Newspaper stock
Has anyone else found his or herself in the position of needing a retail source for newspaper-grade paper, and realizing the cheapest way to obtain it is to subscribe to a newspaper? A newspaper, the labor of love and the collected creativity and training of hundreds of people working under draconian deadlines, plus all the machinery to print, cut, fold, and deliver, not to mention the ink — and it’s still cheaper to buy than blank newspaper stock!
Advertising dollars are pretty damn amazing.
Newspaper stock is sold at art stores now, and is priced like a “boutique” item, not like the high-acid, low-contrast, large-fiber shite that it is.
To be really green, I need a neighbor who will save me some of his used newspapers — one every couple of weeks would be enough. I don’t care about the copy — I’m never going to actually read The Los Angeles Times — I just need the stock. I’ll ask the guy across the street tomorrow.
Or maybe, now that I make so little, I could get Sunday’s copy alone delivered — the coupons might well pay for the subscription, and I’d be reusing all the paper.
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