Just staying home these days

[flowerseverywhere]

Tradd, we get Wall Street Journal and New York Times free through our public library. We also can get magazines such as consumer reports, The Atlantic and other magazines. All for free. Plus, of course, the online books, movies and audio books. Saves so much money each year.

[Tradd]

Tradd, we get Wall Street Journal and New York Times free through our public library. We also can get magazines such as consumer reports, The Atlantic and other magazines. All for free. Plus, of course, the online books, movies and audio books. Saves so much money each year.

The Economist is the one I really like, but it can’t be gotten free anywhere. I got it through library until two years ago, but then Economist changed terms on library use of their digital edition. My library had to drop it as it was too expensive. I googled and found complaints from others. To give you an idea, a non discounted subscription is about $250/year.

I get The New Yorker through my library and others. Unfortunately, they don’t have the Atlantic.

[HappyHiker]

We're big users/supporters of our local library, too. Plus a lot of those cute individual libraries have sprung up all over our town. I have about a dozen books that I use as trade items. I've found a lot of unusual and interesting books to read that way.

Also, when we travel in the States, I always visit the local libraries and buy used books that the Friends' groups sell. the last time, I bought a big plump bag of books for $5. Made me happy-especially since we go snowed in for two days!

[catherine]

Thanks for your insight Catherine. It was felt by my surgeon that the frozen shoulder is getting in the way of healing from the surgery last summer. I've already been through two courses of PT for it, plus all of the stretches and exercises I do at home every day. It really is a very painful and annoying condition! And hearing that it can take up to two years to resolve....ugh...I'm already so weak in my upper body now.

That makes total sense, of course! I hope all goes well.. true that 2 years is a lot of time with limited mobility.

[catherine]

I canceled my WSJ and Economist subscriptions. WSJ was $4/minth but I like NYT much better, which is staying - $4/monrh. Economist at a discount is $175 a year. Up $15 from last year. It expires in August, but just wanted to do it while I remembered.

Only subscription besides NYT will be an individual Apple One subscription for iCloud storage and Apple Music.

Good deal on the NYT! I was able to get a good rate for WSJ by trying to cancel, and then they gave me the same discount of $4/month. Maybe I should do the same for NYT--I currently pay $28, but I can't give it up. I think you and I enjoy the same reading material! I used to get The Economist, but that was too expensive, and I found that while the articles were really good, they are also really dense, and I just never settled down to read them with the attention they deserved.

[Tradd]

Good deal on the NYT! I was able to get a good rate for WSJ by trying to cancel, and then they gave me the same discount of $4/month. Maybe I should do the same for NYT--I currently pay $28, but I can't give it up. I think you and I enjoy the same reading material! I used to get The Economist, but that was too expensive, and I found that while the articles were really good, they are also really dense, and I just never settled down to read them with the attention they deserved.

Yes, it certainly sounds like we enjoy the same reading! The NYT articles are meaty, but they’re shorter than the Economist! I get more out of the NYT.

Spent an hour at Xfinity store to see if I could get a reduction. All they could give me was $5 off with a two year contract. Currently out of contract. I’m looking at Verizon 5G home internet.

[Tradd]

Just ordered the Verizon 5G home internet. $55/month. Much cheaper than the Xfinity.

[happystuff]

Just ordered the Verizon 5G home internet. $55/month. Much cheaper than the Xfinity.

Interesting that the Xfinity just made it into my neighborhood, but is still more expensive than my current provider. I was hoping it would be cheaper.

[Tradd]

Interesting that the Xfinity just made it into my neighborhood, but is still more expensive than my current provider. I was hoping it would be cheaper.

Xfinity has a reputation for being expensive. If you get an initial deal, it will increase immediately after that offer expires.

[Tradd]

Got the Verizon 5G home internet router today. Speeds are about half of Xfinity, but it’s also about half the cost! Going to see how it goes for a few weeks.