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jlee815
RO# 27501
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 Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 10:55:22
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I cannot throw them away!!! Today I tried to eliminate at least 1 of 3 large boxes of old boating mags. I opened it up and went through about 10 mags including Boating,MotorBoating, GoBoating,Boatinglife, Boating world, Saltwater Sportsman,Yachting, you get the picture... In everyone of them I saw something that made me want to keep the mag. Does anyone else have these problems? Am I a hoarder or just a boater who wants to keep them in case I ever want to do: "Three quick projects you can do this weekend", Read again the "9 tips that will prolong your boats engine life", or review "The 5 best express cruisers" from 2006 or hit that secret boating locale that promises "2 vacations one destination" mentioned on the cover. Am I sick or is this just part of the boating bug?
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Homeport: Lake Lanier GA
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Capt. Bill1
RO# 2017
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 11:12:14
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I feel your pain.
3 possible solutions:
(1) Stack the most recent 12 issues of each mag. in a pile. When a new issue comes in put it on top and pull out and throw out the issue on the bottom of the pile.
(2) Get a file folder and label each slot, say, maintenance tips, cleaning tips, cruising ground info, etc. Then cut out the articles you want to keep and throw the rest of the mag away.
(3)) Put the mags in a box, seal it and date it. If after a year you have not opened the box throw it out.
Or you could do what I do and just change the date on the box every year. :-)
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Homeport: Sarasota/Ft. Lauderdale
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jlee815
RO# 27501
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 11:17:37
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Now That's Funny ROFLMAO
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Jason
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Homeport: Lake Lanier GA
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In the know
RO# 20824
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 11:40:12
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I have absolutely no problem getting rid of them. If there as an article I like, I scan it and file it away on the computer. The boating rags now are pretty much junk anyway, for example
"Three quick projects you can do this weekend", - I can come up with that on my own
"9 tips that will prolong your boats engine life", - These can be found on the forums I frequent
"The 5 best express cruisers" from 2006 - This really should read "The 5 manufacturers that spent the most advertising cash with us in 2006
In the world of what seems to be never ending boating forums, anything we need can be found online.
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Homeport: The Ocean State
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ronp
RO# 23477
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 11:55:16
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Agree with ITK. The advertising tie-ins to a lot of stories are all too obvious, they laud some company or large marina and here's their ad, on the page after the story. Are you kidding? Try to hide it at least.
I am dumping a lot of mine. It seems like several of them offered teaser rates the last two years that they are now starting to jack up again. Like Boating at $5 was OK, at $12, bye. Soundings, which replaced the defunct Offshore/NE Boating and in my opinion was not as good, bye. Trailer Boating? I don't even know why I ever got that. I will say bye if I can figure out why they are sending it. I don't have time to read them all anyway.
Solution #4 for you - watch a few episodes of Hoarders and see where this kind of thing ends up. You don't have 15 or 20 cats or anything, do you?
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Homeport: Amityville, NY
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mixman
RO# 25362
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 12:04:09
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+1 on Soundings. That seems to be one of the better rags...er...mags out there. But they too are way too obvious in their ads=articles. In the April 2011 issue they do a big article on Aspen Power Catamarans. There's an ad for Aspen on the facing page.
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Homeport: Chesapeake Bay
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jlee815
RO# 27501
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 12:18:53
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Lol good points no cats yet and my relatives are still allowed inside..... As others have said most mags have gone downhill. I get 1 boating mag a month now I think it's "boating" The others I let die. I am on the fence with Soundings the subscription just ended and they sent me an offer of $24.00 for a year which I think I will still take. What I am hoarding are the old ones aka the good ones. It is very interesting to see the then current pricing and all the old gadgets and start up companies in the back. I do miss those... Thank goodness Boatered is online and not a magazine as I would have run out of room in the closet a long time ago....
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Jason
Doral Prestancia |
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Homeport: Lake Lanier GA
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BillK
RO# 775
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 12:21:40
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I've had the same problem, my wife generally sneaks behind me and throws the old ones away. Of course I do the same with her magazines. She had at least 5yrs of Time stuffed into a cabinet that I didn't know about. Life Jason said, you never know when you will need to review the 2006 Best Express Cruisers article or you just can remember that maintenance trick using panty hose!
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Homeport: Lake Tillery, NC
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psalzer
RO# 4570
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 13:04:49
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Or sell them on Ebay!!
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Homeport: Fayetteville, Ga
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getakey
RO# 32379
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 13:09:07
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I get 3 different mags - all for free. Have never gotten a subscription notice
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Homeport: CA
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KiDa
RO# 16492
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 14:28:50
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Before scanners I used to catalog the maintenance tips from the center of MB&S and get rid of them. Like you, I have a ton of stuff. Need to fire up the scanner again.
As to the old ones, see if a veterans home will take them. Just something for them to read.
