The Notebook
Here’s one thing I’ll miss about the conversion from afternoon delivery to morning delivery. In these gloriously rich, salubriously summer evenings, when Daisy and I go for a walk, now and then I’ll see a Daily Press in a driveway. I’ll pick it up, ring the bell and hand the subscriber their paper and proffer a dose of thanks for reading.
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With morning delivery around 5 a.m., or earlier, it’s unlikely I’ll be walking Daisy, or ringing door bells and saying “Howdy!”
There are new features with our transitioning from a six-day afternoon daily, to a seven-day, 365-days-a-year morning community newspaper.
Recommended reading….
In ‘Same Time, Same Station’ author James Baughman chronicles the development of television in post-WWII America until 1961. And how, after many fitful twists and turns, it became a primary media. Baugham reveals many fresh and fascinating stories and how the 1950s really weren’t “the golden era.” Programming was usually dreadful. Actors and writers were leery of the new medium, and discounted its gravitas. It was clunky, like the TV sets.
Growing up in Texas, my older brother and I had one channel. A fact that flat-out amazes children. Channel 8, CBS. So it made television watching a lot easier. No Sopranos, no scheduling conflicts, and no misunderstanding of how the remote control works.
Turn it on (warm up required), turn it off.
We watched Lucy, ‘Perry Mason’, the Garry Moore show. We all watched in my brother’s bedroom, because he had the “good air conditioner.” (I had a box fan in the window of my room, and as you can tell, I haven’t quite gotten over the slight.)
When cable came (two more channels), it was a big deal that caused much consternation between the Mom and Dad. ‘Sing Along with Mitch’ (Miller) and ‘The Untouchables’ collided, and Dad bought a second-hand black-and-white model and apparently saved the marriage.
When Insults Had Class
“He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.”
—Abraham Lincoln.
“I didn’t attend the funeral, but sent a nice letter approving of it.”
—Mark Twain.
“He has all the virtues I dislike, and none of the vices I admire.”
—Winston Churchill
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