5:39 pm