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Homeport: Hopewell, VA
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JeffN
RO# 3672
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 14:38:06
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They're mainly brochures. I did the cut n' save trick a few years ago and then ended lining the litterbox with them. The scanning idea is a good one though.
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Homeport: Vero Beach FL
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mixman
RO# 25362
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 15:35:03
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I guess Cruising World is my favorite. They don't seem to play the pay-for-press as much (or since the "reviews" are of sailboats, perhaps I just don't pay attention). I just like to look at the pretty pictures :-)
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Homeport: Chesapeake Bay
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Riverbed
RO# 19680
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 16:56:59
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I agree with ITK. Especially the advertiser to "best of" comment. BE's my source for up-to-the-minute info and advice. Only exception is Soundings. Great destination features and great pictures of Hogan's pup! And sometimes you just want to sit in the beach chair with a cold one and a cool magazine.
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Homeport: Saco/Old Orchard Beach, Maine
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folieadeux
RO# 27326
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 17:19:56
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I save my old ones for about 6 months and then take them to the gym and leave them for folks to read on the cardio equipment.
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Neal and Barbara
Savannah,GA
"Olive or Twist" 2006 Meridian 391 T-Cummins 380QSB, Onan 9K |
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Homeport: Savannah.GA
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marathon man
RO# 23428
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 20:06:41
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Cut the owners name and address off the cover, and donate them to your doctors office, dentists office, etc.
They will beat reading most of the stuff there.
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Homeport: Ketchum, Grand Lake O' The Cherokees
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Selby
RO# 21503
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 20:57:52
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I get Power and Motor yacht for free. I always wonder who are they fooling.All the articles are about 2 million dollar boats. The Saudi Prince who will be buying the next 150 ft mega yacht really is not going to read this is he?
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Homeport: Lake Ozark,MO
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rduhon
RO# 29321
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Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 21:08:01
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I trade them with other boaters that have different magazines.
Also, the local Power Squadron we belong to gives out stickers with their website on it.
We put the stickers on the old boating/fishing magazines and put them in doctors offices, hospital waiting rooms... ect.
That way the Power Squadron gets their name and website out to the general public.
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Homeport: Lake Charles, La
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Shadowcruzr
RO# 1702
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Posted - Mar 11 2011 : 06:37:18
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I just save the bikini pictures...for Brian...
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Paul
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Homeport: Elizabeth City, NC
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Audrey II
RO# 30499
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Posted - Mar 11 2011 : 07:00:13
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You could always rent a self storage and then when you get tired of paying you can throw them away or you can skip the part and just throw them away now.
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Dave
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Billylll
RO# 24494
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Posted - Mar 11 2011 : 07:11:24
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I have no problems throwing them out. I keep 2 or 3 on the boat for guests or as bathroom reading material. Other than that I throw them out or leave them in doctor's offices waiting rooms.
Bill
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Homeport: Tuckerton, N.J.
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chriscraft67
RO# 12563
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Posted - Mar 11 2011 : 08:11:59
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I'm down to just Soundings, which I really like. Full disclosure: I do run ads in Soundings from time to time for one or more of my marina clients.
How can you not like Eric Sorenson's articles that appear in Soundings almost every month? He's a fine writer who is very critical of the kind of boat I own (an over-powered, over-equipped floating cottage) but his descriptions of boat construction and design are the best I have seen. I'd put Sorenson up these with Dave Gerr when he wrote for the former Offshore magazine.
The "pay for play" thing is a practice in lots of publishing areas besides boating. It's tough to grind out 30 pages of really original editorial material 12 times a year with a staff of 4-5 people and still make money without taking handouts from advertisers. The publishers would love to dump the printed copies and drive everyone to a website but most readers aren't willing to pay for web access and advertisers will pay only a tiny fraction of the printed ad rate to be on a magazine's website.
So, we're stuck with content such as, "Spring Commissioning: 10 things that every boater should know."
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Homeport: Norwich, CT
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mkivbren
RO# 27219
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Posted - Mar 14 2011 : 00:00:10
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They still make boating magazines?
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Homeport: Bush River, MD
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rapscallion
RO# 31236
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Posted - Mar 14 2011 : 14:24:35
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The problem I have with boating magazines is that they're not relevant to the type of boating I do. I own a used boat on which I try to do as much of the necessary work as I possibly can. The boating magazines seem to be all about selling me a brand new high-end boat, which, short of winning a really big lottery, is something I will never do. I want a boating magazine that is a lot like this forum: filled with relevant advice for the DIY used boat owner.
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Homeport: Ladner, British Columbia
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jlee815
RO# 27501
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Posted - Mar 14 2012 : 11:26:38
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I did some spring cleaning today and I feel refreshed. American Cancer Society has some magazine recycle program and they came and picked em up a ton of boating magazines. Not all of them but I made a sizeable dent in my collection as viewable below.
