Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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7 February 2010
12:2539884#1
I have a number of magazines to dispose of, and of course, with the astronomical price of buying these monthly`s, it`s sacrilege to just put them in for recycling, (if thats what actually happens). Some charity shops don`t accept them, and at the same time, I fear them just secretly dumping them all if I popped them in a sack anonymously. As I said about the price, many exceeding the £4 a month issue now. What do you do with your`s, assuming you buy them?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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7 February 2010
19:5939934#2
it does seem a terrible waste colin.
have you contacted karen green at the riverside centre(age concern)?
they have an area with newspapers that their members sit and read, our susan will advise if she logs in here.
7 February 2010
20:4239940#3
I either bin them, burn them, or hand them to mates (who will eventually bin them or burn them or hand them to their mates, who will either..... etc).
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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7 February 2010
20:5739944#4
I save all mine for reference. Have cut down in recent times as I buy a great many books and there is also so much information on the internet, plus space is an issue (not with me, with my other half).
Can only speak for one charity shop, as my wife Chris volunteers at the Hospice Shop in London Road. They are jam packed with stuff and would definitely not accept magazines. They find it very difficult to sell books as well, particularly childrens books. It is remarkable how much really good stuff is donated, including a surprising amount of brand new clothes and other articles. I can only presume people buy them or are given them as presents and decide that they don't like them.
All the charity shops without exception dread having black bags of assorted junk donated by well-meaning folk, for example the items they have not been able to sell at a car boot sale. If nobody wants to buy it at a car boot, how is a charity shop supposed to shift it? They sort out anything remotely promising and the rest goes in the rubbish and they have to pay to get it taken away.
The Hospice Shop are always looking for volunteers and if anyone can spare any time at all please drop in or ring them on 01304-206046.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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7 February 2010
21:0239945#5
more than three quarters of stuff donated to the average charity shop is not saleable.
at least they get some money on damaged clothes, dealers pay for them based in weight.
it is quite astonishing that people donate clothes with the zips gone, holes in the knees etc, who do they think would pay money for them?
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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7 February 2010
23:0139956#6
Colin, maybe doctors surgeries or hospitals still take magazines?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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8 February 2010
00:1339957#7
good point jeane,i always make a point of keeping abreast of world issues by reading the magazines when i am at the dentist.
seems to me like that french bloke napoleon could cause a few problems if left unchecked.
8 February 2010
01:1639959#8
Whilst at my dentist (who happens to be of North African extraction - yes really!) I was pleased to read that both rationing has ended and that ASDA are planning, according to local councillors, to move into Dover 'in the near future'. (They can not be more specific of course, as the plans are commercially sensitive).
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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8 February 2010
10:1539975#9
Jeane, that`s the only place I`ve found at the moment to leave some magazine`s, the hospital, (up in London). Yet, some surgeries in Dover, and one in particular, have removed all magazines and replaced them with a tv on the wall!! Apparently magazines are germ carrier`s, in which case, it maybe more advisable to stop the human being going in there?
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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8 February 2010
11:1739982#10
Colin I wondered about the germ aspect at doctors surgeries now (I try to avoid them so don't know if my local one still accepts them.) What about a retirement home or hospice? Maybe they would be glad of some decent reading material.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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8 February 2010
12:0839986#11
my surgery had a disinfectant dispenser at the entrance for ages, clearly stating that hands had to be cleaned before going in and then going out again.
i think i was the only one that used it.
good point colin about the customers.
8 February 2010
13:2440002#12
Jeane, I can't beleive beleive you are suggesting Colin gives his germ-riden magazines to a retirement home or hospice. Is that based on the assumption their all going to die anyway so what the heck? Only kidding
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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8 February 2010
13:3640004#13
Oh Sid, you are on form today!
When I've visited anyone in hospital I've often noticed (and heard) about the lack of anything other than out of date women's magazines. I'm sure a few copies of National Geographic or whatever would go down a treat.
I always use the disinfectant Howard, even if it does take the skin off my hands - what do they put in it?!
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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8 February 2010
14:3340012#14
Sid, none of my magazines are germ ridden. I read all the pages with my electron microscope, so I`d soon spot one crawling across the page. Jeane, yes it always seems to be women`s magazines in the waiting room, though on some occasions, an item does catch my eye. Regarding the disinfectant, it can`t be too effective as doctor`s and nurses put it on their hands continuously, even during the same session with the patient.
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Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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8 February 2010
14:5840015#15
Jeane
Magazines and newspapers have been removed from our Doctors surgery because of...........swine flu. Absurd, but true. Apparently swine flu germs can stay on the paper or mag and be passed on to the next person who picks it up. So now we have to watch some banal NHS drivel that they put out on the plasma screen TV in the waiting area.
Is it me...........?
True friends stab you in the front.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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8 February 2010
15:0240017#16
Thanks for that update Andy.
Magazines are a shocking price now so it's good if they can be recycled in some sort of way (other than just the paper recycling bin.) When I lived in London I'm ashamed to admit I used to spend around £25 per week on magazines. A lot of them were the glossy fashion ones which are mostly full of ads and some where imports from the USA so cost double the price. The weekly or monthly amounts kept on increasing so one day I went through all my subscriptions and cancelled them and vastly cut down on what I bought at the newsagent. Now I buy two weekly mags and one or two glossies per month (but only if I really want to read them.) Most have a website so I can get a lot of info from there. The only others ones I buy are for research i.e. if I'm submitting an article or story - I save a fortune!
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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8 February 2010
15:0740021#17
No, it`s not you Andy, I`m sure other`s like us feel the same. Yet, a big hospital like Kings College up in London, with what must be a much more higher risk of swine flu, carries on as normal with magazines everywhere.
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8 February 2010
17:0640031#18
Just goes to show that common sense is far from common.