SCORE!! Both the Tribune and Beacon were on the drive today.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Both the Trib and Beacon packed in the same outer wrapper. Both about 4 feet off of the drive.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Strange. Both delivered by the same person. Trib is about 10 feet off the drive.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Although a tiny bit on the late side (7:45 am), these Sunday papers are ON MY DRIVEWAY!!! Woo hoo.....!!!!
I should note that on the whole, Sunday papers are more likely to be on the drive than the daily papers. My theory is that it's due to their larger size. When they're flat, they're harder to throw very far so the driver might have to slow down a bit. In addition, the flat paper will have more drag than a folded one once it hits the drive, so it probably doesn't slide as far. Supporting my theory is that the Beaon has slid all the way to the edge of the driveway, while the Tribune is right in the middle.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Dream
This morning, I dreamed that I was standing at the end of my drive when a tough looking 30ish fellow with a ponytail walks by and throws my paper on the drive. Now I KNOW it's a dream. He's walking, not driving, and the paper is on the driveway. After thinking a moment about whether or not to say anything, I said "I thought you should know that I've started a blog...." He interrupts me and says, "Yeah, I know. And I thought you should know... I know where you live."
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
August 6, 2010
Below is my first posting to this blog. I will endeavor to post photos of each delivery (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday), although these postings will probably occur in batches of once every week or two. After all, most things in life are more important than telling The World where your newspaper was delivered.
As a paperboy in the early 70s in suburban Chicago, I was expected not only to put the paper on the stoop, but also to put it on the side of the door which opened. As I recall, the Suburban News was actually rubberbanded to the door handle! Nowadays, an adult drives by in the wee hours of the morning and flings the paper out of the car window. I never see it delivered, but would love to know just how fast they're driving because my paper is actually on the drive about 50% of the time, or maybe a bit more. It's not uncommon, though, especially on rainy or snowy days, to find my paper in the swale along the road, soaking wet. Just getting TO the newspaper can be a messy proposition on many days.
Countless phone calls to the Trib's call center have proven to be fruitless and frustrating to boot. Please, can't I speak to anyone based here in Chicagoland, or at least the Western Hemisphere? The same delivery person is responsible for my Aurora Beacon News, which I get on a daily basis. I don't know why, but it's the Tribune's poor delivery that gets my blood boiling. Today, I had no Chicago Tribune, but my Beacon was delivered, unbelievably, across the road on the shoulder near the cornfield. A new record.
I'll always try to include the driveway in the photo. Occasionally, I may include a photo of the paper itself.
I was so amused by last Friday's delivery that I took the photo below. It was just tonight that I decided to act upon my idea to create this blog, so I'm already missing Sunday and Monday. I just found Monday's paper this morning (Tuesday), in the grass just outside the culvert beside my drive.
Anyway, here we go. August 6th, 2010. It had rained heavily the day before and rainwater remained in the swale. You can see it just beyond the newspapers in the grass.
As a paperboy in the early 70s in suburban Chicago, I was expected not only to put the paper on the stoop, but also to put it on the side of the door which opened. As I recall, the Suburban News was actually rubberbanded to the door handle! Nowadays, an adult drives by in the wee hours of the morning and flings the paper out of the car window. I never see it delivered, but would love to know just how fast they're driving because my paper is actually on the drive about 50% of the time, or maybe a bit more. It's not uncommon, though, especially on rainy or snowy days, to find my paper in the swale along the road, soaking wet. Just getting TO the newspaper can be a messy proposition on many days.
Countless phone calls to the Trib's call center have proven to be fruitless and frustrating to boot. Please, can't I speak to anyone based here in Chicagoland, or at least the Western Hemisphere? The same delivery person is responsible for my Aurora Beacon News, which I get on a daily basis. I don't know why, but it's the Tribune's poor delivery that gets my blood boiling. Today, I had no Chicago Tribune, but my Beacon was delivered, unbelievably, across the road on the shoulder near the cornfield. A new record.
I'll always try to include the driveway in the photo. Occasionally, I may include a photo of the paper itself.
I was so amused by last Friday's delivery that I took the photo below. It was just tonight that I decided to act upon my idea to create this blog, so I'm already missing Sunday and Monday. I just found Monday's paper this morning (Tuesday), in the grass just outside the culvert beside my drive.
Anyway, here we go. August 6th, 2010. It had rained heavily the day before and rainwater remained in the swale. You can see it just beyond the newspapers in the grass.
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| This delivery was so far from my drive, it's hard to see the papers lying in the grass. About 20 feet. |
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