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Jason
Doral Prestancia |
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Homeport: Lake Lanier GA
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rawidman
RO# 25110
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Posted - Mar 14 2012 : 11:59:51
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Nobody gets PassageMaker?
Yes, I have a hard time getting rid of them as well. I just threw a few out this week.
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Ron
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Edited by - rawidman on Mar 14 2012 12:00:09 |
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Homeport: Charleston, SC
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HOGAN
RO# 3813
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 Posted - Mar 14 2012 : 12:22:14
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quote:
Originally posted by Riverbed
I agree with ITK. Especially the advertiser to "best of" comment. BE's my source for up-to-the-minute info and advice. Only exception is Soundings. Great destination features and great pictures of Hogan's pup! And sometimes you just want to sit in the beach chair with a cold one and a cool magazine.
She's the middle one:
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Homeport: SS3 @ PennyBridge Marina, Stony Point, NY
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mixman
RO# 25362
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Posted - Mar 14 2012 : 12:47:30
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quote:
Originally posted by rawidman
Nobody gets PassageMaker?
I get PassageMaker. That plus Soundings (I think a sister plublication?), Cruising World, and Practical Sailor. The latter comes with hole-punches already in it ready for a binder :-)
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--Kurt
17 knot cruise at 5mpg (3.5/gph). Two hulls are better than one! |
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Homeport: Chesapeake Bay
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pdecat
RO# 842
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Posted - Mar 14 2012 : 13:00:32
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donate then at your doctor and dentists office. They will still be there next time you visit.
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Bruce
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Homeport: Gulf Coast FL
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ronlord
RO# 2010
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 Posted - Mar 14 2012 : 14:54:55
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Mine move around the house as they age:
Living Room -->Bathroom--->Trash Can
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Homeport: Buffalo, NY
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bobalong
RO# 19429
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Posted - Mar 15 2012 : 22:17:41
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Originally posted by Selby
I get Power and Motor yacht for free. I always wonder who are they fooling.All the articles are about 2 million dollar boats. The Saudi Prince who will be buying the next 150 ft mega yacht really is not going to read this is he?
+1
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Homeport: Sutherrrn Indianannna
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absolute
RO# 31985
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Posted - Mar 17 2012 : 20:46:48
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I only support the magazines that require a large customer base for advertising by giving magazines away free. I peruse the articals them round file them!
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Absolute
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Homeport: fl
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rduhon
RO# 29321
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Posted - Mar 17 2012 : 22:50:29
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We have 150 to 180 people on board the platform I work on.
When I finish reading my boating, fishing and hunting magazines, I put them in the stalls in the bathrooms.
They disappear real fast. At least they get some good use. No telling how many times they get passed on.
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Homeport: Lake Charles, La
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CurrentSea
RO# 10265
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Posted - Mar 18 2012 : 07:44:06
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A lot of mine come on iPad now. So I read them on there.
I usually read hardcopy ones on airplane and leave them for someone else to read.
Now I just got and read my copy of maxim ( which I get hardcopy and on iPad).
But this month Jennifer Love Hewitt is in it and i had a hard time throwing her out.
She is hot!
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Homeport: Anchorage YC - Lindenhurst, NY
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night moves
RO# 29543
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Posted - Mar 22 2012 : 21:14:20
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I too have a collection of Soundings,Boating and Hunting and Fishing magazines. I was saving clippings of stuff, then started rotating the stock out by year, now I'm passing them around with my friends.
But,the latest news has me bugged! North American Hunter and Fishermen magazines are being published out of India. Doesn't that seem weird? Our Fishing stories here, go there and come back here... Our clothes and what we drive are from some other country, now what we read...Isn't our hunting and fishing - an American tradition that should be part of something we can hold on too. I don't like it, so I won't buy it!
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Homeport: Redwing, MN
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Robyns Nest
RO# 4846
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Posted - Mar 22 2012 : 21:31:09
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I had a rolling 10 year collection of magazines. Since I never buy a new boat, I was always able to go back to an old issue and get the boat test on the boats I was looking at. The wife has purged my 'collection' and now I an limited to about 15 magazines at a time.
The older mags were much better IMHO, since I am not in the market for a mega yacht or a $950,000 39' boat. That's all you see in today's magazines.
Plus the older magazines had many more bikini spreads and better looking women than today's mags.
Southern Boating always has the best lookin' babes in skimpy bikinis..........
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JeffN
RO# 3672
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Posted - Mar 24 2012 : 13:58:15
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I once cut out all the pertinent stuff from each one and recycles the remains. Then I eventually recycled the good bits also...
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Homeport: Vero Beach FL
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jlee815
RO# 27501
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Posted - Mar 26 2012 : 17:53:45
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+1 for Southern Boating always has the best lookin' babes in skimpy bikinis...
Hard to find it hear in GA I always get my copies from Florida.
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Jason
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Homeport: Lake Lanier GA
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